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After the Bell | August 3, 2021 Soybean futures drop near four-week lows after USDA ratings improve, hogs up on strong pork cutouts.
Crop condition ratings improve, Senate appropriations committee forwards 2022 FY spending bill and ASF ravages the Dominican Republic...
Ahead of the Open | August 3, 2021 Corn, soybeans lower on wetter Midwest outlook, wheat pulls back after rally near three-month highs.
Will Sen. Graham and perhaps other senators getting Covid impact infrastructure vote?
Cordonnier sticks with U.S. yield pegs, but anxious about dry northwest Corn Belt. Frost shrinks Brazil’s winter wheat crop. Egypt to raise subsidized bread prices. ASF spreading across the Dominican Republic.
On the other hand, soybean and spring wheat ratings unexpectedly improved. Find more highlights of USDA’s Crop Progress and Condition report.
This was the first weekly uptick in the spring wheat CCI of the growing season.
After the Bell | August 2, 2021 Wheat futures near three-month highs after cut to Russia harvest forecast, corn, soybeans also climb.
The amount of corn inspected for export handily topped expectations and the tally nearly doubled the year-ago figure. In addition, last week’s number was also revised nearly 150,000 MT higher.
Corn and wheat futures are higher and soybeans are mixed. Cattle and hog futures are higher to start the week.
In Kenya, farmers can’t spend much time thinking about the UN’s sustainable development goals, let alone striving to meet them, when we don’t have a good sense of whether it will rain next week.
Ahead of the Open | August 2, 2021 Corn, soybean futures fall on Midwest rain, wheat up on demand strength.
Wheat rallying to kick off August. Dry start to August, but temperatures not expected to be threatening. Big slowdown in soybean crush expected. Republican senators seek meeting with Biden on biofuels.
China’s securities regulator calls for talks with American counterpart
WHIP+ plus… FY 2022 appropriations… Dems push ‘voting rights’ bill… Reconciliation
Brian Grete and Davis Michaelsen discuss this week’s market action...
After the Bell | July 30, 2021 Grain futures drop with cooler conditions seen for Midwest, cattle and hogs also lower.
EPA and Army say they will work to develop a “a reasonable, effective, and durable definition of WOTUS,” and enlist the public’s help to do so.
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