Russia’s Ag Ministry has confirmed that 14.4m ha of an expected total of 20mha of winter crop has been sown. This brings sowing up to the pace as this time last year. Looking at recent weather maps one almost has to raise a skeptical eyebrow to this statement. Rainfall,...

International wheat futures continue to push lower. The move in US futures was reflected in values out of the US Pacific Northwest, spring wheat values there falling sharply. White wheat values out of the PNW remained unchanged at the FOB level. Canadian spring wheat values did not slip as...

Technical selling in the wheat pit increased at Chicago last night, pushing all three primary grades down into double digit loses. The WASDE on Friday night wasn’t friendly wheat, raising world ending stocks but reducing US stocks. One may have thought this could have supported US futures a little,...

The October USDA World Ag Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report was out last night. I’ll concentrate on wheat, month on month the report shows an increase in carry in of 930kt, that’s quite a lot, and went some of the ways to countering the decrease of 2.8mt in...

With a USDA World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates report due out tonight there wasn’t a lot of movement in international futures last night. US wheat futures were firmer, not by a lot, HRW futures winning that race but only moving higher by 4.25c/bu (AUD$2.31) in the Dec slot....

An increase in the mandate for palm oil in Indonesian biodiesel from 35% to 40% is expected to tighten palm oil stocks there in the new year. This may have a knock on effect to vege oils in general, potentially helping to lift values in the mid term. The...

International cash wheat values were generally pretty flat last night. Black Sea values moved higher, which offered support to the major exporters. On average Black Sea values were AUD$4.00 to AUD$5.00 higher day to day when considering the weaker AUD. French values were mixed, some lower, some higher. Paris...

Monday: There were some sharp moves higher in 1CWAD 13 durum bids across SE Saskatchewan yesterday. The average price for a November lift moved to C$315.31 ex farm, up roughly C$9.08/t from the previous day according to PDQ. This is in contrast to a lower spring wheat price, the...

The US futures market overlooked the good weekly US wheat export sales number that was 48% above the prior 4 week average, and decided to concentrate on some profit taking. Dec wheat has closed higher on 4 of the last 5 sessions. Prior to the release of the US...

US and EU wheat futures continued to push higher overnight. HRWW futures closed more than 20c/bu higher, some cash bids even more so. Export values out of the US Pacific Northwest were also firmer. Taking the limited move in the AUD against the US dollar into account HRWW values...