THE OPEN Nov beans: 30 lower Dec meal: 5.90 lower Dec soyoil: 159 pts lower Dec corn: 14 3/4 lower Dec wheat: 12 1/4 lower Prices opened as called and worked lower on weaker technical considerations with more downside follow-through as sell-stops were triggered in corn, wheat, and beans. Oilshare worked higher as meal prices fell. Losses in soyoil values were more moderate, and lower prices found more buyers and a mid-session comeback on bargain hunting and short-covering. SOY
The major feature of trade for the soy complex was that of higher oilshare as meal prices fell further based on fundamentals and chart based technical selling activity. The downtrend on the meal chart re...
What You Need to Know Today: Cattle futures extended their sharp selloff Friday as weakening cash cattle prices, deteriorating feedlot profitability, and reduced packer demand continued to weigh on the market. The inability of futures to sustain a rally following last week's bullish Cattle on...
As predicted, the Federal Reserve held rates steady at the last meeting before the midterm elections, likely in part because of the election (see WPI 19 October and 22 September). The decision comes at the tail end of a midterm election cycle that has been marked by the two parties campaigning...
Key Takeaways: WPI’s new EU rapeseed crushing margin models point to weaker processing returns over the next four months due to higher rapeseed procurement costs and weaker product values. Statistical forecasts call for German crushing margins to decline from €181/MT to €...
