Agriculture News
Corn and soybeans pulled back overnight from recent gains, while wheat mildly extended yesterday’s losses.
There was no overnight grain trade. Grain and livestock markets will resume trading at 8:30 a.m. CT.
Corn basis firmed along with rising cash prices.
Traders covered more short positions in the soybean and wheat markets overnight, while corn rebounded from Monday’s losses.
Corn inspections during the week ended Dec. 26 led the decline, falling 268,000 MT from the previous week, while soybean and wheat inspections dropped 204,469 MT and 68,238 MT, respectively. However, net inspections were within pre-report estimates.
Corn, soybeans and wheat futures are all off to a higher start alongside livestock futures, which are mostly higher, as well...
Corn, soybeans and wheat firmed during the overnight session, with March corn reaching the highest level since June 26.
Weekly corn and wheat sales rose 46% and 34%, respectively, on the week, while soybean sales dipped 31% to a marketing-year low.
Corn, soybeans and wheat mildly pulled back from Thursday’s gains during a lightly traded overnight session.
Cash cattle and hog prices firmed over the past week.
No overnight grain trade due to Christmas. Grain and livestock markets open at 8:30 a.m. CT.
Corn, soybeans and wheat held in tight trading ranges during a quiet overnight session.
U.S. hog herd expanded 384,000 head (0.1%) from year-ago as of Dec. 1.
Corn and wheat futures are higher with soybeans choppy. Livestock futures are also choppy to lower to start the week...
Wheat futures led gains in the grain markets during the overnight session.
All of the categories were close to the average pre-report estimates.
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