The market wires are explaining the sharp drop in HRW futures on Friday night as a round of profit taking. The HRW contract is neither oversold nor overbought. It may be more accurate to call the sell off a case of boredom. With the HRW belt currently experiencing a...

US wheat futures were generally softer overnight. Bearish pressure came from both new and old crop expectations. Old crop carryover will continue to be too high while 2019 – 20 production will continue to ensure there is enough wheat to go around and the major exporters will need to...

There’s not a lot of direction to be taken from the US session unless you’re a soybean / oilseed trader. Soybean futures at Chicago shed 13.25c/bu (AUD$7.00/t) on the May and July contracts. Corn found a few cents per bushel downside while wheat futures were mixed but generally a...

It was good to see the USA feature in the suppliers list for the Egyptian tender, what wasn’t good was the price. Most of the punters were expecting to see values around US$5.00 higher than Egypt’s previous purchase due to the change in payment terms from prompt to 180...

The US markets continue to be focused on the delays and damage flooding along the Mississippi is causing. The 300kt of corn China picked up the other day was said to have been flood coverage. As the river becomes less compliant delays will occur and the additional cost of...

The US markets look like they took half a breather in overnight trade. Corn was up a little on continued weather issues across the western corn belt. Flooding and heavy rain are starting to ease but there is some serious infrastructure damage in many counties. Wheat was generally flat...

US grain futures found support from flooding in the mid west and a US weather forecast suggesting further rain is likely in the short term possibly exacerbating the issues already being experienced. US wheat futures found support mainly from spill over buying in corn and soybeans but also continued...

US wheat futures were firmer again in overnight trade. All three grades saw upside. Flood water in the US is pushing south and over the next few days those across Kansas and Missouri are going to be the ones in trouble. As snow melts in the northern parts of...

Technical trade dominated Chicago grains overnight. Wheat, which was grossly oversold only a couple of weeks ago has now reversed that position and is pushing into the overbought range on the stochastic. Even so US SRW futures should still be considered cheap at these levels. Spring wheat futures are...

The US futures markets concentrated on poor weekly export inspection numbers for wheat, corn and soybeans. The main three grains were all lower by the close bar spring wheat futures at Minneapolis.  Spring wheat actually bucked the trends and closed 6c/bu (AUD$3.10/t) higher on the nearby contract. The extensive...