US markets were quiet on Friday with most punters happy to work with spread trade and positioning around the usual market news such as the US / China trade discussions and the impact of last week’s weather on the standing crops. The later preventing prices from slipping to far....

Between the Brexit deals and the US / China trade negotiations it’s hard to keep focused on things that have a fundamental impact on trade, things like production or you know, good old fashion supply and demand. I remember when I was first learning about futures and world markets...

A fairly uneventful night at Chicago as the trade try to make something out of the USDA crop progress report. Wheat did find support on technical trade and fundamental support from higher values into Egypt. Technically though wheat may struggle to push much higher at Chicago. The December contract...

In the USA corn futures at Chicago moved lower on technical trade. The trade was unimpressed with US export data. Cash markets were mixed with weather delays seeing some locations increasing basis while supply at others elevators saw basis weaken. Wheat futures became a follower and drifted lower. Weekly...

In the USA the punters saw the downside from the USDA report as a buying opportunity ahead of a weather ravaged weekend. With a severe storm predicted to cut across the Upper Midwest of the USA the punters stepped in as buyers of wheat and corn and to a...

Corn futures lead the US markets lower after the USDA monthly World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates report disappointed the punters. US corn production was reduced a little but not as much as what the trade had expected to see. This does leave the door open for further adjustments...

With a USDA report due out tonight it was never going to be a huge night of changes at Chicago. The trade wanted to rally on the back of an approaching winter storm in the USA but caution won the day and the punters generally squared up ahead of...

Wheat futures received a helping hand from support in corn and soybean futures at Chicago. The row crops were pushed higher on weather concerns in the USA. A cold snap is expected to bring snow to the north further delaying harvest operations. The larger spring wheat producing states, N.Dakota...

Weekly US wheat sales came in within trade expectations resulting in a flat futures market overnight. Week on week increases saw total export sales come in at 328.5kt. Although the number was better than last week the trade was underwhelmed and low volume technical trade dominated the rest of...

US grain futures lost ground over night with the selling generally attributed to the reality of large global supplies, particularly in the case of wheat, and profit taking after recent gains. There was also a lot of pressure from outside markets with the Dow closing down 483 points on...