Agriculture News
U.S. considering new trade proposals, many countries negotiating.
Ratings for both crops remain well below year-ago.
Weekly corn inspections totaled 1.83 MMT during the week ended April 10, up 215,540 MT from the previous week, while wheat inspections rose 269,373 MT.
Broader market focus on ever-shifting tariff news keeps risk aversion elevated
Soybeans are mildly firmer with wheat futures under pressure and corn narrowly mixed. Livestock futures are higher to start the week...
Short-term trend turns more positive for most grain and soy futures.
Corn, soybeans and wheat faced pressure in most contracts during the overnight session.
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Corn, soybeans and wheat traded on both sides of unchanged overnight but are higher and near their session highs this morning, despite the escalating U.S./China tariffs war.
The plunge in the U.S. dollar to the lowest since April 2022 has far-reaching implications, including good and bad impacts for agriculture.
Markets showed a relatively muted response to the report data.
Corn ending stocks for 2024-25 were lowered to 1.465 billion bu., notably lower than the average pre-report estimate of 1.510. Soybean ending stocks were pegged at 375 million bu., 4 million bu. below the average pre-report estimate.
USDA estimated 32% of the U.S. winter wheat crop was experiencing D1-D4 drought conditions.
Soybean sales during the week ended April 3 totaled 172,300 MT, which were down 58% from the previous week and 63% from the four-week average. Corn and wheat sales also declined on the week.
Soybeans show vulnerability to tariffs war with China.
Grains remain relatively calm amid volatility in global stock indices, bonds, currencies and other markets.
Corn basis firmed over the past week but remains below average.
U.S. reciprocal tariffs kicked in at midnight; China retaliated early this morning.
How USDA handles usage forecasts in the face of the trade/tariffs turmoil adds some uncertainty to what’s normally a uneventful report.
China vows to ‘fight to the end’ in tariffs battle.