The Aussie dollar fell sharply against all the major currencies yesterday and overnight. The AUD was dragged down by unexpected & much lower growth……… seriously…….unexpected…… where do these guys live under a bloody rock. The banks don’t want to lend money to anyone who needs it, the cost of...

Wheat lost a little of it’s speculative volatility as Russian and Ukraine tensions appear to have eased a little. Support came from a lower EU wheat crop. According from Coceral the EU 28 block produced 128.6mt of wheat this year, this is about 1.3mt lower than the September estimate....

The US markets seemed pretty happy with the rhetoric coming out of the G20, the main driver being the pledge from China to open up their markets further thus reducing the trade deficit with the USA.  In response US tariffs on Chinese import will remain unchanged in the short...

Technical trade and speculation that the US and China can come to some kind of resolutions at the G20 appear to be the main driving force behind last night’s rally in US futures. As we know anything without a fundamental back ground is on shaky ground these days. Wet...

Further selling in the Chicago wheat pit has wheat continuing to push into the oversold side of the equation. Once December is out of the way we should see March find, if nothing more, technical support into the new year. Generally speaking the markets appear to be hanging on...

Bam, and just like that my sell wheat / buy soybean theory is squashed. Overnight saw advances in both wheat and soybean futures in the US. Volume in the December contract for wheat is still fairly high considering first notice day is Friday. Soybeans nearby is January so nothing...

I’m getting a little sceptical of the US futures market, yeah yeah, I know stop rolling your eyes. It’s not like it’s a revelation or anything it’s just that sometimes it becomes a little obvious. I guess they hand out the odd hard to swallow pill in the physical...

Wheat futures in the US managed to keep clear of the negativity in the soybeans pit at Chicago. Soybean futures dropped 18.75c/bu (AUD$9.50/t) on the nearby contract. As usual this weakness rippled across oilseeds in general resulting in lower closes for both ICE canola and Paris rapeseed futures. The...

The US futures market, for wheat at least, is starting to find fundamental support as the States combined with Russia and Romania to fill the latest Egyptian tender. This is starting to let a few more analyst come to the conclusion that the USA may indeed fill the void...

US markets traded sideways to a slightly firmer in overnight trade but not enough to counter the previous sessions loses. The sowing pace of US winter wheat crop, although a little behind the five year average, at 93% it is all but done. The crop rating for winter wheat...