Milling Wheat Pressure in the American futures markets continued to drive world wheat values lower last week, with the exception for Friday’s short-covering rally. Additionally, concerns over the Chinese economy helped pressure wheat prices, despite ongoing worries about the conflict in the Black Sea. European markets are under pressure from competition with Russian values as well as an increase in harvest progress with recent favorable weather after much rain. Quality concerns are rampant across Europe and there is speculation much of the crop will be destined for feed wheat. In the UK, rains continue to slow harvest progress and despite pipeline supplies dwindling, prices remain low, which is further discouraging farm...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
In agriculture and food processing, we think a lot about infrastructure: transportation and storage, processing and packaging, distribution and delivery. It is a physical system of roads, railroads, and rivers; concrete and steel storage; processing plants, warehouses, and machinery; and, event...
Key Takeaways: The Panama Canal’s draft restrictions and decreasing rainfall outlook are driving big moves in dry bulk markets this week. Panamax markets are sharply lower as the economics of moving freight across the Canal are deteriorating rapidly, leading to support in Supramax vessels...
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