Grains price decline overnight as a ship leaves Odessa. Grain futures opened higher overnight, but not as strong as early indications, as rumors were circulating that despite a ship not leaving Odessa Friday or Saturday, it was rumored that it would leave Odessa Monday morning. This took the bloom off the start in the grain…
Grains continue to be price explosive. For the fifth morning this week, grains are sharply higher as a 360° attitude occurred over the weekend after six months of selling. 1. The Ukrainian Safe Grain Corridor will not perform to the extreme expectations that the world desired, 2. The weather has gone from hoped optimal rains…
Grains continue to climb. Grain futures are higher across the board again this morning as the weather forecast for next week continues to remain threatening for not only the Midwest but the European weather as well. Forecasts call for a round of hot/dry weather for the Plains and W Midwest, which will continue to pressure US…
Grains remain in a sharp recovery. Grain futures worked on both sides of unchanged in the evening (a few lite showers were popping up in the W Midwest, which created evening weakness) but firmed in the early morning hours as the Central US weather forecast, along with Europe’s weather, continue to offer hot and dry…
Heat on the way to the Cornbelt. Grain futures moved sharply higher overnight on yesterday afternoon’s crop rating declines across the board for row crops and spring wheat, along with weather models that continue to bring heat and dryness back into the central corn belt in the early part of August. Grain prices have broken…
Ukraine Export Corridor questioned. Grain futures took an about-face overnight, reversing sharply Friday’s grain price slump celebration of the Ukrainian Export Corridor signing as Russia was launching missile strikes on Saturday morning into the Odessa grain ports, claiming there were ships there with US military munitions on board. After declining for 60 days since the…
Cattle On Feed On Feed: 100% vs 100.1% estimate Placed: 98% vs 94.7% estimate Marketed: 102% vs 102% estimate Inventory: 98% vs 97.9% estimate Calves: 99% vs 98% estimate Report was Neutral to slightly negative on placement number. Expect .50-1.00 lower open on Monday.
Ukraine grain corridor signed today. It’s been 60 days since the hint of a Ukrainian Safe Grain Corridor was first proposed by the UN, and spot wheat futures have declined by $5.00, soybeans $4.00, and corn $2.00 and are back to pre-Ukrainian invasion values. According to Turkish officials, the anticipated signing is at 8:30 a.m….
Russia turns on Nordstream 1 and oil tumbles. Grain futures had a mixed start Wednesday evening, which turned into a freefall overnight, as crude oil tumbled as much as $5.00 a barrel when Russia restarted Nordstream 1 overnight to full capacity. As oil fell, the whole commodity world moved lower in its wake, with gold…
