Agriculture News
Short-term trend turns sideways for corn and SRW; trend now lower for lean hog futures.
Soybeans and wheat mildly favored the upside in quiet overnight trade, while corn traded on both sides of unchanged.
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Weekly export sales for week ended Dec. 29 revealed mild wheat sales, missing low-end expectations by nearly 153,000 MT. Corn sales were also shy by 81,000 MT and soybeans landed on the low range.
Grain and soy futures are expected to open firmer on corrective buying, though it has been a struggle to find sustained buying during daytime trade on bounce attempts this week.
Corn, soybeans and wheat were supported by corrective buying overnight after heavy selling pressure earlier this week.
As of Jan. 3, 70% of the U.S. was covered by abnormal dryness/drought, down four percentage points from the previous week and 15 points below the peak in early November.
Corn and soybeans failed to hold earlier corrective gains late in overnight trade and are expected to open lower this morning.
Corn, soybeans and wheat firmed overnight amid mild corrective buying following sharp losses the first two trading sessions of the new year.