Agriculture News
The underlying data was bullish as the U.S. cattle herd contracted further — and will continue to do so.
Corn and soybeans faced followthrough selling overnight, while wheat retreated from recent gains.
That would still be the smallest annual increase in overall food prices since they rose 0.9% in 2017.
Weekly soybean sales during the week ended Jan. 18, missed the low-end pre-report estimate by 140,000 MT and were down 28% from the previous week.
Corn, soybeans and wheat held in tight ranges in light overnight price action.
Basis and cash prices firmed for corn and soybeans.
Cash corn and soybean prices rose for the first time in a month.
Corn, soybeans and wheat modestly extended recent corrective gains during the overnight session.
Corn, soybeans and wheat are mildly favoring the upside this morning after trading narrowly on either side of unchanged overnight.
During the week ended Jan. 18, weekly corn and soybean inspections dropped 233,127 MT and 117,068 MT, respectively, while wheat inspections rose 72,112 MT from the previous week’s totals.
Short-term trend turns bullish for cotton, remains bearish for corn, soybeans and wheat