Agriculture News
“Active weather prevailed across much of the South, East, and Midwest, as well as parts of the Plains, into the middle of July, followed by a southward shift in widespread shower activity,” today’s report says.
Pro Farmer Washington Analyst Jim Wiesemeyer and host Chip Flory discuss the highlights of last week in D.C.
Export inspections of corn, soybeans and wheat were all in line with expectations, with the corn tally holding above 1 MMT and wheat inspections nearing 500,000 MT. Soybean futures were light, as expected.
Corn and wheat futures are higher with weakness in the soy oil market limiting buyer interest in soybeans. Cattle futures are under pressure with lean hogs mixed.
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The data signals USDA is likely too high with its soy crush forecast.
Monthly economic condition survey finds continuing strong growth in rural areas of the Midwest.
The central and eastern Corn Belt was a battleground of sorts, with some locations seeing improvement with this week’s heavy rainfall, while other locations missed out,” today’s Drought Summary said.
The National Weather Service’s 30- and 90-day forecasts favor continued warm, dry weather for these areas.
![“Asian exporters are paying premium shipping rates, sometimes 10 times what the rate is for going from the [United] States back to Asia, and this shipping rate disparity incentivizes sending back those empty containers,” Borror said.](https://assets.farmjournal.com/dims4/default/92c7bcd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/840x561+0+19/resize/250x167!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffj-corp-pub.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fs3fs-public%2F2021-02%2FExport-ship-840.jpg)
That said, sales of most commodities were in line with expectations and the only net sales reduction was for soyoil.