Spring wheat futures in the USA were the star performer last night. We are not talking about a market moving higher in leaps and bounds here. Four cents a bushel ($2/t) isn’t exactly a huge rally is it but it is finding its strength from slow emergence in the...

The US corn crop is 91% in the ground, just 2% below the 5 year average, 73% has actually emerged and according to the first crop rating of the season it’s pegged at 65% good to excellent. When this good to excellent rating is translated into trade speak it...

With the Memorial Day holiday in the US giving the majority of the speculative community the day off we do not get any direction from the US futures markets today. Instead we have to look to Europe for guidance who are also down a player as England also took...

US soybean futures hit a 13 month low overnight weighing heavily on global oilseed prices. Canola futures at the ICE could not crawl out from under the weight of soybeans even with projections of an exceptionally 2018 tight global balance sheet developing for canola and rapeseed. The nearby ICE...

Lower oil prices appeared to have had a negative impact on US grain futures overnight. Worst hit was Chicago soybean futures which slipped to their lowest level since April. As usual the weaker soybean market rippled across commodities to produce lower closes for both ICE canola futures and Paris...

International grain futures remained relatively stable overnight with slight moves higher in US wheat and corn futures while Chicago soybeans were unchanged to a tad weaker. The canola market saw the ICE contract slip a little on the back of a better CAD value while the Euro and Paris...

The weekly USDA crop progress report has corn, soybeans and cotton all bang on the 5 year average for this time of year. This sent a slightly bearish tone through the market as some punters had expected to see a lower number in this weeks report due to continued...

US futures markets were generally flat to higher. Wheat futures found support from the rain over the weekend. The HRW belt in particular needs a hot dry spell to bring the crop in and it simply isn’t happening. The N.D Wheat Commission will put out their weekly crop report...

Chicago soybeans clawed back a slice of what they gave up yesterday. The Brazilian Real bounced, it managed to take back around half of what it lost the previous day. This gave support to US soybean futures and when combined with a wetter than desired weather map for the...

I went to a meeting about how to use futures and options in grain marketing back in around 1999 or so. I remember one think that is ringing true about how a cash price is made, you’ve all heard it, futures + basis + currency. Well this guy through...