Agriculture News
Big weekly gains in cash grain and soybean prices.
Rural Mainstreet Index registers sight decline in optimism on farmland and ag equipment.
Weekly export data for week ended Dec. 8 showed corn topping expectations by nearly 60,000 MT, with wheat nearly 120,000 MT above the top-end range. Soybean export sales breached the top-end range by 943,000 MT.
The National Weather Service (NWS) 90-day forecast continues to call for increased chances of below-normal precip across most of HRW wheat areas during the January through March period.
As of Dec. 13, 78% of the U.S. was experiencing abnormal dryness/drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, seven points below the peak at the beginning of November.
Corn, soybean and wheat futures traded within narrow ranges in quiet, two-sided price action overnight.
Basis remains above average for both corn and soybeans.
Fed officials projected the federal funds rate will rise to 5.1% by the end of 2023, up from 4.6% projected in September.
Corn, soybean and wheat futures traded solidly lower overnight despite supportive outside markets.
Corn and wheat futures extended Monday’s corrective gains overnight, while the soybean market recouped a small portion of yesterday’s losses.