Yesterday’s Crop Progress report from USDA showing five-year lows in winter wheat conditions ratings put a bid under KCBT and CBOT wheat Tuesday. Combined with the fact the Russia-Ukraine war shows no sign of slowing down, the entire CBOT rallied in continued “risk-on” mode. Also concerning were updated long-term weather forecasts showing a worsening drought for the U.S. central Plains/western Corn Belt through August.
For the day, funds were rumored to be net buyers of 6,000 contracts of wheat, 12,000 contracts of corn, and 10,000 contracts of soybeans. Funds also secured 6,000 long contracts of soymeal and were slight net buyers in soyoil. Large trading volume in the first 10-15 minutes of the trading day...
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...
