When you see a bear, start backward charging, and that is what corn, beans, and wheat did today. The Board was under pressure ahead of the release of USDA’S April WASDE report and while few changes were expected in the report, and few were made, the ones announced reinforced the bearish trend in place.
The WASDE was bearish U.S. carryover stocks. The market expected USDA to lower corn ending stocks based on higher ethanol grind and exports. It shaved off 50 million bushels, but the market was looking for a larger 70 MBU cut. A similar situation unfolded for soybeans with the market seeing a small 2 MBU increase but USDA adding a much larger 25 MBU. And finally, there is wheat, with pundits calling for somewhere around a 12-18...
What You Need to Know Today: The hot, dry weather forecast continues to drive strength in grain futures with corn and soybeans hitting another day of strong gains. Monday’s Crop Progress and Conditions data were in line with market expectations and showed relatively few concerns for the...
Yesterday we wrote about the Q1 GDP numbers and the June employment reports in an article entitled Real GDP for Q1 Relying on AI Buildout, Held Back by Consumer Spending. That article mentioned that consumer spending had become a drag on GDP. Nonetheless, real GDP in Q1 was revised upward to 2...
Key Takeaways: The Middle East and North Africa's arid climate and limited water resources have created a structural dependence on imported wheat. Government wheat tenders in major importing countries serve as important benchmarks for global trade, providing insight into exporter competitivene...
