Agriculture News

The corn CCI is now above year-ago, while the soybean rating is virtually equal to last year at this time.
Weekly wheat inspections dropped by over 100,000 MT from the previous week and were over 90,000 MT short of the pre-report range. Meanwhile, corn and soybean inspections rose slightly from the previous week.
Short-term trend turns bearish for soymeal futures.
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USDA cut corn yield by 2.4 bu. to 175.1, while soybean yield was lowered by 1.1 bu. to 50.9 bu. per acre. Soybean ending stocks were pegged at 245 million bu., less than the avg pre-report estimate, while corn was above.
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank finds continuing strong demand for farmland despite declining profit margins.
Quarterly survey finds strong financial conditions in rural ag banks.
Weekly export sales data showed net new crop corn sales totaled 758,400 MT in week ended Aug 3, while new crop soybeans sales totaled nearly 1.1 MMT.
USDA will also update its wheat crop estimates, along with the U.S. and global balance sheets.
Annual survey highlights farmland prices and average cash rents across state.