Commodity markets faced pressure overnight on renewed macroeconomic concerns amid new Covid outbreaks in China with grain and soy futures pressured by the broad-based selling.
Corn, soybean and winter wheat futures extended Thursday’s corrective gains overnight, while HRS futures posted new contract highs for the sixth time in the last eight trading sessions.
China raises minimum purchasing price for wheat for first time since 2014. Attaché lowers forecast for Argentine soybean plantings. Is inflation transitory or structural? UAW has called a strike against Deere & Co.
Chinese bean buying slows in September. Certified acreage data release delayed. Americans quit their jobs at a record clip in August. Atlanta Fed chief says U.S. jobs slowdown should not derail taper timeline.
Corn, soybeans soften leading up to USDA’s reports. Wet late-season weather lowers Chinese corn crop prospects. Timely soybean planting for Brazil. Russian wheat export prices climb for the 13th week in a row.
Rains easing drought on northern Plains. Cargill shifts some soybean exports to Texas as repairs to Louisiana facilities continue. U.S. energy prices climbing. Prices rising for hogs on China’s spot & futures markets.
