US grain futures were lower overnight, the main reason seems to be the announcement of an additional $14.5bn in farm aid for US farmers. The message this sent to the trade was that the China / USA trade dispute...

It’s now definitely a weather market in the US with the forecast predicting a continuation of the wet weather into next week. There’s a very real chance that large acres of corn will be left unsown even with the...

With the US markets closed for a public holiday there’s nothing but the weather to talk about out of the USA. It’s getting very wet in places, Kansas being one state suffering. Storms continue to create havoc dropping huge...