Thinning holiday trade elevating intraday volatility. The grain trade ended mixed overnight with losses in the early morning hour due to outside market influences, but found a recovery bid on that weakness. Russia continues to launch a barrage of missiles at key Ukrainian infrastructures including Kiev overnight with the attack forcing the Ukrainian government to…
Wheat leads the morning strength. Wheat traces lifted the in the morning hours as Argentina lowered its wheat crop by another 300,000 MTs to 11.5 MMTs, according to the Rosario Grain Exchange. They left corn production at 56 MMTs with soybeans at 48 MMTs. Just 49% of the Argentine soybean crop has been seated versus…
European wheat values drag US values lower. Grain futures are lower across the board today as yesterday’s failure to maintain the early-day strength is bringing back trend selling that was prevalent in corn and wheat the prior week. French milling wheat is sharply lower again this morning by $3.50/ton and made a new spot low…
CPI release produces friendly market conditions. Grain prices were firmer overnight as soybeans kick in a turn-around Tuesday on a drier/warmer forecast prevailing for Argentina after welcomed weekend rains. Wheat prices continued their advance as massive short positions continued to get lightened up ahead of the holiday season by the index funds. It’s also time…
Wheat/corn higher on Odessa, beans lower on rain. The grain trade opened firmer last night for corn and wheat, while soybeans opened steady and then quickly imploded on afternoon rains for eastern Argentina (in Santa Fe and Entre Rios), producing totals of .5-2.00”. Corn and wheat moved higher on the heavy Russian attacks on the…
USDA Report Report was friendly beans and wheat on the carryout, slightly negative for corn.
Spec trade: Buy a March soybean oil at the MKT, 59.98 last with a 57.75 stop.
WASDE crop report at 11:00 Grain futures were firmer overnight ahead of the USDA WASDE crop report at 11:00 a.m. CT today. Prices softened after the release of the PPI data at 7:30 a.m. as we saw a price rise slightly more than the estimates indicated, lifting the US dollar. Weather forecasts for Argentina maintain…
Soybeans push a new fall high overnight. The grain trade had follow-through buying overnight, with short covering for corn and wheat while soybeans were able to push another new fall high. CONAB (Brazil’s version of the USDA) estimated their 2023 Brazilian soybean crop at 153.5 MMTs, which was down slightly from their November estimate as…