Morning Update 4/16/21

Risk of trading to end the week with the weaker US dollar. A weakening US dollar overnight has gold and silver racing higher, with the risk on mentality in place. Corn, soybeans and wheat are all higher on the week, as we come to a close, typical for a bull market that comes under pressure…

Morning Update 4/15/21

Corn above $6.00 for the first time since 2013. Grain futures pushed higher overnight, with corn trading above 6 dollars for the first time since July 2013. Adverse Brazilian and central US weather and the tightening US old crop stocks scenario container bring in new fund buying interest and end-user pricing. New crop soybeans lag…

Morning Update 4/14/21

New contract highs for December corn overnight. Overnight grain futures continued the advance from Tuesday’s recovery. The Monday post-crop report blowout was just another buying opportunity in the more bullish trends of corn and now wheat. Ongoing arid weather for Brazilian winter corn and the Northern US Plains/Canadian Prairies sparked the rally to continue overnight,…

Morning Update 4/13/21

Classic Turn-around Tuesday after a hard down Monday. Grain futures found the classic turnaround Tuesday, recovering overnight as the May contracts’ roll-out comes to an end by Wednesday, and the basis continues to improve. End users are seeing the advantage of the buy in the corn break, hoping there might be deliveries, but that has…

Buy Corn 4/12/21

Post-crop report correction in grain prices continues. Grain futures continue their post-crop report correction overnight, with only corn posting and early session rally on the dryness for the winter corn areas in Brazil before faltering to near steady. Wheat futures opened steady to lower on light showers Sunday in North Dakota that turned to snow…

Morning Update 4/12/21

Post-crop report correction in grain prices continues. Grain futures continue their post-crop report correction overnight, with only corn posting and early session rally on the dryness for the winter corn areas in Brazil before faltering to near steady. Wheat futures opened steady to lower on light showers Sunday in North Dakota that turned to snow…

Morning Update 4/9/21

WASDE report out today at 11 AM CT. Wheat and corn futures pressed higher overnight, while soybeans struggled to overcome overnight weakness. Wheat and corn futures were higher on anticipated Chinese interest and potentially friendly data for corn. WASDE releases its ending stocks report at 11 AM CT today. The average guesses for US April…

Morning Update 4/8/21

Spring wheat leads the overnight advance. Spring wheat led the overnight rally for the wheat complex, even pulling the SRW Chicago wheat higher through the night session. Morning action found corn and soybeans also higher on the day on Brazil’s CONAB production estimates which were seen neutral to estimates, before export sales released at 7:30….