The CBOT was mostly higher to start the week with KC wheat holding Friday’s contract-high gains and soybeans rallying on export inspections data and strong global vegoil markets. Corn was the sell-side of the wheat/corn and soy/corn spread and the market ended unchanged for the day. Funds were modest net buyers in soybeans and wheat while trading flat in corn. European rapeseed and wheat prices were higher with December Paris milling wheat posting a new contract high. Corn export inspections were thoroughly disappointing last week with the volume falling by half to just 0.5 MMT. The weak pace of shipments pressured corn futures near mid-day, though the market eventually recovered from those declines. Conversely, soybean shipmen...
Russian Grain Markets: 29 June-3 July 2026 The new marketing season has officially begun in Russia, although bearish sentiment has been concentrated in the southern regions closest to the Black Sea ports, where export demand has been weakest. Delays in grain deliveries to inland elevators have...
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...
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