You don’t get much more boring than the last two weeks in US grain futures. Corn for instance has moved about a 7c/bu range since Friday week ago, that’s less than AUD$4.00 / tonne. Meanwhile soft wheat futures have fallen 23.5c/bu (AUD$12.50), so much for the “what happens to...

More technical selling in the US grains futures market left the complex either side of unchanged with no one commodity, or in the case of wheat no one grade, making a significant move one way of the other. With the northern hemisphere slipping into the winter and most locations...

In the US grain futures were generally lower on technical selling and ample stocks. Combine this with a poor weekly sales pace and there little chance we’ll see a 100c/bu rally in US futures in the short term. When the technical trade feel the need to buy there is...

US grain futures came under pressure from spill over selling in the Chicago soybean pit. The old saying “bulls need feeding every day” rang true for soybean punters overnight. The lack of fresh news from the US/China trade talks and poor weekly export sales numbers for the US was...

US grain futures were generally weaker overnight with corn and soybeans holding on a little better than wheat. The trade saw the US weekly sales data as poor and pruned prices accordingly. Weekly US wheat sales were down 34% week on week at 262kt. Corn saw weekly US sales...

US row crop futures were generally sideways with soybeans and corn finding technical support, more so for corn. Soybeans remain moderately overbought but have recently found support from increased fund money from China which is leading one to think that the US and China may be closer to a...

Saudi Arabia picked up 605kt of wheat in Fridays tender. The average price was said to be US$242.51 per tonne. Quality was asked at 12.5% milling wheat with a March / April ETA. Participants produced offers from the USA, EU, Black Sea, Argentina and Australia with the option of...

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...