Agriculture News
Light corrective buying has surfaced in some of the grain and soy futures early this morning after they faced pressure for much of overnight trade.
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Corn should be supported by strong weekly export sales and another daily sale to China.
USDA reported weekly corn sales of 1.236 MMT for week ended March 9, near the top-end of the pre-report range. Soybean sales were also near top-end estimates at 665,000 MT, up from net reductions the previous week.
Corn futures pivoted around unchanged in quiet overnight trade while soybeans were supported by corrective buying and wheat pulled back from gains earlier this week.
Soybean basis dropped but the average cash price remained above $15.
Corn and wheat are expected to open with a mildly firmer tone, though outside markets are price-negative. Soybeans are called lower.
After trading higher earlier in the overnight session, corn, soybeans and wheat have turned mostly lower early this morning.
Grain and soy futures are expected to open lower after pressure during overnight trade. Corn could get a boost from daily export sales to China.