Agriculture News
Soybeans extended Monday’s declines overnight, while the winter wheat markets were pressured by an apparent easing of tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Corn followed the other two markets lower.
Wheat exports sales below trade expectations
Soybean futures continued their strong rally, with most old-crop contracts surging above $16 overnight. Corn and wheat followed soybeans higher.
Corn and soybean basis slipped, but cash prices surged.
Projected 2021-22 ending stocks for corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton all came in higher than the average pre-report estimates.
U.S. ending stocks down for beans, steady for corn, up for wheat and cotton
Old-crop soybean futures recouped Tuesday’s corrective losses overnight, while new-crop November futures pushed to a new contract high.
As of Dec. 31, Statistics Canada (StatsCan) estimated Canadian stocks of wheat, canola, barley, oats and soybeans were all well below year-ago levels.
Grain and soybean futures pulled back from Monday’s gains in corrective trade overnight on profit-taking and pressure from outside markets.
All three within trade expectations.
USDA will update its 2021-22 U.S. demand forecasts in the Feb. 9 Supply & Demand Report, though a bigger focus will be changes to the South American crop forecasts.