Algeria picked up about 450kt of wheat in the recent 50kt tender. This isn’t unusual for Algeria. Prices were much higher than their last tender in December with the trade confirming values around US$245 CFR for mid-grade milling wheat. France is expected to pick up the lion’s share as...

In the US corn and soybeans futures were lower while wheat futures in all three grades climbed higher. Soft red winter wheat at Chicago saw impressive gains against the trend in the row crops. Fundamental support for wheat at these levels is a little questionable, especially with weekly export...

The US markets are closed for Martin Luther King day. Temperatures across the US are very cold in the north, down to -35C across the northern parts of  N.Dakota and Minnesota over the weekend. The cold has pushed right down into Kansas where -15C is the current reading at...

There was a nice recovery in US grain futures overnight. The analyst are calling it bargain buying after the sharp losses of the previous session. One can’t help but think that the rally in wheat may limit US export potential. This has been a common thought for a while...

Corn, wheat and soybeans were all lower at Chicago. Corn was hardest hit with the nearby contract shedding 12c/bu (AUD$6.85/t). Volume in the corn pit for the session indicating a number of stop loss orders were probably triggered. The move does point the contract into more neutral ground on...

There’s a lot of international news out overnight. Egypt confirmed they paid about US$4.00 per tonne more for wheat in Tuesday’s tender. Russia toy’s with the idea of wheat export restrictions and there is more trade analysis (WAG) over the US / China trade deal. The big loser in...

Hard and soft wheat contracts at Chicago continue to move higher. This has a few analyst wondering what’s going on. The Minneapolis spring wheat contract is probably wondering why it didn’t get an invite to the party too. You would expect demand for hard wheat out of the USA...

At Chicago wheat appeared to suffer from some technical selling after the lead up to last week’s USDA report saw the market now over bought. The USDA report held no significant surprises for wheat and as such the punters are conducting business as usual. Supportive news came from healthier...

As expected last night’s USDA report confirmed the smallest sown winter wheat crop in the USA since 1909.  A winter storm is also pushing through the US Midwest. Although not likely to have a major impact on grain production is will hamper logistics in some locations. The USDA Wade...

US wheat futures at Chicago found support overnight with both soft and hard wheat contracts closing higher. The punters are square old crop and are backing a big adjustment lower to new crop wheat acres in the states in tonight’s WASDE report. The spat between Iran and the USA...