The Market The September USDA WASDE will be issued on Tuesday, 12 September and most analysts believe the agency will reduce the average soybean yield from the August estimate of 50.9 bushels/acre to 50.2 bushels/acre. However, analysts have a tough time guessing USDA’s September soybean numbers. Prepositioning ahead of the report, soybean values were cut less than one-half percent. Following a global shift lower for vegetable oils this week, the December soyoil contract was lowered by 4.4 percent. And observing gangbuster export sales in soymeal, the December contract gained almost a half percent. Soybean speculators reduced their net long position by 13 percent to 46,848 contracts.
Export sales are now shifting to the new market...
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...
Yesterday we wrote about the Q1 GDP numbers and the June employment reports in an article entitled Real GDP for Q1 Relying on AI Buildout, Held Back by Consumer Spending. That article mentioned that consumer spending had become a drag on GDP. Nonetheless, real GDP in Q1 was revised upward to 2...
Key Takeaways: The Middle East and North Africa's arid climate and limited water resources have created a structural dependence on imported wheat. Government wheat tenders in major importing countries serve as important benchmarks for global trade, providing insight into exporter competitivene...
