USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will require testing for the H5N1 virus in dairy cattle crossing state lines. Any detection of the disease must also be reported.
Corn, soybeans and wheat favored the upside in early overnight trade, though sellers emerged early this morning, bringing corn and soybeans below yesterday’s close.
Corn and soybean futures are under light pressure as wheat futures firm. Fat cattle are higher with feeder futures lower. Lean hogs are posting sharp early gains...
Corn and soybeans favored the downside overnight, though buying activity increased into the break. Wheat favored the upside and went into the break near session highs.
Winter wheat markets built on Friday’s corrective gains during overnight trade, while corn, soybeans and spring wheat struggled to find followthrough buying.
Corn and soybeans saw sustained selling pressure most of the night. Wheat favored the upside for the most part, though prices turned sharply lower following this morning’s export sales report.
Weekly corn sales for the week ended April 11 rose 54% from the previous week, but still down 45% from the four-week average. Soybean sales were up 59% from the previous week and 62% from the four-week average.
Corn, soybeans and wheat each traded in relatively tight ranges overnight, as corn and wheat mildly favored the upside and soybeans posted modest losses.