Milling Wheat The Black Sea market continued to remain about unchanged last week. Russia and Ukraine will return from their New Year and local Christmas holidays later this week. The weather in Eastern Europe remains very mild for the season, and the ambitious loading program of Russian wheat from the Black Sea is in line with estimates. The region’s two-week weather forecast is not calling for a sudden drop in temperatures, which are unusually high for mid-January. The EU reported that 267,000 MT were exported last week. 1.3 MMT were also added to the previous week’s cumulated export total, bringing that number to 10.6 MMT. This is a significant gap of 2.7 MMT versus a total 13.3 MMT at the same time last year. At current pri...
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...
Dry bulk markets were volatile but ultimately steady this week with notable differences in rate developments across vessel classes. The Capesize sector, which led the recent rally in freight rates with its dramatic surge, pulled back slightly amid more cautious chartering activity, partic...
Key Market Insights Macro markets delivered a full whipsaw today. Early in the session, crude oil had rallied back above $100/barrel as traders priced renewed concern over the U.S.-Iran standoff and potential supply risk through the Strait of Hormuz. That strength helped pull grains off their o...
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