Morning Update 12/15/21

Grain futures start Wednesday mixed. Grain futures find the row crops firmer this morning on drying as a forecast grows concerning SA. In contrast, wheat futures moved lower as Algeria went with optional origin wheat, allowing a break in French milling prices that US values followed. At 1:00 p.m. today, the Federal Reserve will reveal…

Morning Update 12/14/21

Grain futures trade lower overnight with soybeans reversing. Grain futures are mixed this morning after a mostly lower night session that found technical selling from yesterday’s poor performance carryover the night session with low holiday volume. A resurgence in soybean meal buying helped turn soybeans around after overnight weakness. Monday’s rain across N Argentina and…

Morning Update 12/13/21

Grain futures start week under selling pressure. Grain futures start the last full trading week of the year under pressure, with profit-taking noted with corn and soybeans ending last week near the best levels of the month. Drying weather is noted for S Brazil and Argentina, but lite scattered showers keeps buying interest at bay…

Morning Update 12/10/21

Wheat prices rebound overnight on Russian tax increase. Wheat futures are higher this morning after retesting yesterday’s lows in the overnight session. As French milling wheat opened at 3:45 AM, Russia was setting its new export tax at a record high of $91/MT for any new FOB sales in the December 8-14th period. The wheat…

Morning Update 12/9/21

WASDA Supply/Demand report out today. Grain futures are lower ahead of today’s USDA supply-demand report at 11:00 a.m. Expectations are for WASDA to raise the US corn ethanol grind and cut corn ending stocks by 25-50 Mil Bu. Soybean exports are expected to fall 15-40 Mil Bu, resulting in a large carryout stocks number. It’s…

Corn

Spec Trade: Cash in the long March corn at the MKT, 586.4 last for a $900 gain. Corn is up against resistance and we will buy stop back in if it presses higher through resistance.

Morning Update 12/8/21

Soybean oil leads overnight grain losses. Grain futures are lower across the board, led by soybean oil as Algo-rhythm headline reading trading programs aggressively sold soybean oil, dragging soybeans lower in the evening. Corn and wheat futures held most of the evening until London opened at 3:45 AM, and French milling wheat declined $3 MT…

EPA Announcements Imminent

EPA announcements imminent Corn futures are pressing new highs in the day above $5.88, on a Reuters news story that the EPA today is set to release its mandates. When being questioned, it appears they’re going to reject a significant number of small refinery exemptions requests. 2022 mandates are likely at 15 Bil.