The market was wary of the way USDA's February WASDE would treat impact of the drought and heat that threated crops in Argentina and southern Brazil. Obviously, there had to be acknowledgement of damage done to crop production, but how much damage was the question. USDA's answer was to tread cautiously in the reductions reflected by its newest estimates of South American corn and soybean production. USDA cut production of corn and soybeans in the two countries by a combined 8.5 MMT from its January estimates.Generally, USDA's February Argentine/Brazilian production estimates are reasonably close to trade expectations, although there is some thought that later on there will be further reductions. A number of private crop scouts have been p...
What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is the largest importer of Brazilian maize in the first six months of 2026. Egypt imported about 28.4 percent of maize exports, or about 1.7 million MT. Iran was the third-largest importer at 14.5 percent, or 900,000 MT, fol...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
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