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Mercosur Regional Analysis

Wheat After Argentina’s recent presidential election and in anticipation of the runoff election, the current government extended the possibility for all exports of goods and services to access 30 percent of the foreign currency at a higher exchange rate. This move was made to keep financial dollars stable and to help win votes for the current administration in the runoff election.  This is how the program works: out of the total foreign currency that exporters must bring into the country for exports, 70 percent must be exchanged at the official exchange rate (350 AR$/USD), and 30 percent can be exchanged at the financial dollar rate (approximately 890 AR$/USD). This results in an average exchange rate of approximately 515 AR$/U...

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Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.175/bushel, up $0.08 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.4075/bushel, up $0.04 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2475/bushel, up $0.0825 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $271.1/short ton, up $0.2 from y...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Trade Deals, Emerging Dryness Spark CBOT Short Covering

Traders seemed content to take short risk off the table heading into the weekend with USDA’s June Acreage and Grain Stocks reports due out Monday. Funds in particular are comfortable with positions ahead of these reports and saw little reason to push markets further into oversold territor...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.095/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.3675/bushel, down $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.165/bushel, down $0.02 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $270.9/short ton, down $5...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.175/bushel, up $0.08 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.4075/bushel, up $0.04 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2475/bushel, up $0.0825 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $271.1/short ton, up $0.2 from y...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Trade Deals, Emerging Dryness Spark CBOT Short Covering

Traders seemed content to take short risk off the table heading into the weekend with USDA’s June Acreage and Grain Stocks reports due out Monday. Funds in particular are comfortable with positions ahead of these reports and saw little reason to push markets further into oversold territor...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.095/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.3675/bushel, down $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.165/bushel, down $0.02 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $270.9/short ton, down $5...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: More Declines But They Slowed

The bleeding didn’t stop, but it slowed down today. Although corn and soybeans were up in the overnight and opened that way this morning, it didn’t last. It has been a very bearish week, though the declines were much shallower today than in previous days. While soybeans and wheat we...

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