International futures and cash markets were generally sideways to a little firmer overnight. Outer month Chicago corn futures closed in the red, the consensus there being that US acres are more likely to increase than decrease. Rainfall over the...

The weekly US crop progress report is out. The numbers are good, soybean and corn sowing is progressing very quickly, beans 18% in, and corn 24% sown. 15% of the cotton crop is also in the ground. Sorghum sowing...

The nearby moves on both Paris rapeseed and Minneapolis wheat futures were good examples of being on the wrong side of things as the nearby contract moves close to expiry. Nearby May Paris rapeseed had been much higher than...