General Comments The markets were steady to slightly higher much of the first half of the night trading, but gradually started to weaken toward daylight with soybeans leading the way down. Last Friday's action in the soy complex was terrible from a technical standpoint, and that eventually brought more sellers to the table. Another snowstorm was affecting the eastern half of the hard red winter wheat belt and that was considered bearish. Corn stood on its own two feet today and was steady to higher most of the session.U.S. financial markets turned lower as the day wore on. News that the election in Italy might not result a clear winner cast another cloud of doubt over Europe's financial troubles.China's February PMI index was reported...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s smaller wheat farmers have been holding protests to complain about the lack of a support price for wheat and the potential expansion of GMO crop production. They also want the reinstatement of PASSCO, the governme...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
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