Agriculture News
Corn, soybean and wheat futures firmed amid corrective buying during the overnight session as traders await USDA’s reports later this morning.
Drought now covers 70% of corn areas and 63% of soybeans.
Corn, soybean and winter wheat futures are expected to open mildly weaker, though selling should be more subdued than price action over the past week.
USDA’s weekly export data for week ended June 22, showed net sales for corn, soybeans and wheat within their respective ranges, but near low-end expectations.
Corn, soybeans and wheat posted two-sided trade overnight as markets calmed from recent volatile price action.
Cash corn and soybean prices plunge amid sharp declines in futures.
Grain and soy futures are expected to open sharply lower after active followthrough selling overnight.
Soybeans, wheat and new-crop corn futures faced followthrough selling overnight, while July corn futures pivoted around unchanged.
Grain and soy futures will open sharply lower after heavy selling overnight.
Despite sharper-than-expected declines in corn and soybean crop condition ratings, those markets traded sharply lower overnight amid forecasts for improved rain chances. Wheat also traded sharply lower overnight.
The CCI ratings are now 8.6% below year-ago for both corn and soybeans.
Corn inspections in week ended June 22 fell short of the expected pre-report range by over 150,000 MT and were down over 280,000 MT on the week. Wheat and soybean inspections landed in their lower respective ranges.
Wheat and soybeans are expected to open sharply higher, while corn is expected to show a mixed tone.
Short-term trend turns bearish for live cattle and feeders.
Wheat futures posted strong gains overnight amid global supply concerns given the political instability in Russia. Soybeans have firmed this morning while corn is mixed.
May placements increased 86,000 head from last year.
The drop in beef stocks was rather normal; pork inventories fell much more than average.
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In week ended June 15, weekly corn sales totaled a tepid 36,000 MT, an 87% drop from the previous week and 74% from the four-week avg. Soybean export sales fell 4% on the week, but were up 98% from the four-week avg.