The punters appeared most active in soft red winter wheat futures at Chicago, the nearby May contract making some good gains by the close. Higher grade hard red winter wheat and spring wheat saw less volatility. Fundamental strength was...

The weekly USDA crop progress report was out after the close of business at Chicago. The publication shows corn planting is just 3% against the average of 2%, very early days as yet. Most of that action is happening...

The stronger AUD is becoming a bit of a thorn in our side yet again, putting on over 1c against the USD since this time last week. It may not sound like much but when you look at something...