Agriculture News
Weekly export inspections for week ended Oct. 6 reported corn, beans, and wheat within expectations, however corn and bean inspections are now notably behind last year’s, at 9.4% and 23% behind, respectively.
Weekly export sales data for week ended Sept. 29 proved uninspiring with corn over 120K MT short of expectations, while wheat was slightly above. Soybeans landed on the low end of pre-report estimates.
Expansion of drought will add to low water levels and shipping disruptions along the Lower Mississippi and Oho river valleys.
Corn, soybean and winter wheat futures traded lower overnight as outside markets provided price pressure.
Basis continues to fall for both corn and soybeans amid seasonal pressure during harvest and shipping problems to the Gulf given low water levels.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 183.81 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1174.43.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 190.39 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1100.75.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 190.71 bu. per acre for Illinois. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1249.70.
Full results for Iowa will be released tomorrow.
Kansas City and Chicago Federal Reserve Banks report farmland values rose in the second quarter but at only a moderate pace.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 177.85 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1165.97.