Some days you wonder if Stephen King, or Stephen Spielberg for that matter, is in charge of writing the script for the US futures market. Seriously, this stuff is hard to make up, and feels like it should be in a fiction section in an obscure library somewhere. Chicago...

International grain markets were relatively quiet overnight leaving the AUD as a major influence this morning. With the dollar improving by 0.34% against the US dollar, and against many of the regions trading partners, we see some losses in the day to day conversion for most grains. Delhi chickpeas...

Rumours that China are also in for some US wheat kept the bulls fed on Monday. China is expected to buy their average volume of US soybeans but are now also expected to pick up some US wheat along the way. There’s unconfirmed talk that China is about to...

International wheat values are generally higher this morning. Cash values out of the US Pacific Northwest saw good gains in HRWW, the day to day conversion comparison increasing by roughly AUD$6.44/t. Spring wheat values were also firmer, not by as much as HRWW though. Canadian spring wheat out of...

Watching the US soybean futures market was interesting yesterday. Trump finally met with Xi and exclaimed the meeting was great, the best meeting ever, rating it a 12 out of 10. Soybean futures plummeted 24c/bu before eventually recovering late in the session and making modest gains. The trading range...

Canola out of the US / Canadian Pacific Northwest showed good gains overnight. The day to day conversion comparison indicated gains in excess of AUD$15.00 / tonne. The FOB gains were not backed up with higher values across SE Saskatchewan where canola for a December lift only improved by...

Reuters reports that late monsoon rain has damaged summer crops in India. Western Maharashtra has seen fields of rice, soybeans and cotton written off by the late season deluge and associated flooding. Some yields are being slashed by as much as 80% in some locations, and then there is...

The AUD is often viewed in the currency trading world as a liquid proxy for the Chinese Yuan. Hence when the press tell the world that the talks between the US and Chinese preventatives over the weekend went well, then that must be good the Yuan, bam, they buy...

There is little change in international cash and futures values this morning. Black Sea wheat values are the weakest of the major export regions, while wheat values out of the US Pacific Northwest were generally either side of unchanged by less than a dollar. During the week Algeria picked...

There’s a bit of push and pull in the international durum market at present. Drought continues in Turkey, creating sowing problems for dry land producers and potentially reducing supply into the Turkish pasta processing industry for 2026-27. Turkey is also expected to limit 2025-26 exports. The current situation is...