Agriculture News
Soybean futures extended this week’s price gains overnight, while wheat traded lower and corn was mixed.
As a result of tighter global exportable supplies and higher industrial consumption, soybean oil as a percentage of global vegetable oil consumption is forecast to fall below 30% in 2022-23.
Cash corn prices showed little change over the past week; soybean prices weakened.
Cash cattle prices reached an all-time high. Choice beef prices also surged, but are still far from their peak.
Wheat futures are expected to lead price gains amid HRW crop concerns and on support from outside markets.
Corn and wheat futures rebounded from Tuesday’s losses overnight, while soybeans pulled back from yesterday’s gains.
IMF expects global growth of 2.8% this year and 3% in 2024, slightly below its forecasts published in January.
Traders expected USDA to cut its corn and soybean ending stocks forecasts after March 1 stocks came in lower than anticipated.
USDA kept corn and soybean ending stocks unchanged from March, while traders were anticipating a reduction for both crops. Meanwhile, wheat ending stocks rose as expected.
Positioning is expected ahead of USDA’s April crop reports at 11 a.m. CT.
Soybean futures posted corrective gains overnight, while wheat pulled back from Monday’s gains and corn held near unchanged.
The HRW CCI rating remains historically low, while the SRW crop is rated stronger than average for early spring.
USDA reported soybean and wheat export inspections of 669,566 MT and 335,444 MT, respectively; up over 165,000 MT from the previous week. While corn inspections dropped notably.
Wheat futures are expected to open firmer, with HRW contracts likely to lead gains amid weather concerns.
Short-term, intermediate and long-term trends are all bullish for live cattle futures.
Wheat futures traded solidly higher coming out of the extended holiday weekend, while corn favored the downside and soybeans traded mixed.
The credit could provide a major boon to biofuel products made of wastes and oils, but producers are also eyeing a big new market for corn-based ethanol.
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Corn and soybeans are expected to open lower on followthrough selling from pressure overnight. Weekly soybean sales were disappointing.
USDA reported weekly sales in week ended March 30 were down 55% from the previous week and 42% from the four-week average, while corn sales rose 20% on the week, but were down 26% from the four-week average.