Ukraine's State Statistic Service reports that total stocks of grain in the Ukrainian enterprises that store and process grain amounted to 23.4 MMT on 1 September - 15 percent more than in 2013. Russian Grain Markets Harvesting Update The 16 September harvest report from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation reported that 33.2 million hectares (71.2 percent of the target) of grains and legumes have produced 87.3 million MT of grain, including 52.5 million MT of wheat (average yield of 2.9 MT/hectare); 19.4 million MT of barley (average yield 2.43 MT/hectare); and 2.5 million MT of corn (average yield of 4.88 MT/hectare). Rapeseed was harvested from 659,000 hectares, and the volume produced was 1.1 million MT (average yiel...
What You Need to Know Today: The corn and soybean markets closed slightly higher in low-volume trade. The wheat market was mixed, with HRW continuing its downward trek on improved moisture. As expected, the bearish cattle on feed report drove down cattle prices and pulled hogs down with it. Mi...
Key Market Insights Macro markets delivered a full whipsaw today. Early in the session, crude oil had rallied back above $100/barrel as traders priced renewed concern over the U.S.-Iran standoff and potential supply risk through the Strait of Hormuz. That strength helped pull grains off their o...
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