Prices 25/1/19

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Oh my god, market data, it’s only the International Grains Council monthly S&D report but well, it might just be the substitute the world was looking for now the USDA has been put to sleep. So a quick look at a yawn worthy report tells me that 2018-19 world...
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Prices 24/1/19

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In the US corn futures were flat while soybeans and wheat moved higher. Soybeans found strength in the poor weather being experienced in Brazil and to some extent Argentina (wet). Dry weather is expected to persist for another week or two across Mato Grosso which generally produces around a...
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Prices 23/1/19

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With the US taking the day off we need to have a look around the world to garner some direction for today, at least until the overnight session in the states cranks up. Rumour has it that Syria picked up 135kt of Russian wheat at the equivalent price of...
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Prices 22/1/19

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With the US taking the day off we need to have a look around the world to garner some direction for today, at least until the overnight session in the states cranks up. Rumour has it that Syria picked up 135kt of Russian wheat at the equivalent price of...
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Prices 21/1/19

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Wheat and corn futures in the US were mostly sideways overnight while soybeans managed gains of 9c/bu (AUD$4.60) on the nearby contracts. It was more of the same news, China trade talks, dry in Brazil but with a long weekend thrown into the mix, with the US taking Monday...
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Prices 18/1/19

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In the US futures market technical buying was supported by ongoing poor weather across parts of S.America. The extremes across S.America at present are interesting. Drought continues across parts of the Brazilian soybean regions while further south in Argentina some parts of the country have seen in excess of...
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Prices 17/1/19

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The punters continue to suggest Russian wheat export restrictions are immanent while the Russians continue to announce everything is OK and there will be no restrictions. I guess it depends on your book than doesn’t it, long you take the punters side, short you take the Russian side of...
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Prices 16/1/19

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More technical trade and continued pessimism in regards to a China / US trade deal being struck dominated the main session at Chicago. Corn and soybeans were the products hit hardest dragging wheat lower by the close. For soybeans talk that yields in Brazil were although lower than average,...
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Prices 15/1/19

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One of the few reports making its way out of the USDA at present is the USA weekly export inspections report. This is grain that has been loaded for export. Wheat surprised the punters with around 545,804 tonnes listed as being loaded for the week ending Jan 10th. The...
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Prices 14/1/19

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Futures in the USA clawed back much of the previous sessions losses overnight. The key to wheat at least may at last lay with the Russians (like we didn’t know that). Markets reacted to rumours that Russian officials had asked exporters to slow the export pace during the second...
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