Chicago corn, wheat and soybeans were all lower by the close. Even the untraded Platts APW1 Aussie FOB wheat contract at Chicago closed lower, back US$6.00 for a Feb 21 slot. Settlement for the Aussie product was estimated at US$257.50 for a Feb slot, this would roughly equate to...

Argentina’s wheat crop, a crop that was rated at 52% poor on October 14th, is now 39% harvested. During the harvest period we’ve seen crop condition ratings improve. The trade are suggesting thanks to the late rain but we all know how late rain can impact on a crop,...

S.Korea picked up 31.6kt of wheat off the US and Canada overnight, according to some reports it was for various grades, generally higher. Considering S.Korea are also tendering for 45kt of Australian wheat one might consider it is a blending exercise. The average price for the N.American purchase was...

Both ICE canola futures and cash bids for canola out of SW Saskatchewan improved overnight. Futures closed C$5.40 higher in the Feb slot while cash bids for a Feb lift XF SW Sask rallied C$4.99 to C$556.34 ex farm there. On the back of an envelope using the same...

Cash bids for US grains out of the Pacific North West were flat to lower. White wheat held onto values while both DNS wheat and HRW slipped a few cents per bushel. Club white wheat with 10.5% protein was bid at US$248 FOB PNW, which on the back of...

In the US HRW and DNS wheat clawed back much of the loss incurred on Wednesday. Punters took it as an opportunity to do some technical buying in wheat and corn and to keep the upward momentum in soybeans going. There are plenty of punters expecting to see 1200c/bu...

The International Grains Council, IGC, had their monthly stab at world grain S&Ds yesterday. Global wheat production was called 765mt, up 1mt on last month, they increased consumption 1mt and increased world ending stocks 1mt to 292mt. This is a 13mt increase in ending stocks year on year and...

The prospect of higher ethanol stocks in the USA and the thought that further COVID restrictions will limit demand for ethanol as the US moves through winter kept a check on corn prices. Over the last week demand for both ethanol and petrol in the US have eased significantly....

Futures markets, price indicators or playgrounds, I often wonder. Look at our own ASX. Yesterday there was 29.3kt of Jan21 wheat traded and 29.6kt of March 21 wheat. The price trended lower throughout the day. Looking at the volume and sale times one could come to the conclusion that...

With this week being the Thanks Giving holiday week in the US, markets there are not overly active as most punters will make a short week of it by taking Friday off as well as the public holiday on Thursday. Technically we see corn futures at Chicago over bought...