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Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa Regional Analysis

Regional UpdatesMEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGIONAn Egyptian military organization has reportedly taken over the wheat purchasing responsibility of Egypt’s GASC. Mostakbal Misr Agency, an armed forces offshoot, is said to now be fully responsible as the exclusive organization for importing food commodities. The organization will use both international tenders and direct purchase agreements to secure goods. Official publications say that it will “assume all jurisdictions previously held by GASC”.Egypt is reported to have officially advised the Russian Union of Grain Exporters of the change in procurement methods for wheat with Mostakbal Misr as the only Egypt procurement agency. Egypt’s delayed Russian wheat shipment...

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Market Commentary: Market Stalls Waiting for South American Weather Definition

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Export Sales and Shipments for January 10-16, 2025 Wheat: Net sales of 164,800 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025 were down 68 percent from the previous week and 52 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 201,300 MT were up 2 percent from the previous week, but down 41 percent fr...

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Summary of Futures

Mar 25 Corn closed at $4.865/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  Mar 25 Wheat closed at $5.44/bushel, down $0.1 from yesterday's close.  Mar 25 Soybeans closed at $10.5575/bushel, down $0.0975 from yesterday's close.  Mar 25 Soymeal closed at $304.9/short ton, down $10...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Market Stalls Waiting for South American Weather Definition

There were modest volumes on this last trading day of the week, except in soymeal and cattle where the goal was to get out of the former and into the latter. There were new contract highs, again, in cattle. Overall weakness was blamed on Argentina’s announced lower tax rates on commodity...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Export Sales

Export Sales and Shipments for January 10-16, 2025 Wheat: Net sales of 164,800 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025 were down 68 percent from the previous week and 52 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 201,300 MT were up 2 percent from the previous week, but down 41 percent fr...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Mar 25 Corn closed at $4.865/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  Mar 25 Wheat closed at $5.44/bushel, down $0.1 from yesterday's close.  Mar 25 Soybeans closed at $10.5575/bushel, down $0.0975 from yesterday's close.  Mar 25 Soymeal closed at $304.9/short ton, down $10...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Tick Tock on South American Weather

TikTok is still operating but the tick tock on South American will eventually run out of time. Notable developments today included a lower open, but still plenty of strength. Corn remains up about a nickel for the week, beans up more than 30-cents and while wheat dipped today, the large gains l...

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