The US weather map offers a mixed bag for the punters. The corn belt is expected to see a little rain while the Gulf states will see heavy rain around the mouth of the Mississippi and north across where roughly 20-30% of the US cotton crop is produced. According...

US wheat futures were firmer, partly helped by better corn futures and partly by further technical buying from the punters. There is speculation US wheat exports will pick up as we move away from the harvest period and the US dollar remains a little lower than it has been...

The question canola growers are asking themselves is “where does canola or rapeseed price itself out of the ration”. Currently we see canola markets well supported by good European demand and lower production across much of Europe and Canada. Although China is not taking much canola seed from Canada...

Algeria picked up 560kt of optional origin wheat this week. The price is estimated at US$231 – US$232 per tonne C&F. Speculation has supply still coming from the EU but not 100% from France as usual thanks to a smaller French crop in 2020. The punters are backing the...

Soft red winter wheat futures at Chicago suffered under a session of profit taking and technical selling after a jump above 500c/bu on Tuesday. 500c continues to look like the level of resistance in the short to mid-term, triggering selling when breached. The December wheat contract was pretty much...

The rally in US grain futures overnight was said to be fuelled by technical buying and a return to hotter, drier weather across the US Mid-West over the next week or so. Fund money continues to search for the most volatile parking lots. The funds have the ability to...

Corn futures at Chicago succumb to profit taking overnight after some good gains in the prior session. Talk of 5-10mt of corn getting taken out of the production side in the US saw futures higher Thursday. Looking at the size of the US crop, 388mt, 5-10mt represents less than...

They are staring to quantify the damage in Iowa from storms earlier this week. The system is being described as an inland hurricane. Social media is awash with pictures of corn laid flat as far as the eye can see. Many think that the USDA average yield of 181.8bu/ac...

Sorghum harvest is underway in China’s Jiangjin district. Over the last 30 days the region has seen rainfall in excess of 150mm with up to double that in some locations. The region has mostly small farms with some harvesting taking place by hand. Sorghum there is produced for the...

The US markets were finding it difficult to quantify corn losses after storms across the central corn belt laid some crops flat on the ground. There is speculation some crops may stand back up while others will not thus a wait and see approach was taken by many. The...