Grain prices on retreat. Grain futures are lower across the board this morning, as yesterday’s late press to the highs on war rumors in the Black Sea were dashed in the night. Troop movement was noted in the European evening, which was during our noon hour, and many thought it was the push towards escalations….
Grain prices have a volatile Sunday night session. Grain futures ended the night session the opposite direction they started Sunday night. The sharply higher opening had wheat futures gaining $0.20, with soybeans $0.15 higher and corn a nickel before changing direction in the middle of the night. Chances of rain showed up on the GFS…
Grain prices stabilize and recover moderately on firmer world values. After yesterday’s massive selling across the commodity spectrum, grain futures are recovering this morning after new contract highs scored in corn and soybeans yesterday. Monetary policy by the Federal Reserve took on an earnest look after yesterday’s inflationary CPI, with comments that not only was…
Spec trade: Exit the long March corn at 653 OB for a $2130 gain. Exit long March Kansas City wheat at 820 OB for an $800 gain, Should fill at 821. Also, place a GTC ordered to cover the short 760 Kansas City wheat put at a penny for $900 gain. Currently 1 1/2 cents.
CONAB out of Brazil produces low soybean production report. Grain futures pushed to new contract highs for corn and soybeans on a bullish construed CONAB report out of Brazil, with their numerators lowering the crop size to 125.5 MMT’s. This bolted the bean market at 6 AM to challenge the June 2021 highs at 1623…
USDA crop report 2/9/22 All data bearish compared to pre-report estimates. Market action is buying any minimal weakness knowing the USDA is too conservative on it’s data.
USDA Crop Report out today at 11:00 AM. This morning, grain futures have mixed results after a firm night session trade that saw November’s new crop beans pushing a new contract high to 1429.6 before retreating this morning. It’s crop report day today, and typically the February report on a scale of 1 to 10…
Grain futures spill into corrective mode ahead of USDA Report. Welcome to Turn-Around Tuesday, as grain futures reacted lower from the initial start of the night session. It appears the bulls are interested in taking some risk off the table ahead of Wednesday’s USDA February Report. The concern is that WASDA will be conservative in…
Grain futures start the week higher, soybeans make new contract highs. Grain futures pushed higher Sunday night, with soybeans making new contract highs as the market deals with the potential for additional South American crop losses. A lengthy period of dryness now returns to Argentina, and the two-week forecasts keep any meaningful precept isolated to…
Commodity markets await renewed Asian and Chinese buying. Grain futures had raced higher in the night session, with wheat seeing gains of over $0.10, soybeans higher by $0.15, as they came near to tagging the highs of the week, with corn higher by $.06. However, this faded by the morning hours to a mixed result,…
