Corn Brazil The Brazilian corn production estimates look poor indeed. The combination of intense drought and recent frost/freeze events caused huge, irreversible damage to the crop. The most optimistic estimate right now is a total crop of 93 MMT (of which 67 MMT is attributed to the safrinha crop) and the most pessimistic is 83 MMT (with 57 MMT of safrinha production). The range in export estimates is similarly wide between 19 and 25 MMT. Brazil’s harvest is moving slowly and is well behind the normal pace. Only 15 percent is harvested so far, so it’s too early to make definitive conclusions about yields and crop size. As the harvest moves faster, the market will get a better assessment of production potent...
Key Takeaways: The CME Group is launching new 90 percent Lean Beef and 50 percent Lean Beef futures and options contracts in July. There are five key factors that must be present in physical markets and futures contract specifications for futures contracts to become successful. The two l...
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...
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