The CBOT’s weather- and Black Sea-conflict induced rally took a break on Thursday with traders reassessing both global export market conditions and the U.S. weather forecast. There is a growing sense that the immediate impacts of the Black Sea grain export corridor’s expiration have been priced into markets, which has given way to a bit of profit taking and “top picking”. U.S. farmers have been active hedgers and marketers on the rally, which helped keep today’s price action somewhat subdued. At the same time, the U.S. weather forecast is only deteriorating further in terms of the summer crop yield outlook and the price risk posed by the yield-reduction potential has signifcant upside. WPI would be unsurprised...
What You Need to Know Today: The surprises from the USDA’s Acreage report were a sharp reduction in winter wheat area from the March Prospective Plantings estimates and a larger-than-expected increase in corn area. The Grain Stocks report offered relatively few surprises, but quarterly d...
On Monday, the Trump Administration suspended the countervailing duties (CVDs) on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco via Executive Order. The CVDs were imposed in 2021 by the Biden Administration and were subject to a routine five-year sunset review. According to the Agricultural and Foo...
Key Takeaways: High oleic soybeans produce oil containing 70–80 percent oleic acid, improving stability and eliminating the need for partial hydrogenation, which eliminates trans fats. There are three primary varieties of high oleic soybeans available commercially: Plenish, Vistive Gold,...
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