Agriculture News
USDA export sales data through week ending August 11, revealed new-crop soybeans sales were the largest for either 2021-22 or 2022-23 since the end of March, with wheat export sales reaching a marketing-year low.
Active followthrough selling weighed on wheat overnight, while corn and soybeans faded amid spillover pressure and favorable weather forecasts.
Corn and soybean basis continues to slip ahead of harvest, but remains well above average.
Corn, soybeans and wheat posted two-sided trade overnight but are mildly firmer this morning amid light corrective buying.
Corn, soybean and wheat futures extended yesterday’s losses overnight but all three markets held above Monday’s lows.
The corn CCI rating has dropped for five straight weeks.
Export Inspections for week ended August 11, 2022 were within trade expectations, but well below last week’s figures. Corn, Soybeans, and wheat continue to fall behind year-ago levels.
Short-term trend turns up for corn, soymeal and cotton.
Soybeans led a round of heavy, broad-based selling across the grain and soy markets overnight amid favorable weather, along with heightened Chinese tensions and economic concerns.
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