With the AUD at just under 71c this morning, and most futures markets for grain flat to softer, it’s not painting a pretty picture. The move in the AUD alone is worth roughly -AUD$3.20/t against the Chicago SRWW contract. Paris milling wheat futures are lower, Minneapolis spring wheat futures...

Algeria was said to have picked up 200-250kt of feed barley this week at values ranging from US$268 to US$270 CiF. On the back of an envelope this would equate to something close to AUD$240 XF LPP. With local bids closer to AUD$305 XF LPP, it’s pretty safe to...

The strength is in the US soybean futures contracts at Chicago. The “Trump Bump” is the term now. This is adding some support to both grains and oilseeds. Both Paris rapeseed futures and Winnipeg canola saw half decent gains on the back of soybeans last night. Canadian canola is...

China has announced, again, that it will continue to expand its farmer support programs to help ensure food security and lower its reliance on imports. Considering the level of uncertainty created by the US, and in part China’s own actions, in regards to using tariffs as a trade tool....

Taiwan picked up 106kt of US wheat out of the Pacific Northwest last week. With official US export shipments for the week ending January 29th at just 326.8kt any business will be considered good business. Mexico, Taiwan and Malaysia all feature on the US buyers list. US wheat continues...

According to the Indian weather office January was unusually warm and the prediction of a warmer, drier February has a few punters back peddling of winter crop production estimates there. The main crops likely to be impacted are wheat, canola and our favorite… chickpeas. I’m always skeptical of those...

China has began to buy Canadian canola again after a trade deal struck. As China has said many times in the past, China will do what is best for China. This is the case with this deal. In exchange for allowing the import of 49,000 Chinese EV’s into Canada,...

The dollar is stronger, topping out at 70.79 mid session in the 12 hour chart before falling sharply to 69.77 on profit taking. The punters appeared to have taken the 1c drop as a buying opportunity, the AUD climbed back to 70.33 over the next few hours, flattening, before...

US wheat futures found some upside, and why not, the US dollar continues to soften making US exports more affordable to many international consumers. Hard red winter wheat values out of the US Pacific Northwest were steady at 599c/bu. Converting this value to a C&F Asian market, and then...

The AUD is sharply higher against the US dollar again this morning, 69.79US cents, just 6pts below the sessions high of 69.85, not quite breaking through the 70c mark. The AUD saw little change against many other currencies, including most of our major trading partners, bar the Yuan which...