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...

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...

Soybean & canola futures were about the only grains to garner any joy out of last night’s session. The Chinese are back from holidays and have decided that their government has taxed most imported feed grains out of reach...