After last night’s rally Chicago corn futures have regained all the losses from the USDA report that sent prices tumbling two weeks ago. Corn also found support from sharply higher soybean prices. Beans were generally higher from good import demand from China and thoughts that the rain in Argentina...

An early spring in the US has planters in the fields. Texas has sown around 20% of its expected area already. In the oilseed markets US soybeans closed lower after the Brazilian currency slipped after recent gains. Big weekly crush numbers did not prevent a weaker close. There isn’t...

Public holiday’s in both SA and Victoria didn’t help the cause any today. There were a number of traders simply out of the market today. Considering most head offices are in Melbourne these days we may as well had the day off here as well. As a result I...