THE OPEN Nov beans: 10 lower Dec meal; 2.30 lower Dec soyoil: 52 lower Dec corn: 2 1/2 lower Dec wheat: 3 3/4 lower The markets opened as called but quickly moved lower as funds turned sellers into an open harvest weekend. Most commodities outside grains are also trending weaker, which is making this a macro-sell side. IHS Market released new acreage estimates based on the latest Farm Service Agency numbers:
Corn acreage: increasing by 420,000 acres from the USDA's Sep. crop report to 93.7 mln for 2021; production: 15,046 mln bu Soybean acreage: increasing by 150,000 acres from the USDA's Sep. crop report to 87.5 mln for 2021; production: 4,381 mln bu...
What You Need to Know Today: Crude oil prices dropped sharply with traffic flowing through the Strait of Hormuz. There were reports that Iran was behind an attack on a cargo ship near the coast of Oman, which would be a violation of the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran. Pr...
On Wednesday, the White House submitted a national security supplemental spending request for $87.6 billion. The majority of the request includes funding for the conflict in the Middle East, but there are agricultural provisions as well. The supplemental funding package includes more than $11 b...
Can we really expect a bushel of corn to carry an environmental passport throughout the entire food system? One that reliably documents its carbon footprint, biodiversity impacts, water use, soil carbon, and other environmental attributes all the way from the farm field to the consumer? This is...
