General Comments Markets were quiet in overnight trading with a steady to slightly lower bias. There wasn't much market-making news over the weekend. They turned bearish when wheat and corn futures dropped below last Friday's lows. With the recent pattern of significant storms, there is a perception that the weather pattern across the Corn Belt is changing for the better. There is also the slow pace of U.S. corn and wheat export sales. USDA will release its updated supply and demand estimates this Friday morning.The dollar was slightly lower today, as was crude oil. U.S. financial markets did manage to close slightly higher. Soy Complex FUTURES Soybeans tried to falter when wheat headed south and on talks of more rain across Argenti...
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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