In what has become a common refrain this year, wheat futures were again the upside leader in Monday’s CBOT trade as markets are increasingly concerned about Northern Hemisphere weather. Monday’s trade was seemingly primarily focused on the dryness and recent frost/freeze events in central/southern Russia that are paring back hopes for the country’s wheat crop. Those concerns are in addition to those of rainy conditions in western Europe and Canada as well as – to a lesser degree – the U.S. SRW-growing region. There is ample uncertainty as to what wheat yields will look like this year given the weather challenges and there is a good probability futures have already overshot where cash markets will be at the end...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, North America, South America