US grain futures were sharply higher in overnight trade, technical Tuesday, a dead cat bounce, we’ve found a bottom, who knows. This market is very volatile, and 24 hours is a long time for a grain speculator these days. According to this morning’s wires the crux of the rally...

The drier weather outlook in the US had a few punters back on the buy side at Chicago. Corn, wheat, and soybean futures all making some decent gains. Wheat managed to take back around half of Fridays losses. What rain that is forecast to fall in the US is...

US and EU wheat prices tumbled in overnight trade. An agreement between Russia and Ukraine to create a wheat export corridor the major influence. Paris milling wheat was back AUD$36.82 on the nearby contract, the December slot down AUD$33.51. The news also sent all three US wheat grades lower....

Soybeans were the biggest loser at Chicago overnight despite the handy US export volume reported. US soybean futures appear torn between reflecting the volume of recent sales and the expected increase in Chinese demand as the hog herd increases, and the increased competition from the S.American suppliers, the weaker...

Bangladesh picked up 50kt of wheat overnight from Agrocorp International in Singapore at roughly $461 US C&F. This is believed not to be part of the 200kt of Russian wheat also being negotiated by Bangladesh. Russia continues to claim they have wheat sale issues to some destinations due to...

US wheat futures were flat to lower in overnight trade. Further north PDQ registered the average cash prices for grains ex farm SE Saskatchewan were all lower, spring wheat, durum, barley and canola values all fell. 1CWAD13 durum for a December lift average a price of C$459.55 per tonne,...

US wheat and soybean futures saw substantial gains in overnight trade. The strength in soybeans spilling over into the ICE canola market which also closed higher. Paris rapeseed did close in the black but not as decisively as the US and Canadian oilseeds. Corn futures were drawn higher by...

The US Fed continues to look like that 6 year old at the soccer field, you know the one, about 20m behind the crowd of 20 kids jostling for a little kick. We’ll call those kids the fund managers and bankers today, they are having a hell of game....

The July futures contract at Chicago rolled of the board in a similar fashion to how it spent most of its existence, volatile. July corn shed 45c, soybeans were up 22c and wheat, well it bucked the trend, flat to back 4c. Looking at the December contract wheat was...

The bargain hunters were in the mix last night picking up “cheap” corn and soybeans at Chicago. Wheat found support but still struggled and closed a little lower in all three grades. Talk of potential weather damage to the wheat crops in the Baltic region assisted the bulls. A...