Agriculture News
Corn inspections during the week ended Sept. 12 were down 318,180 MT from the previous week, while soybean inspections rose a modest 36,284 MT.
Wheat and corn futures are weaker with soybeans mildly higher. Cattle and hog futures are higher to start the week…
Wheat futures led overnight losses in the grain markets to open the week.
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Wheat futures firmed overnight amid global supply concerns and rising tensions in the Black Sea region, while corn and soybeans built on Thursday’s gains.
USDA unexpectedly raised its corn crop estimate, trimmed the soybean forecast.
USDA bumped the corn yield by 0.5 bu. per acre from its August estimate, while the soybean estimate was unchanged 53.2 bu. per acre.
While corn sales proved lackluster, net soybeans sales were notable at 1.47 MMT, though both corn and soybean sales are notably trailing the same period a year-ago.