Agriculture News
Sixteen auctions in a month saw new records posted in price per productivity index point.
Drought-affected areas expanded and intensified on the Drought Monitor map in areas of the South including Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas as well as in the Southern Plains.
We expected a yawner from USDA this month and that’s exactly what it delivered, aside from wheat – and even that wasn’t a surprise.
Big jumps in weekly cash prices for corn and soybeans.
All three were within the range of pre-report expectations but up sharply from the previous week.
Two-sided trade was seen in the grain and soy markets overnight, but futures are weaker and near session lows this morning.
Basis for corn and soybeans slipped over the past week but remains positive to futures.
Soybean and soyoil futures faced active followthrough selling overnight, which pulled the rest of the grain and soy markets lower.
The proposed reductions are due to Covid impacts on fuel demand. EPA proposes returning to statutory mandated levels in 2022.
With no updates to the corn and soybean crop estimates this month, focus will be on changes to demand projections for 2021-22.