Agriculture News
Weekly export sales for week ended Nov. 24 revealed wheat missing low end expectations by over 140,000 MT, while corn and bean sales landed just above their respective low-end estimates.
Drought covers 80% of the U.S., with 74% of U.S. winter wheat area impacted.
Cash cattle price climbs to the highest since May 2015.
Soybean futures led price declines overnight as the market pulled back from strong gains earlier this week. Corn and wheat faced mild selling pressure overnight.
Soybean basis and the average cash price both rose.
District agricultural conditions were mixed, though mostly strong.
Soybean futures pushed to their highest levels since September overnight, while corn and wheat were supported by end-of-the-month corrective buying.
The CCI ratings for HRW and SRW are both well below the respective five-year averages.
Corn mildly favored to the downside, while soybeans and wheat were mostly firmer during a lightly traded overnight session.
Corn export inspections missed low-end expectations by nearly 100,000 MT, while wheat was just shy. Soybean export inspections were notable, but below last week’s figure by over 400,000 MT.
Chinese Covid protests rattle markets coming out of the holiday weekend.
Limited movement in short-term price trends during the holiday week.
Corn, soybean and SRW wheat futures faced pressure overnight amid concerns with mounting Chinese Covid protests.
Corn and soybean basis continues to rebound from the harvest lows.
No overnight trade in the grain markets. Grain and livestock markets open at 8:30 a.m. CT and close at 12:05 p.m. CT.
Soybean export sales cooled off for week ended Nov. 17 after the previous week’s large 3 MMT figure. Corn export sales land at over 1.8 MMT, still on the low-end of expectations, with wheat short of top-end by 88 MT.
Big weekly declines in ethanol, DDG prices in Iowa.
Corn and soybean futures favored the upside in overnight trade while wheat futures traded mostly lower.
The HRW CCI rating remains far below average. SRW rating is slightly below average.
Corn, soybean and wheat futures held in tight trading ranges while swinging to both side of unchanged during the overnight session.