SPREADS Jan oilshare trades to 32.42% while crush trades down to 99.40c/bu. Jan/March beans trades from 1/2c to 1c carry, while Dec/March meal trades up to $4.00 from $3.70. Dec/March corn narrows into 7 1/4c from 9c, while Dec/March wheat trades from 9 3/4c into 7 1/4c. March wheat /corn trades from 1.73c down to 1.66c. Dec /Dec corn inverse trades up to 15 1/2c from 10 3/4c. For the most part, nearby bean bull spreads are firm despite weaker flat price. PALM OIL Feb. down 27 ringgits. Cash offers were down $2.50/mt. SGS forecast Malaysian Palm oil exports for Nov at 1.390 mmt, do2n 19% from Oct. at 1.714 mmt. NEWS Stocks are down 130 pts. while the US dollar trades dow...
Congress is moving forward with its FY 2027 spending bills, while also still working to address FY 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is still in a shutdown. The House Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and passed its FY 2027 bill. The House bill prov...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Tunisian researchers have been able to fully sequence the genomes of two local durum wheat types that have been grown in Tunisia for generations. They say that this “could be the key to developing more climate-resistant duru...
Update for 6 April 2025: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where ob...
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