Agriculture News
The initial projections are based on the January WASDE Report. These are USDA’s current best guesstimates. A lot can (and will) change.
For the week ended Feb., USDA showed corn and wheat inspections up 230,000 MT and 112,000 from the previous week, while soybean inspections fell 420,000 MT after a 320,000 MT upward revision to last week’s figure.
Most short-term, intermediate and long-term trends unchanged.
Corn and soybean futures firmed amid mild corrective buying overnight, while wheat traded lower.
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Corn faced followthrough selling overnight, while soybeans more than erased Thursday’s gains and the wheat market was mixed.
USDA unexpectedly increased corn ending stock and raised soybean carryover more than anticipated.
USDA showed soybean ending stocks rose 35 million bu. from January, while corn rose 10 million bu,. Meanwhile, 2023-24 global soybean carryover was notably higher than expectations.
Corn and wheat traded lower overnight, while soybeans firmed a little in quiet price action ahead of USDA’s February crop reports later this morning.
Basis turned slightly negative for corn and soybeans despite a big drop in cash prices.