Led by KC HRW, U.S. wheat futures prices charged higher on word that Russia was attempting to restrict grain exports by denying quality certification on ex...

It was reported on 15 December that Russian grain exporters have suspended the signing of any new grain export contracts due to the recent RUB rate fluctua...

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) staff constructed the options into a list, noting that the effort was directed at  providing reform and not repeal...

During this week, Brazil finally started to weaken the real (Brazilian currency). The market had expected this move after the elections, and farmers were i...

France's Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll today announced the government there plans to spend about 150 million euros per year between now and 2020 to...

Both ethanol supporters and its oil industry opponents panned a set of reforms to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) proposed by the Bipartisan Policy Cente...

The corn market tried to follow wheat's early strength but could not generate enough serious buying interest to make a go of it. Soybeans were weak all day...

Morocco's grain imports for the June-October period are up by 80 percent against last year at a total 2.2 MMT including 750,000 MT of wheat  and 1.1 M...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The steady growth of the U.S. economy has caused the U.S. dollar to appreciate against the currencies of other nations such as Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Arg...

Corn traded higher most of the session on more confusion over whether China has or soon will announce the approval of the MIR162 hybrid. Meanwhile, none of...

The falling soybean stocks in China's ports and the delayed arrivals have allowed crushers to firm up their soymeal prices. However, producers' oil and mea...

Approximately 15 percent of Bulgaria's intended wheat acreage could not be planted due to excessive rains, and the  2015 crop will be 4 MMT at best (v...

The projected 2015 net returns per acre, even though still negative for spring wheat and corn and barely positive for soybeans, are far better than they we...

The agricultural provision of the appropriations language provides $20.6 billion in discretionary funding – $305 million below the FY 2014 enacted level. I...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Nearly every market analysis or presentation seems to start with the assessment that the "world is awash" in grains and oilseeds. It is now mid-December, a...

Markets were very active overnight in very good trading volume for the night session. Prices turned decidedly higher when Europe came to work, reportedly o...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Incoming House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway (R-TX) has reorganized a number of subcommittees to better suit his announced priorities...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a higher procurement price of molasses-based ethanol in the range of $2.94-3.00/gallon for th...

In essence, the U.S. government has just successfully made a $1.1 trillion, 1,603-page piece of sausage nicknamed the "CRomnibus." Those hoping for accompl...

The funding bill included a directive for USDA and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to report recommendations to Congress no later than 1 May 2015 that...

Clearly, the CFTC is having difficulty fitting commercial hedging practices and the long-standing hedging exemption for grain markets into its proposed new...

China's Ministry of Commerce is currently indicating the country's December soybean imports will be about 6.8 MMT, but that number is far below the likely...

After a few days of hesitation, technically-trading funds returned to the grain and soy markets today. They were most active in the corn market where they...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Any bullish impact from USDA's higher 2014/15 soybean export estimate and lower soybean carryout was swept away by Conab's forecast that Brazil's soybean c...

German Minister of Agriculture Christian Schmidt cautioned a Washington audience that his countrymen lack confidence in American production practices such...

Argentina's new crop wheat is currently being harvested. Although it is the least expensive and best alternative for Brazilian millers, they have decided t...

649,400 MT of grain were exported from Ukrainian sea ports between 1-7 December, while 429,100 MT were exported from Russian sea ports during the same peri...

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Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Without fresh production estimates for U.S. corn and soybeans, the December WASDE only offers some adjustments to those estimates for elsewhere around the...

While most migrant labor was previously focused in the specialty crops area, the whole agricultural sector has become more broadly dependent on workers tha...

Reports from Turkey indicate that the government is now strictly enforcing GMO import rules, which have resulted in the rejection of several vessels of U.S...

Brazil recently imposed a 7 percent blending mandate for combining biodiesel with petroleum diesel. The higher production would increase the use of soyoil...

Although oil state lawmakers of both parties support the lifting of the crude oil export ban, the rank-and-file non-energy state Republicans are more cauti...

After trading slightly lower overnight, corn and soybean prices both encountered enough buying about midway through the day session to carry them to gains...

The feed wheat price rally (approximately $30 in one month) is motivating consumers in the EU and the major Mediterranean destinations to increase their co...

Limits on Agriculture and Transport The upcoming U.S. election is occurring amidst geopolitical upheaval and macroeconomic malaise, but there is a pan-Paci...

China rolled out several agriculture reform policies regarding land use, seed development and agriculture insurance over the past two weeks as the country'...

No one was outright bullish about wheat. The consensus was cautionary heading into 2015 because of the potential production problems that "might" occur.I w...

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March corn spent the day drifting lower from the daily high of $3.9975/bushel to close about 10 cents lower. However, it is premature to interpret this pri...

According to the CBO's monthly budget review for November 2014, the federal budget deficit was $181 billion for the first two months of the new fiscal year...

Washington has been captured by several special interests through the years but perhaps none as successfully against the odds as sugar producers. Trade Non...

How great have world wheat crops been? Russia, Ukraine, China, India and Canada have all had record yields in at least two of the last three years. However...

Today's price action in March corn looks strong. That contract seems to be in the process of rejecting recent market discussion about the formation of a he...

The news is full of stories about falling oil prices. While energy is a key component of the economy, high and low prices simply switch economic incentives...

While Chinese government officials announced an effort to reduce fertilizer and pesticide use by 2020 in an attempt to decrease pollution, the U.S. EPA was...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

India's annual edible oil demand stands at 18-19 MMT with an annual growth rate of approximately 4 percent. Last year's imports totaled 11.3 MMT, but that...

Whenever crop prices fall uncomfortably low, there are always those who argue that the U.S. government should return to some sort of supply management prog...

Today's USDA export sales report indicated U.S. exporters last week sold substantially more soybeans and soymeal than analysts surveyed by Reuters predicte...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The Argentine government is now financially pressuring farmers in its ongoing attempt to force them to sell the soybeans they are holding as a hedge agains...

Changes made to Canada's temporary foreign worker plan in June are having a negative impact on the meat packing industry and export expansion. This is due...

Triggered by  unexpectedly large export sales and helped along by fund buying, corn futures closed up more than 7 cents and near session highs. Soybea...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Brazilian soybeans presently look more attractive than the U.S. competition, but are hampered by concerns about dependability of shipments. However, waitin...

Rosselkhoznadzor, the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance,  wants to decrease the volume of grain exports by tighten...

Grain and soy prices continued to languish in the red during much of the day session. January soybeans were down 12 cents at one point and well below techn...

The Obama administration is sending clear signals that it wants TPA and tax overhaul legislation. However, the first step is House passage today of tax ext...

Agricultural commodity prices are low once again, sparking the return of the supply management advocates. Supply Management Redux Agricultural commodity p...

The new Indonesian government has made achieving self-sufficiency in the production of soybeans, sugar, rice, corn and meat a greater priority than its pre...

According to Egypt's Agricultural Research Center (ARC), approximately 14 percent of the country's wheat production is lost annually. It also said that Egy...

Overnight trading in grains and the soy complex was slower and lower with modest losses across the board. There was more chatter about the potential for so...

Back in 2008, climate change was a hot topic for U.S. agriculture with both presidential candidates having proactive plans to address greenhouse gases and...

With the fall harvests essentially completed and something of a hiatus in fresh inputs from USDA until 12 January when it releases final production estimat...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Early 2015 world wheat production estimates had been hovering near the record levels of the previous two years. Now a number of recent issues have pushed w...

OPEC keeps drilling and America keeps fracking despite crude oil trading under $70/barrel. This may not be the result of collusion between Washington and R...

Congress is back in a lame-duck session to hash out a few issues, most of which have been overshadowed by politics. These include tax exenders, appropriati...

China's domestic soybean crushers' margins did improve from mid-September through mid-November due to the idling of plants and a temporary supply shortage...

There was little buying at today's opening in corn and soybeans, and they were both down 5-7 cents by mid-morning. Wheat, however, was strong overnight and...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The dry and cold weather in southern Russia is a serious concern for next year's wheat crop. Local analysts are estimating that it could decline 10-15 MMT...

Restaurants were originally opposed to it, but with a spate of state and local laws creating a regulatory patchwork, many national chains came around to su...

OPEC's announcement that it will not reduce production sent prices crashing lower, while U.S. financial markets were strong and again reached new highs. Ag...

Changes in U.S. market share for global soyoil exports, along with those of soymeal, are analyzed. Results offer insight into the opportunities U.S. export...

U.S. agriculture can no longer claim to be singled out for abuse by Europe's anti-technology policy; Brussels now views major American information technolo...

Today's weekly USDA export sales report once again indicated there was a net decline in U.S. soymeal export sales last week of 22,300 MT. Meanwhile, last w...

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India's corn production has declined for many reasons including erratic rains, late sowing in some cases and also  the switch to soybeans by some farm...

The South American soybean market was quiet this past week. Demand from China is presumed to be slow because crush margins there are not very good. Then ag...

Ukraine harvested 62.298 MMT of grains and leguminous crops as of 24 November. That compares with 59.996 MMT as of the same date in 2013. Meanwhile, 82 per...

The wildest action on the board today was in soymeal spreads. Meanwhile, corn was lightly traded, and prices dawdled around in a 5-cent price range before...

Experience breeds skepticism when it comes to trade policy matters, but that resulted in our erroneous underestimation of U.S. Trade Representative Michael...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Potentially, the more immediate impact of the value of the U.S. dollar against the currencies of other exporting countries is on the planting decisions of...

Iran's Governmental Trading Corporation (GTC) estimates 2014/15 wheat imports at a total 7 MMT, approximately 64 percent of the 11 MMT that the country con...

It has been a turnaround Tuesday with bells on. Grain and soy markets recovered yesterday's loss and more in many cases with the soy complex leading the wa...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Legislators are already moving to permanently extend some provisions that have consensus support as good tax policy, and this sets up a longer-term debate...

India claims to need a food security reserve for hungry citizens, but it exports five times more food to the U.S. than it imports from America. Stocktaking...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Prior to 1999 banking law reforms, bank holding companies were permitted to engage as principals on cash-settled derivative contracts as well as derivative...

Wheat actually traded higher much of today's session on news that Saudi Arabia did buy 345,000 MT of optional origin hard wheat. However, it couldn't withs...

The survey referenced was conducted by the Soy Transportation Coalition, which includes members from 12 states and two national groups. The coalition lobbi...

While China starts to reduce the role of government purchasing in the corn market, it is also beginning to shift its corn importing policy by possibly adju...

President Obama says he will be using executive branch powers when Congress fails to act, and the regulatory agenda his administration released last week i...

French wheat exports (to non-EU destinations) are expected to decline by 30 percent versus last year because of quality problems. Consequently, France's en...

For the past few years, Indian farmers producing coarse cereals (corn, pearl millet, sorghum) increased their crops as prices grew much higher than the MSP...

U.S. financial markets traded to new highs today, but did back off those peaks by mid-morning. This has been the biggest five-day rally since 2009. Like co...

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack this week complained that he could not change the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulation so that it concurrently reflects...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

There are apparently some significant quality issues surfacing in the Montana spring wheat and winter wheat crops that will in effect reduce the milling qu...

One of the most interesting aspects of 2014/15, aside from the new U.S. production records for corn and soybeans, is the divergent export prospects among t...

The overnight session provided mixed results with corn and soybeans slightly higher, while wheat dragged a little lower. However, the day session proved mo...

U.S. exports of soybeans and soymeal in containers to Asian markets via West Coast ports stand to be negatively impacted by surcharges imposed by container...

Note that while next year's forecast regarding increases in protein pricing returns to normal 20-year trends for consumer inflation, it will be from a much...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Today was apparently the 25th anniversary of Africa Industrialization Day, but the Brookings Institute's John Page notes that while Asia advanced its own i...

At least two top Washington political analysts in the past two days have acknowledged that Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is as likely as any legislation...

The day session saw a more decisive downdraft for grain and soy prices. Support from the cash meal market seems to be in rapid decline. Without that suppor...

Today the Argentine government finally assigned the wheat export quota among the main trading houses as its conflict continues with farmers regarding polic...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Russia harvested 109.9 MMT of grain in bunker weight as of 18 November. Included were 62.2 MMT of wheat (2.61 MT/hectare), 21.2 MMT of barley (2.35 MT/hect...

The new Republican-controlled Senate in the upcoming 114th Congress was expected to pass the legislation approving the permit. However, the current lame-du...

U.S. soybean processors crushed an estimated 150 million bushels during October, a record for the month. However, the limited availability of railroad equi...

Intervention by President Obama seems highly unlikely, but 61 agricultural groups have nonetheless written to him asking that he intercede in the protracte...

One of the countries often overlooked as a market for soybeans is Turkey. However, it is one of the world's fastest-growing markets for soy as it expands i...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

According to the FAO, Egypt's 2014/15 grain imports will drop by about 1 MMT against last year, but the total is still approximately 1 MMT greater than the...

The overnight session saw grain and soy prices mixed and the trading volume notably less than Sunday's overnight session. However, there was no doubt about...

China is seeking to increase corn imports from Europe with 36,700 MT arriving last week from Bulgaria, the first bulk shipment of non-GM corn  since t...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

There have been a number of economic developments in countries across the globe that along with other factors are impacting the value of the U.S. dollar.Th...

Last Friday's collapse in soybeans and soymeal wasn't enough to discourage the bulls who bought early Sunday evening and again the last half of today's ses...

The adverse weather in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia is delaying the corn harvest with about 30 percent left to be completed. Additionally, the domestic log...

The announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzö Abe that he intends to postpone the next 20 percent installment in the consumption tax and call for snap...

Shuttle rail freight costs in the aftermarket have totally collapsed in the last few weeks. Shuttle trains were trading at a $4,000-5,000 per car premium j...

Yesterday the Republican and Democratic caucuses held their leadership votes for the upcoming 114th Congress, and the next step is to select chairmen and r...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Environmentalists are hailing policy moves to rid Europe of the scourge of biotechnology, but now some member states have upset them by seeking expedited a...

It has been another tumultuous week in the soy complex with new highs for this recent rally established on significant fund buying. However, when all was s...

Corn arrivals have started in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana and Maharashtra, but the prices farmers are receiving are not in accordance with the gov...

Cash corn prices to the farmer today are generally between $3.00-3.50/bushel. There are a few reasons why farmers will be reluctant to part with more corn...

Dow AgroSciences has decided to not release its Enlist soybeans for commercial production in order to prevent the soybeans from getting mixed in cargoes de...

Europe and Japan are in a funk and lamenting that orthodox macroeconomic measures have failed to provide the stimulus needed to spur growth. Now it is bein...

The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Oversight Service (Rosselkhoznadzor) is planning to ban the importation of Canadian pork effective tomorr...

Today was another active trading day, and there seems to be a growing consensus among market participants that current price levels could last in the soy c...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Commercials and non-commercials trading any commodity futures market are united by an interest in the direction of price movements in both the short and lo...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Artificially suppressing a country's currency exchange rate in order to boost exports and local employment has been the game of mercantilists for many year...

Monday's neutral WASDE report generally surprised South American traders. Most trading houses held short positions at the CBOT, but the unexpected strength...

The Ukrainian sea ports shipped 25.946 MMT of grain cargos during January-October 2013, 43.7 percent more than during the same period in 2013. 666,500 MT o...

That prices across the board swung in such wide ranges today is a clear sign of excitement and emotion as is today's huge volume that may have come close t...

Turkey's poultry industry is benefiting greatly from the Russian ban on EU imports with a jump in its poultry meat exports from approximately 50 MT per mon...

With the fall harvest in its closing stages and production and total volumes of available corn and soybean supplies closely established, the market's atten...

This new checkoff would be authorized by the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1996, also known as the Generic Act, and the co...

Grain and soy futures trade was subdued overnight with limited price action. After trading on both sides, corn and soybeans finished the overnight session...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

One factor that has not received a great deal of attention is how much Southern states have contributed to the increase in U.S. soybean production in recen...

China's domestic soybean crush rate is estimated to have fallen below 45 percent during the week of 3 November due to the limited volume of soybean shipmen...

India is not a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group of 21 economies, and consequently its version of events surrounding the Bali Ag...

Perhaps the marquee issue for the new Republican majority will be the repeal or majorly reform of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. There will also b...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Today's November USDA crop production estimates and supply and demand revisions were not as bearish as many analysts were expecting. USDA made no adjustmen...

Markets were quiet in the Sunday night session with small losses in corn and wheat and small gains in soybeans. That trend continued when today's session o...

Russia has expanded its economic footprints in India, an old ally, after the imposition of sanctions by the U.S. and its Western allies. The importation of...

U.S. soybean sales are up more than 1 MMT from last year at this time. More importantly, while the market continues to expect China to slow total purchases...

Soybean futures traded both sides of unchanged until the last hour or so of the session when they turned decidedly higher. Meanwhile, corn was weak overnig...

The obvious "must-do" action item is the continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government as the appropriations bill that Congress cobbled together last y...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Farmers in the U.S. live in fear that a threatened or endangered species will be found on their property and adversely affect their operations. Now a feder...

Just hours after a major U.S. election outcome, sparks are flying over future U.S. policy direction with House Republicans warning President Obama not to t...

As expected, today's USDA export sales report showed a net reduction in U.S. soymeal export sales as a result of cancellations and switches to other origin...

While cattle supplies remain tight, broilers are continuing to expand in both numbers and in heavier weights. Pork production is also expected to increase...

With the November WASDE ahead and the midterm election behind us, we have had a few oddball and mostly unconnected thoughts that we will pass on for whatev...

Bleak Harvest Ahead The world grain market may be headed into a bear trend due to burgeoning supplies, but a review of the policy seeds that have been sown...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Soybean futures bounced around on both sides of yesterday's closes in nearly a 30-cent trading range before settling about 7-9 cents higher. Corn futures p...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has unleashed its latest effort to spark inflation and thus economic growth, while negotiating partners in the Trans-Pacific Partne...

After being weaker overnight and in the first half of the day session, corn and soy futures bounced off session lows to close higher despite the U.S. dolla...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Yesterday's midterm congressional election that resulted in Republican control of both the House and Senate also has implications for both chambers' agricu...

The lack of U.S. dollars is a serious issue for the Argentine government. As a result, it has released 500,000 MT of old crop corn and 400,000 MT of old cr...

Due to rising concern among buyers, limited offer from sellers and rumors about the poor condition of winter crops, prices on the Russian domestic market i...

Grain and soy prices opened the overnight session weaker, which carried over into the day session. Traders are concerned about what might happen if the H7N...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) gave approval to a new prediction market, but revealed its bias toward politics, non-profits and unive...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Egypt's plans to become a central grain hub for North Africa and the Middle East have apparently been accelerated with the government indicating that all p...

DuPont Pioneer India last week opened a crop research center in Hyderabad, India to develop new crop varieties for that country's agricultural sector. The...

Brent prices are now the lowest they have been since late 2010, before violence in Libya and other areas in the Middle East and North Africa disrupted sign...

When there have been month-over-month increases in yield and production estimates through October, history suggests that the odds strongly favor a further...

Wheat withstood the weakness in soybeans and corn today and actually traded steady to slightly higher much of the session. The relative strength was likely...

Recognizing that the jump from conventional agriculture to "pure" organic is a large one, the EU has allowed numerous derogations from the original concept...

China's domestic crushers and traders seem to be welcoming the potential soybean shortage for the next month in order to reverse the profitability issues e...

The Black Sea corn market was firmer last week, although not precisely following the CBOT futures rally. Ukrainian corn is offered at $177/MT FOB for Novem...

Tuesday is Election Day, and a number of down ballot issues of interest to agriculture will be voted on tomorrow including four related to GMOs. Tomorrow...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The domestic soymeal demand has been blamed for the recent strong rally in soybeans and soymeal futures. That has certainly been part of the driving force,...

The U.S. rail shuttle freight market, at least the BNSF, seems to be softening. If the weakness in shuttle rates stays, it should mean that interior basis...

MSP Raised for Key CropsIn a bid to incentivize farmers, the government of India (GOI) has announced an increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for sev...

Producer groups want the Obama administration to simply appeal the WTO Dispute Settlement Panel's (DSP) decision that the U.S. country-of-origin labeling (...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The U.S. dollar has been on a bull ride of late, especially against the currency of some of our most important trading partners.The U.S. dollar has been on...

The volatility in the soybean and soymeal markets continued last night and today. Corn did manage to rally to slight gains when the soy complex was surging...

In a bid to incentivize farmers, the government of India (GOI) has announced an increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for several of the 2014/15 wint...

Today's USDA Export Sales Report indicated U.S. exporters once again had a big week selling soybeans with a total 1.326 MMT. That was down by 39 percent fr...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The dynamics between fed cattle marketings and placements are analyzed with their implications for next quarters' beef demand and pricing. Feedlot turnover...

In a strange way, the approach of Halloween turns our attention to the current state of grain and soy markets here in the U.S. Twisting the spirit of "Tric...

The EU has not approved a new biotech trait all year, and it was hoped that the outgoing Commission membership would at least move forward on two cottonsee...

The overnight session saw grain and soy prices trade modestly higher in relatively slow action. However, after three days of higher closes, the markets pau...

The state-by-state biotech labeling campaigns by technology opponents undermine the federal preemption on food marketing, and now the same is happening to...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

A meeting was held Monday between Argentine exporters and government officials. Exporters were expecting the release of 4 MMT of corn and 2 MMT of wheat fo...

Corn and wheat were pulled along by the soy complex, although corn could build its own demand story from last week's ethanol production that averaged 937,0...

Ukraine has exported 11.237 MMT of grain as of 27 October 2014 and from the beginning of MY 2014/15. Included were 6.27 MMT of wheat, 1.624 MMT of corn, 3...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The U.S. Department of Commerce yesterday announced that it had reached preliminary terms with Mexico and its sugar exporters. If these are finalized, it w...

U.S. corn exports deviation from historic patterns has implications for what exports will be in the rest of the marketing year. Analysis of unshipped corn...

Iran's government announced that it will be working with the FAO to improve domestic wheat and barley production. While some say that the country is approa...

Overnight strength carried over into the day session amid active volume. December corn continued to march ahead, while it was another volatile session for...

Yesterday's USDA reports showed much progress was made last week in harvesting the U.S. soybean crop. Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Kansa...

Brazil saw President Dilma Rousseff win a narrow victory over challenger Senator Aecio Neves, while Uruguay is headed to a runoff on 30 November in an elec...

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack will help host December's U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade in Chicago. This will be an excellent opportunity fo...

There is some question regarding whether as many total acres of all crops in Argentina will be planted as expected with the low prices, high input costs an...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Markets were soft overnight with corn and wheat 2-4 cents lower and soybeans down as much as 8-9 cents when the night session closed. That weakness evapora...

China's feed price remains low as a result of the declining domestic corn price and flat soymeal price, which boosts the livestock industry's profitability...

Ukrainian corn remains the least expensive origin for Asian buyers. However, the competitive advantage versus South American and U.S. PNW corn is only $2-5...

Agriculture contributes 10 percent of Europe's carbon emissions, and a Commission study indicates that the farming sector could meet a 28 percent reduction...

The soybean outlook continues to have a negative picture unless there is a significant production problem in South America this season or a big soybean yie...

The EPA's approval  this summer of two new pathways for generating cellulosic ethanol led directly to the August explosion in cellulosic production an...

Yesterday's weekly soybean export sales number of nearly 2 MMT was the last straw that took futures briefly back above $10.00. Wheat futures seemed to sit...

It is still too early to estimate India's sugar production because many mills have yet to begin crushing operations in Uttar Pradesh as there is a stalemat...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Over 170 people signed up for a presentation yesterday in Washington on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. As presenter Gary Horlick observe...

The last two or three years have been tough on commodity index funds. Most have lost money. However, rightly or wrongly, index funds are promoted as long-t...

Reports out of Brazil indicate a deal still has not been reached between exporting companies and Monsanto regarding the collection of royalties on its inse...

The current small herd  means pressures on producers for herd expansion, which means less culling and a lower cow slaughter. This has the potential to...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Grain and soy markets were mixed overnight amid lighter volume than has been seen the past several overnight sessions. However, the day session was anythin...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The U.S. and Japan have reportedly resumed negotiations on agriculture at this week's Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) meeting in Canberra. However, Tokyo w...

Most grain and soy contracts held onto gains until the latter stages of the day session when buying interest slackened and hedge selling began to take over...

The forecast for Russia's 2014 grain production has been lowered as a result of unfavorable weather conditions in areas of the country that have impacted t...

During the last campaign, Brazil exported 4.4 MMT of soybeans in February 2014 (3.8 MMT to China) versus 960,000 MT in February 2013. The upcoming campaign...

U.S. EPA will likely announce its final Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) blend requirement after next month's election. Had the Obama administration wished to...

The 2014 crop year was an exceptional one for rapeseed in the EU-28. Total production this year is estimated at 23.93 MMT by Oil World and 23.5 MMT by USDA...

It was another "Turnaround Tuesday" for grain and soy futures markets. Prices gained modestly overnight in relatively light volume. The gains were limited...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Grain traders in Iran have been quietly buying corn supplies in Black Sea markets with trade estimates that about 120,000 MT have been purchased. Prices ar...

Yesterday's WTO ruling regarding the updated implementing rule for the U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law could have implications for U.S. den...

Global economic uncertainties are likely to continue, and they will influence commodity markets including grain and soy periodically. However, many of the...

Today's decree essentially found that the implementing rule does provide less favorable treatment for Canadian and Mexican livestock, but stopped short of...

Wheat exports from Germany, Poland and the Baltic states are higher than a year ago. However, they are significantly slower from France (the biggest EU pro...

We are seeing a number of analysts telling producers they ought to be selling not just 2015 production, but also some 2016 production. This does seem very...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Indications are that soybean shipments to China in October have been steadily declining. Part of the reason is a short-term drop in demand due to the seaso...

It seemed like we were back to trading big yields and excellent corn and soybean harvest weather today, not fund short covering or rebalancing. U.S. financ...

Ethanol proponents' rebuttal to the California Air Resource Board's (CARB's) proposed indirect land use calculation (ILUC) offers both a sharp tongue about...

The weekly export sales report released today wasn't enough to hold the market together as selling pressure started to mount in the soy complex, and there...

Although farmers are currently unable to fly over crop fields or pastureland to capture pictures or video of anything that would be sold commercially, ther...

While India's poultry industry is against any trade of U.S. poultry meat, the general view is that such imports will be of low volume and not harmful to th...

This week saw aggressive fund buying in the absence of any significant hedge selling, and prices went up instead of down. The strength during harvest likel...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Whenever it becomes time for Congress to create a new farm bill (technically, to amend the 1938 and 1949 legislation), we are amazed by the number of diver...

NOPA's monthly soybean crush report, which was released yesterday, indicated soyoil stocks at the end of September totaled 936.88 million pounds (424,965 M...

A few days ago, Indian officials dropped the hint that they were in negotiations in Geneva for a permanent "due restraint" agreement, allowing them to oper...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Outside markets displayed a relatively calmer tone today. Grain and soy futures traded rather quietly, and prices were mixed during the overnight session w...

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has declared that he will initiate a new beef checkoff that will operate side-by-side with the current version. Checkoff revenue...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

In Paraguay almost 70 percent of the wheat crop is already harvested with very good quality. This is a little surprising because there were some excessive...

The November soybean price swung between 14 cents higher and 14 cents lower before closing down 12.25 cents at $9.525. Non-commercials have been shrinking...

Market experts indicate that 26 percent of the total 2014 Ukrainian wheat harvest is of milling quality. In addition, approximately 36 percent of the milli...

Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo is threatening to challenge the U.S. sugar program in the WTO, but the American sugar industry is likely...

China may in some ways favor Russia, but it has been ambivalent about the situation in Crimea. More importantly, it will buy Russian energy and opportunist...

It is widely assumed that the November WASDE estimates for corn yield and production will likely be larger than October's. This assumption will grow strong...

Now that we have entered MY 2014/15, it is worthwhile to once again realize just how dominant China is as the main driver of global demand for soybeans and...

Wheat futures prices closed 4-6 cents higher due almost entirely to the influence of the other markets. Last week's mediocre inspections show that wheat ex...

Egypt is considering a free trade zone with Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, also known as the Eurasian Economic Union. This would allow for increased expor...

In its letter to President Obama, the U.S. Biotech Crop Alliance cited serious challenges to trade because of an unpredictable framework for approvals of n...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Corn started to move reluctantly higher with the rally in soybeans, but advanced up sharply at mid-morning. There was little news around to excite the whea...

The EU wheat (French, German and Baltic, etc.) remains more competitive for most destinations versus Russian and Ukrainian origins. Russia's remaining surp...

This most recent estimate is founded on expanding pig production, higher farrowing intentions for the last quarter of 2014 into 2015 and a more rapid forec...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) recently released the revised Measures for Overseas Investment Management, intended to encourage more Chinese compani...

The brand new, only partially-deployed 2014 Farm Bill may have to be rewritten as the outlook for commodity prices is substantially lower than the one used...

Prices appear set to make a move higher, following a smaller-than-expected crop production coupled with some significant quality problems.Malting barley pr...

The markets have been anxiously waiting for today's USDA yield and production estimates for corn and soybeans since the September report was released. Near...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Corn prices in India have been moving lower over the past few weeks with no sign that the downslide is likely to stop. An end to this bearish trend will re...

It was a topsy-turvy day in the markets both before and after the release of USDA's October reports. Volume in corn and soybeans was very large. Wheat volu...

Mexico is reportedly demanding completion of a suspension agreement with the U.S. on antidumping and countervailing duty cases involving sugar by the end o...

Assuming the Republicans maintain their majority in the House, there will be a number of committee gavels to pass. This includes the House Agriculture Comm...

A sizeable portion of increased global supplies will be in the hands of exporting countries. The U.S., Canada, Brazil, Argentina, the EU, Russia, Australia...

Corn futures swung back and forth before winding up with modest gains of less than 2 cents. Wheat prices at all three markets clocked double-digit losses t...

With Europe's ban on antibiotic usage for growth promotion in livestock and new voluntary standards in the U.S., the antibiotic share of the feed additive...

Bloomberg reports that China plans to globalize its currency by allowing its citizens to invest abroad and permitting Chinese companies to sell yuan-denomi...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The Argentine government claims that farmers and exporters are holding as much as 21-22 MMT of stocks as a hedge against inflation, which it considers fina...

The stealthy wheat market has staged a technical "adjustment." Chicago wheat futures have mirrored the corn market by closing higher for the last six tradi...

Ukraine is reported to have produced a record volume of vegetable oil in MY 2013/14. Its share of the global market has been rising for seven years and rea...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

A question in the Brazilian soybean market has become, "Which will have more pressure to drop – the port premiums or the paper in Paranagua?" Most likely,...

Coming on the heels of an announcement that American taxpayers are subsidizing rich Brazilian cotton growers with over $800 million, it has been revealed t...

Why have grain and soy markets broken out of their dull mode and rallied so sharply with the October WASDE now only three days away?Grain and soy futures o...

Officials in Egypt are stating that wheat imports in 2015 will drop by 50 percent to 4-4.5 MMT. However, most experts there don't expect any serious declin...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

There have been developments in a few major legal issues relating to agriculture that have unfolded in the past several days, and the final resolutions of...

Policy for the Rest of 2014 The upcoming U.S. election is occurring amidst geopolitical upheaval and macroeconomic malaise, but there is a pan-Pacific poli...

Today it was wheat's turn to lead the rally, and it did so in style. All three wheat markets spent most of the day session preening with double-digit gains...

The Argentine government is reportedly  considering the establishment of a national grain company to compete with multinational exporting firms. Argen...

The market in Romania and Bulgaria is very quiet. Farmers are still holding a large volume of wheat, but they prefer to wait for higher prices later in the...

The U.S. reportedly settled a trade remedies case with Indonesia, although the solution is off point from the original challenge. Trade Policy Deflections...

Although the Chinese government has launched a new media campaign to educate and promote the safety of GM agricultural commodities, a quick review of China...

Senator Aecio Neves trailed far behind Marina Silva and President Dilma Rousseff early in the campaign, but placed second in Brazil's presidential election...

Markets opened much firmer than expected Sunday evening and then continued to strengthen during the night and into today's session. Soybeans were clearly t...

There was no unexpected export business around or any adverse weather forecast that could have been the cause. This would seem to be a good old-fashioned s...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

On Sunday, there will be a presidential election in Brazil where the Rousseff government has developed and implemented a tax credit for ethanol imports. In...

India's 2013/14 basmati rice crop saw different varieties purchased by millers at prices ranging between $485-625/MT. For several reasons, however, the pri...

Markets were quiet in light overnight trading activity. It was a low volume back-and-forth trading session with little in terms of fresh market inputs. Cor...

There were representatives from the malting barley and sunflower industry at the meeting. This supports the idea that the "minor" crops are engaged in watc...

To say that the U.S. and EU economies are structured differently is an understatement. While public sector employment in the U.S. is smaller and has been d...

After trading on both sides, soybeans, wheat and corn all closed higher in quiet trade. Wheat and soybeans were helped by good export sales volume last wee...

The recent sharp declines in global soybean prices may be good news for the world's soybean processors, food manufacturers and animal feeders after years o...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Some bullish factors in the U.S. include cheese and butter stocks in cold storage as of July that are at levels below the five-year average, which pushed u...

Watching the new EU Commissioner-designates before the EU Parliament provides a sense that the new bunch is even more prejudiced against a Transatlantic Tr...

The desire of interested parties to "discover" the value of certain grains in the future is one of the reasons for the evolvement of the first futures mark...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The U.S. has agreed to pay a relatively small number of Brazilian cotton farmers $300 million to settle a trade dispute over the size of subsidies given to...

If one wanted market action today, he should have taken on the wheat market. Chicago wheat closed with minor gains, but it traded in a 15-16 cent range on...

The only way for Argentina to be competitive in the current global corn market is to sell corn via combos (corn with meal). Presently, the country can offe...

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture reported that 10.73 MMT of grain were exported as of 24 September 2014 and from the beginning of MY 2014/15 (26.6 perce...

Besides the ongoing anticipation of huge crop production and building stocks, markets ran into headwinds from outside factors as well today. General Commen...

If there is a surprise in the stocks reported today, it is the extremely tight ending 2013/14 soybean stocks of 92 million bushels, the lowest ending soybe...

The Chinese government's refusal to approve the two new biotech soybean events was known to U.S. soybean growers and officials in the biotech industry at l...

Tunisia's government reported that the 2014 grain crop is up by about 80 percent at 2.34 MMT. It was also noted that there will be a very significant drop...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The short-term snapshot paints a rosy scenario for the federal budget with a lowered deficit, growing economy and strong revenues. However, if the current...

EU Trade Commissioner-designate Cecilia Malmström told an EU Parliament panel yesterday that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)...

Russian and Ukrainian wheat has lost competitiveness to the French, German, Polish and other Baltic origins. Russia has exported about 10 MMT of wheat sinc...

These quarterly stocks numbers have been critical market factors over the past several years when corn, soybean and wheat supplies were very tight. That wi...

The Observer reports Chinese President Xi Jinping declaring that his country must boldly pursue agricultural biotechnology and not allow foreign companies...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Most cellulosic ethanol today is made from crop residue as corn stover and wheat stalks are easily coprocessed at current corn ethanol plant locations. Swi...

At a recent national seed conference in China, it was indicated that a new seed law is under development that will focus on amendment of the PRV, seed labe...

Today's higher price action in the nearby November soybean contracts is likely continue in the short term, irrespective of the contents of tomorrow's USDA...

Farmers will have until midwinter to complete the update of base acres and make their one-time irrevocable decision on whether to enroll in the Price Loss...

While foodies pursue the newest modern food to pillory and the latest ancient orphan crop to ordain with faddism, the more serious participants in food res...

The government of India (GOI) released the food grain production data last week, and estimates indicate the 2014/15 kharif production at 120.27 MMT, a 6.94...

Markets started the night session little changed, but the soy complex eventually worked lower and again set new contract lows in the process. Good weather...

The minor crops will have the advantage in the 2015 growing season as farmers are again looking for alternatives to corn, soybeans and wheat. However, the...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Trade talks have been on-again/off-again since 2008. In fact, Canadian beef regained access to Korea in 2012 after a ban due to bovine spongiform encephalo...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The general outlook for China's animal protein and feed sectors over the next year is positive. The industry is confident the lower feed prices will result...

The general outlook for China's animal protein and feed sectors over the next year is positive. The industry is confident the lower feed prices will result...

Since commodity prices have moved up and down in a cyclical fashion as long as prices have been recorded, there has developed a cottage industry of economi...

Any semblance of yesterday's mini-rally disappeared during the day session that once again saw the nearby contracts for corn, soybeans and Chicago wheat si...

Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva is an environmentalist in a highly protectionist country, and yet she appears ready to break the mold on her...

Surprisingly, wheat was the market's leader today. More specifically, it was Chicago wheat leading the way after posting new contract lows and the lowest p...

Ukraine's Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported that the country has exported 7.4 MMT of grain as of 19 September 2014 and from the beginning of MY...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange recently toured the region south of Buenos Aires and estimates that 150,000 hectares have been entirely lost to flooding. T...

In a blistering attack, 90 scientists reportedly sent a letter to President Obama urging him to make FDA decide one way or another on AquaBounty's nearly t...

Egypt's GASC had a very busy week with two tenders and surprising purchases of wheat from France and the U.S. It bought 180,000 MT of French wheat at an av...

New Delhi is single-handedly blocking implementation of a Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) that is designed to reduce barriers to trade with the very cou...

The large rise in China's soymeal exports to nearby markets has been mostly due to the lack of availability this year of the less expensive Indian soymeal...

Corn futures traded fractionally higher before turning down again. Soybean futures prices traded both sides of unchanged and were actually higher during mu...

One role that the market must play is to discover how low prices must drop to uncover demand. Obviously, this becomes more difficult when supplies are risi...

There will be five current committee members retiring at the end of 2014, three Democrats and two Republicans. With a change in party control, the Republic...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Farmers in Romania and Bulgaria refuse to sell wheat at the current export parity, and the only trades reported in the domestic market are purchases from l...

Soybeans set new contract lows today by a wide margin, dropping to $9.34. Wheat stabilized on news that Egypt had purchased a cargo of U.S. wheat for the f...

It is difficult to predict what the final farm program payments will be as based on harvest prices, contract prices, acres harvested and the like, but the...

Japanese Economy Minister and lead Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiator Akira Amari will spend the next couple of days with his U.S. counterpart, Mic...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The market is assuming another record Brazilian soybean crop in 2015, based on more planted acres and another super yield. One potential impediment to this...

The majority of China's soybean crushers are competitively keeping their plants' utilization rates up as available soybean stocks at the 20 major seaports...

USDA announced additional export sales of corn and soybeans today, but the market paid scant attention to those announcements. Instead, the focus continues...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Non-GM canola seed has been introduced in India by private seed companies. In 2013/14 40,000 acres of land was put under canola seed in Northern India, a f...

There is a misconception that the revenue protection insurance program guarantees a price. It does not. It does, however, guarantee minimum dollars per acr...

The stage is set for members of Congress to return to their states and districts for campaigning. Republicans who control the House will highlight the bill...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

There is word that soymeal is in very short supply across the Midwest because crushers simply cannot acquire the soybeans they want to process. Several pro...

Beef production for the first half of the year was just over 12 billion pounds and is projected at 24.5 billion pounds for the year, which would be the sma...

A review of statements by the "Yes" campaign and others leaves a confusing picture of Scottish agricultural policy as we await the results of today's seces...

Weather forecasts for the Corn Belt and northern plains look warm and dry and we are on the eve of record U.S. corn and soybean harvests. The only question...

Market news remains tough to find. The market is marking time until the corn and soybean harvests reach the Corn Belt. So far, yields across the Delta and...

The only new crop commodity in Argentina that is operating with a semblance of normalcy (but with scarce volume) is soybeans. Argentine farmers have alread...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Following the NAS's two-day agricultural biotechnology conference, one biotech industry rep lamented that it will take two years for a report to be drafted...

Ukraine's State Statistic Service reports that total stocks of grain in the Ukrainian enterprises that store and process grain amounted to 23.4 MMT on 1 Se...

Federal funding runs out exactly two weeks from today. Both sides of the Congressional aisle reportedly want a “clean” CR, meaning no extraneous provisions...

Recent events are proving wrong the notion that history leads us to a fully integrated and borderless world. The march of history is uneven, and thus globa...

Traders say China's soybean crushers currently are losing as much as $65 on every ton they process. They claim the poor margins are a result of China's slo...

Today's market rally was caused by the release of the USDA/FSA acreage numbers that (again) suggest the USDA/NASS acreage estimates are too big. The big qu...

Of great concern to wheat buyers in the region is the quality of France's wheat supply this season. It has been estimated that in excess of 50 percent of t...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Regardless of how you view and asses these different acreage estimates, they will impact the final crop production estimates and they strongly suggest smal...

The markets were firm last Friday just in case it got colder across a wider area than expected, but that didn't happen. It is possible that as the week rol...

The Fed's easy money policy has not sparked inflation to date, but more effectively it served as a cushion for the lack of risk taking in an uncertain econ...

Weather across the Corn Belt and northern plains looks nearly perfect for the next two weeks and maybe beyond. Perfect is warm temperatures and below-norma...

Farmers in Bulgaria and Romania will start planting winter wheat in the coming weeks, and planting conditions are optimal. The soil moisture is abundant af...

Recently released economic indicators imply that the economic recovery in China is struggling, which could reduce protein consumption and drive down the de...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Genetically Engineered Crops held its first of many planned public input sessions to build background f...

The message is that agricultural lenders are more than a little worried about the rapid and steep decline in prices as well as the resulting destruction to...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is worried that the administration is considering E85 as a way to increase the proposed 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard...

Overnight markets were mixed to just slightly higher. Weather beyond this weekend across the country looks warmer and dry, and that is exactly what the cro...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

India is the world's second-largest rice producer and has huge surplus stocks in warehouses. After a 30-year gap, however, GOI will be importing rice this...

EU President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker has asked Commissioner-designate for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis to conduct a six-month review of th...

Today USDA published the first WASDE for the 2014/15 crop year for both corn and soybeans, and the report was more bearish than the average of market expec...

The U.S. National Pork Producer Council (NPPC) has issued a statement to the entire group of negotiators involved with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...

Stoller Enterprises, a Houston-based agronomic firm, announced yesterday that it was able to harvest 214.7 bushels of soybeans per acre (14.44 MT/hectare)...

The writing is on the wall that wheat export opportunities to Asian countries are likely to rise, especially for any global producer of a consistent produc...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) of North America has been called out for trying to undermine the credibility of a National Research Council conference a...

After three down days in a row, the corn market finally managed a positive close even if only by a penny or so as the market awaits tomorrow's report. The...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The cellulosic ethanol industry would not exist if not for the mandate by the U.S. government that its otherwise uneconomic product be used by American con...

Ukraine's 2014 grain production is expected to total 58.5 MMT, 7 percent less than in 2013. This includes 21 MMT of wheat, 7.9 MMT of barley and 27.8 MMT o...

Argentine farmer are heading into the corn planting season, and expectations are that more acreage will be planted early as this past year's strategy of do...

According to the GAO, reducing premium subsidies for revenue policies could potentially result in hundreds of millions of dollars in annual budgetary savin...

India has long manipulated its food and agriculture market in an effort to protect inefficient producers while concurrently feeding its hungry. However, no...

Corn, wheat and soybean futures prices all posted new contract lows during the day session today in slow trade. Momentum following funds continued to sell...

Proponents of GM food labeling avoid attacking GMOs themselves. In an effort to evade having to contend with the overwhelming weight of the science that de...

Along with Egypt's new wheat relationship with Russia, there is news that it will have a direct freight service to Black Sea Russia in order to facilitate...

A California company announced this week that it has successfully developed a hybrid jatropha variety which has high yield, rapid time maturity and a non-t...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Temperatures across nearly all of western Canada and portions of the Northern Plains will drop to 15-25 degrees below normal by the middle of this week. Th...

With the congressional midterm elections in the offing, political calculations are obviously at the root of everything. While this should prove to be a rau...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Ukrainian feed wheat is by far the cheapest origin at $192/MT FOB as the Romanian/Bulgarian is at least $10/MT higher. French feed wheat is nominally aroun...

Wheat struggled with corn and soybeans during the first half of today's session, but the selling seemed to dry up before noon.There was actually light buyi...

China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) recently announced that biotech applications can be submitted online effective 1 September as part of its efforts to...

Timothy Massad is showing that he is a completely different chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) than his predecessor as he has announc...

India's agricultural exports are growing fast, and it is not the result of having negotiated reciprocal trade liberalization agreements. Its average applie...

The benefit of the shale and tight oil formations is that with the new technology available to recover gas and oil from these sources, large volumes can qu...

Last year's Canadian crops blew away previous production records by an incredibly wide margin. The 2014 crop production estimates are back to more normal l...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

As more of India's population consumes meat, particularly chicken, the country's poultry industry would like to reduce production as a means to increase pr...

With the exception of soyoil, the soy complex gave us a small bounce overnight and this morning. The November contract set new contract lows yesterday at $...

The soy complex, corn, Chicago wheat and MGE wheat all closed lower. Once again November soybeans, December corn and Chicago December wheat all set fresh c...

We used to refer to wheat as the "political grain." However, it seems to have now been replaced by corn, which by any measurement is the largest and most i...

The U.S. dollar will be driven higher by inverse policies whereby Europe and Japan are increasing liquidity while the Federal Reserve is ending quantitativ...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Based on field trials, USDA has granted a conditional license for a vaccine developed by Zoetis to prevent Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv). Continue...

The Malaysian government today exempted all exports of crude palm oil from its 4.5 percent export tax for the months of September and October. Palm oil exp...

Russia's agriculture ministry is planning to buy 4-4.5 MMT during the grain market interventions in the second half of September. These purchases are inten...

Germany is considered the strength of Europe, but if its supermarkets reflect the will of the people, the future seems dull. The country's top supermarkets...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

While Argentine farmers retain a substantial volume of soybeans as a hedge against current economic conditions, lower FOB prices may actually force them to...

Today was the day that grain and soy prices broke out of the relatively narrow price bands in which they had been stuck for the past month. The breakout to...

Corn prices chewed back and forth in a narrow 5-cent range before closing slightly lower, while the soy complex was an island of strength among commodities...

One of the issues certain to see a great deal of attention in Argentina's presidential election next year is the country's high export taxes on soybeans, w...

India  put the final nail in the coffin of the WTO's Doha Round with its upending of the Bali agreement from last year. This has left plurilateral pre...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Revenues are expected to increase by about 8 percent this year versus last year to $3 trillion. They will rise from all major sources, including individual...

The 2013/14 U.S. soybean crop year was a notable one for the soybean industry, and the new 2014/15 U.S. soybean year promises to be memorable as well.Lest...

Morocco's total 2014 grain production is expected to be down by about 30 percent versus a year ago with barley showing the largest decrease at 37 percent...

U.S. cattlemen are upset that USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has proposed designating Argentina's Patagonia region as free of fo...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The only markets that could hold gains today were September soybean and soymeal futures. Corn and wheat traded lower most of today's session with the new c...

USDA announced that the signup for the new Dairy Margin Protection Program (DMP) will begin 2 September and run through 28 November. It will allow farmers...

Some of the comments you read following these shows are insightful, while others make little sense. There are also a few that fit both categories.The late...

There have been discussions about conducting an audit of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), which does not know how many stocks it is actually holding. I...

From the start of Ukraine's 2014/15 crop year on 1 July until 27 August, the country has exported a hefty volume of grains. However, the new southeastern f...

A recent survey asking which of the world's various farm policies is "the best" produced quite a strong response. Our most recent online survey showed a c...

Reports out of China indicate some firms there have recently defaulted on palm oil purchases due to banks discontinuing loans. The one most notably impacte...

Reports indicate that the WTO has once again ruled against the U.S. on country of origin labeling (COOL) and that Canada and Mexico may impose retaliatory...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Wheat led the way, and Chicago wheat traded above its 50-day moving average for the first time in three months. Corn futures closed up mostly 3-4 cents und...

As of 20 August 2014 and from the beginning of MY 2014/15, Russia exported 5.857 MMT of grains (22.7 percent more than during the same period in the previo...

Argentine farmers remain frustrated with their government's policies that are causing a consistent decline in the planting of grains (corn, wheat, barley)...