In the USA corn, wheat and soybean futures all finished the week on a down day. Week on week we see US soft wheat futures at Chicago gaining around AUD$4.67 / tonne while local markets here were flat to a dollar firmer. Currency was the big mover this week...

Then along comes the currency to spoil the trend. The Aussie dollar found strength from domestic data in overnight trade as the seasonally adjusted trade surplus figures released showed a $3.5bn surplus in December, about $1.5bn better than expected by many punters. You need to look at everything in...

Higher closes across the major futures markets is a good way to start the day in the grain game. All three US wheat futures are higher, corn, soybeans and Canadian canola as well as Paris rapeseed, wheat and corn and also London feed wheat. The AUD is a touch...

US wheat futures stabilised overnight with soft red winter wheat futures leading grains higher. Soybean and corn futures at Chicago were generally flat to a couple of cents per bushel higher nearby while outer month soybeans saw a little downside. Minneapolis spring wheat futures were a little lower by...

Well it was all about the demise of soybean futures last night. The punters pulled up stumps on S.American flooding and concentrated on the weather map talking of a dry fortnight in Argentina. The funds took profit, the punters took profit and futures fell. The slide in soybeans exerted...

With parts of Asia on holiday the US punters appeared to concentrate on the negatives not the positives to close out the week. Better than expected weekly US exports sales were countered by more Trump rhetoric. Building a wall between the USA and Mexico doesn’t stop Mexicans from eating...

Over the break US futures have generally been flat, a few cents down and a few cents up so little is expected to change on the back of US futures here today. The AUD is a little softer than it was on Wednesday and in the case of canola...

All the news continues to dwell on Trump rhetoric in regards to “possible” trade wars with China and Mexico. I’ve read a few different scenarios and the one I think more credible than any would be the counter strategy China may take. Some punters are suggesting China may well...

US grain futures were mixed, corn was flat to weaker while soybeans found a little downside on a drier outlook for South America. Funds are also taking profit in the soybean market after moves higher last week. The weakness in the soybean market moved across into ICE canola futures...

Soybeans were surprisingly lower, well kind of surprisingly, you forget how US centric the US grain futures markets are sometimes and how little confirmation of events like the flooding in Argentina can have on the US markets if something US centric is occurring. For instance yesterday three forecasting entities...