The divide in the US cropping states is widening. The latest weather map picks some better weather for corn and soybeans while the hot, dry weather is expected to persist across the northern plains and SW Saskatchewan. As a result corn and bean futures at Chicago drifted lower dragging...

Take two days off and what happens…..where do I start. Winter wheat futures in the US were smashed on Wednesday and Thursday  shedding roughly AUD$20 in two sessions. After a rally on Friday US spring wheat futures will end up closing the last three days of the week out...

The US midterm weather map showed sustained hot, dry weather across key growing regions of the Midwest last night. The funds jumped on this and pushed wheat, corn and soybeans futures higher across the board. Some of the pictures of the spring wheat districts of N.Dakota hitting social media...

Talk of some farmers bailing wheat in NW N.Dakota is preventing the wheat market in the US from correcting the percentage it probably needs to in order to be competitive on the world market again. There are a few S&D tables getting around that show the world stocks situation...

Well what goes up must come down and that was certainly the case in US wheat futures last night. The reason, well you could question that reality took hold but that is seldom the case in futures trading. One market wire is implying that is the case though, well...

It was a mixed session in US grain futures overnight. Spring wheat once again saw the bulk of the volatility with an early rally / fall in values countered by a late session rally. At one point MGEX spring wheat futures were 52.5c/bu higher before profit taking kicked into...

Nearby spring wheat futures at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange closed above US$8.00/bu for the first time since the 25th of June 2013. The US weather forecast calls for a continuation of the hot, dry weather across the northern plains exacerbating the current drought conditions on spring sown crops. With...

A mixture of USDA data and a bleak looking weather map for the Dakotas and the Canadian Prairies made for an interesting night for US futures traders. Even corn got in on the action. When the USDA Acreage and Stocks report came out showing greater corn acres than expected...

In the US spring wheat was the standout yet again. After fending off spill over selling from a sharply lower soybean market which also saw corn values slip away spring wheat futures managed to gain 7 1/2c/bu on the nearby while HRW futures were roughly flat. The soybean market...

US wheat futures retreated a little last night after spring wheat set a new high in the overnight session. This is basically a technical correction allowing for some profit taking after the recent weeks. Fundamentally you would have to say that weather maps around the world are all tending...