Corn According to the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange, harvest progress reached 2.7 percent of the planted area last week. Hot and dry weather is allowing for faster progress in the last two days and will be even higher going forward. There are only scattered showers forecast for the next several days and precipitation amounts will not be significant. The primary signal that harvest is progressing more quickly is the pace of truck arrivals at the ports. Last week started with 1,700 trucks/day and ended with over 4,000 trucks/day Thursday and Friday. That latter figure equates to 115 MT each day. Exporters who have space can receive more trucks and take advantage of harvest price pressure. The vessel lineup is also increasing, reaching 2...
Key Takeaways: Export sales measure new commitments for future delivery, while export inspections provide a timelier gauge of grain that is physically moving through the export system. Sales and inspections often diverge from week to week because they measure different stages of the export pro...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Sri Lanka poultry producer associations say that the delay in approving maize imports is pushing prices for poultry meat and eggs higher. Producers have had to use rice for feed rather than maize due to a lack of supply, and many...
What You Need to Know Today: The Brazilian real surged to start the week after a surprise election result in which right-wing Flavio Bolsonaro won the first round of the election. The swing in the U.S. dollar/Brazilian real (USD/BRL) exchange rate caused soybeans to jump sharply higher in earl...
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