Agriculture News
Soybean basis slipped a little over the past week, as farmer selling likely picked up, but remains stronger than average.
Soybeans are higher this morning after there was limited followthrough selling from Thursday’s poor closes early in the overnight session. Corn and wheat are following soybeans higher.
Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma reduced abnormally dry/drought areas
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.