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Davis Michaelsen and Editor Brian Grete discuss this week’s market action.
The soy and wheat complexes, as well as cotton futures, finished the week on a strong note in the wake of Thursday’s supportive USDA reports. The corn and livestock markets struggled.
Because USDA no longer collects objective yield samples in August, this will be the industry’s first broad look at field data from across the Corn Belt.
While we’re scouting fields across the Corn Belt Aug. 16-19 on the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, you can scout your own fields.
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Its initial soybean crop estimate was also a bit smaller than expected, and it sliced its all wheat crop quite a bit more than the market anticipated. The market was also caught leaning the wrong way on cotton.
“Increased drought coverage and intensity was more common, as a large majority of these areas recorded light precipitation at best,” today’s drought summary says.
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Ahead of the Open | August 12, 2021 Corn, soybean futures trading slightly lower, wheat firmer as trade awaits key USDA reports.
But exports of the oilseed hit a marketing-year low.
USDA’s WASDE and Crop Production Report out at 11:00 a.m. CT. China trims soybean import projection for 2020-21. Low water levels on Parana River could get worse before it gets better.
Cash wheat prices firm, though HRS values ease from their elevated levels.