World grain futures were generally flat to firmer in overnight trade. Bullish factors were the increasing value in oil and fuel in the US, this obviously helps corn demand in the ethanol market. France confirmed its 4th hottest April...

The scouts are starting to pick up the level of frost damage across Oklahoma and Kansas, this is rolling into some underlying strength in HRW futures. The prospect of further frost damage this weekend also helped the wheat markets...

We have a USDA World Ag Supply & Demand report out tonight so the US markets were mainly concerned with positioning and speculation associated with that. At Chicago soybeans were a tad firmer, corn was flat to lower while...