THE OPEN November beans: 2 lower December meal: .40 lower December soyoil: 14 lower December corn: 1 1/2 higher September wheat: 4 1/2 higher The markets opened as expected with more short-covering in grains and profit-taking in oilshare. Traders were unwinding previous buy soyoil/sell meal, and buy corn/sell wheat. Corn shorts were certainly not panicking as prices traded into key resistance, with all the markets entering into a consolidation phase of trade into tomorrow's August 12 WASDE. SOY
The major feature in the soy complex was that of more profit-taking in oilshare generated by technical signals. A key reversal presented as a friendly tech signal in meal, wh...
What You Need to Know Today: The corn and soybean markets closed slightly higher in low-volume trade. The wheat market was mixed, with HRW continuing its downward trek on improved moisture. As expected, the bearish cattle on feed report drove down cattle prices and pulled hogs down with it. Mi...
Monday, 25 May is a U.S. holiday, and both the markets and our office will be closed. Please note that the next issue of Ag Perspectives will be published on Tuesday, 26 May. The WPI staff wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend...
USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report was released today. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity amounted to 11.6 million head, 102 percent of last year. Source: USDA, WPI Placements were up, but part of that is attributable to persistent drought c...