Agriculture News
The proposed reductions are due to Covid impacts on fuel demand. EPA proposes returning to statutory mandated levels in 2022.
As of Nov. 30, 52% of U.S. winter wheat area was covered by drought conditions, up from 49% the previous week.
Wheat export sales were a marketing-year low. Corn and soybean sales were down sharply from the previous week but each topped 1 MMT.
Grain, soybean futures extended Wednesday’s corrective gains overnight.
U.S. net farm income is forecast to reach $116.8 billion in 2021, up $22.0 billion (23.2%) from 2020 with the 2020 result up $15.7 billion (19.9%) from 2019.
Corn and soybean basis continues the post-harvest rebound
Corn, soybean and wheat futures saw a round of corrective buying overnight after Tuesday’s sharp losses.
First Thing Today: Followthrough pressure overnight amid heightened risk aversion, month-end selling
Grain and soy complex futures were part of a broader selloff overnight.
The HRW CCI rating is 7.8 points below the five-year average, the SRW rating is 13.5 points under the end-of-fall norm.
Soybean inspections topped expectations at more than 2.1 MMT.