General Comments Grain and soy markets cast aside a number of generally bearish outside influences today to focus on various weather concerns and ongoing strength in nearby U.S. cash markets. The Greek soap opera continues with the new parliamentary election scheduled for 17 June. The latest polls show voters leaning toward leftist parties that would discard the austerity measures necessary to keep the ECB/IMF/EU bailout money flowing. The prospect of being forced out of the eurozone and returning to a devalued drachma has reportedly caused many Greeks to send money out of the country. Unconfirmed reports say that $1 billion has left the country so far this week.The negative vibes from Greece sent European markets and the euro lower. WTI...
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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