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Corn, soybeans and wheat traded on both sides of unchanged overnight but are higher and near their session highs this morning, despite the escalating U.S./China tariffs war.
The plunge in the U.S. dollar to the lowest since April 2022 has far-reaching implications, including good and bad impacts for agriculture.
Markets showed a relatively muted response to the report data.
Corn ending stocks for 2024-25 were lowered to 1.465 billion bu., notably lower than the average pre-report estimate of 1.510. Soybean ending stocks were pegged at 375 million bu., 4 million bu. below the average pre-report estimate.
USDA estimated 32% of the U.S. winter wheat crop was experiencing D1-D4 drought conditions.
Soybean sales during the week ended April 3 totaled 172,300 MT, which were down 58% from the previous week and 63% from the four-week average. Corn and wheat sales also declined on the week.
Soybeans show vulnerability to tariffs war with China.
Grains remain relatively calm amid volatility in global stock indices, bonds, currencies and other markets.
Corn basis firmed over the past week but remains below average.