It was mostly a turnaround day as risk is priced in as much as desired and there were some bearish indicators:
South America is getting moisture and has become competitive. Ukraine may still produce some grain. HRW got some needed rains. Export sales were generally underwhelming.
This does not mean that the run-up in prices is over. Food is still a hot investment given tight global stocks, high priced fertilizer, and the chance of lower production. Deferred contract prices are lower but less so for wheat and corn than for soybeans. By contrast, deferred values in the livestock complex are higher as meat looks to become more precious. Over the past five trading sessions, soybeans remain higher, but corn and wheat have both sh...
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...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
