Paris rapeseed was hit pretty hard in overnight trade, the May 20 contract was back E7.00 per tonne. Outer months were also sharply lower with the Feb 21 slot shedding E3.75 and the May 21 E6.00. Canadian canola at the ICE fended a little better limiting losses in the...

Weekly US wheat sales were less than inspiring and the market reacted accordingly. At 382kt of old crop wheat sales it was lower than trade estimates prior to the release of the report. Even combined with new crop sales of 68kt the final figure still came in below expectations....

In the US grain futures were generally a smidge softer in overnight trade. Any move lower will be more than taken up by the weaker AUD which in dollars per tonne terms for wheat accounts for about $2.16 of buffer, wheat only slipped about 70c/t. The AUD is at...

US futures were generally on the positive side of flat today. Corn, wheat and soybeans saw little movement overnight as the market began to brush away coronavirus fears and step back in as buyers. The global demand side of the equation for wheat isn’t too bad this week with...

Last night’s sharp drop in US grain futures now places wheat technically close to neutral. It will be interesting to see if the punters can mop up the blood prior to the March contract rolling off the board or if they intend to push the nearby lower leading into...

US grain futures finished the session lower. Corn appeared to be the anchor with wheat still suffering technical losses. Corn found support from good weekly export sales of 1.25mt but news that the USDA are expecting to see an increase in US ending stocks this year soon pushed the...

Corn and soybeans futures at Chicago lead wheat lower overnight. The USDA acreage expectations for the row crops this year was a little higher than the trade had been expecting to see. This weighed on wheat which was still a sell after the Tuesday rally out of thin air....

After the nice rally of the previous session Chicago wheat succumb to a round of profit taking last night. The punters were happy to take some profit and start the next round of speculation which is centred around what the USDA will say in the Ag Outlook Conference that...

China continue to confirm it will meet US / China phase one trade deals arrangements regardless of the shock the coronavirus has had on importers. The lack of staff at some ports is becoming a major issue with many ships destined to China being diverted or  ships leaving China failing to...

Good weekly export sales weren’t enough to stem the selling at Chicago. All wheat US old crop sales came in at 655kt, that’s 242k better than last week’s efforts. Lower corn and soybeans sales data weighed on the market but soybeans did manage to close in the black. The...