If smaller U.S. supplies and a smaller carryout cannot stop the long-term U.S. wheat markets’ bearishness, it is fair to ask what can. Some potentially important signs of change are actually beginning to show.We have occasionally noted that wheat futures markets seem to have no friends. It seems like Chicago SRW and KC HRW futures markets set new low prices nearly every day. Even the MGEX spring wheat futures market, which rallied so stoutly earlier this summer when it appeared that severe drought in the Dakotas and eastern Montana would cut sharply into production prospects for the 2017 U.S. crop, seems to have lost its way recently. This has occurred as the influence of the chronically bearish winter wheat markets seems to outweigh whatev...
There are plenty of major headlines moving across the markets today, but the reaction beneath them remains cautious. Crude oil is holding steady despite reports of progress involving the Strait of Hormuz, corn and soybeans remain tied to changing weather forecasts, and wheat continues to weigh...
Key Takeaways: Sugarcane is the world’s largest crop by total production volume, surpassing major commodities such as corn, wheat, and soybeans, and supplies roughly 80 percent of global sugar production. Sugarcane’s perennial growth cycle allows farmers to harvest multiple crops f...
Russian Grain Markets: 27–31 July 2026 Russian grain prices declined sharply during the week under review as new-crop supplies entered the market and demand weakened. Corn and barley prices declined, while both milling and feed wheat and rye experienced larger losses. The harvest campaign...
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