Federal holidays in Canada and the US leaves market data for north America a little scarce this morning. Cereal and corn markets generally continue to trend lower while oilseeds were mixed. Paris rapeseed futures closed +€3.50 / tonne in the Feb slot, Chicago soybeans +2c/bu in the Jan slot...

The weaker Aussie dollar is doing all the hard lifting this morning. The AUD is back against most of the majors, shedding over 1% against the greenback. The Aussie dollar crashed sharply mid session, slipping from 65.44 to 64.9 over the course of an hour and never really recovered,...

A reduction in the value of the AUD against many of our major trading countries is beneficial to price conversions here today. The AUD slipped 0.55% against the USD and 0.43% against the Indian Rupee. Delhi chickpea values improved for the second day in a row, up roughly 34Rs/Q....

Trump has announced US$12 – US13 billion in aid to US farmers hurt by the trade war with China. When asked about distribution no details were given. The current US government shut down may delay the distribution of funds. To put this into perspective, the Australian wheat crop, if...

The punters are in control. If the USDA remains in shut down mode we will not get this weeks monthly USDA WASDE report to ignore. As much as the WASDE can be a love / hate report, one everyone loves to pick apart and criticize. It plays an important...

The US government shut down is / will eventually spill over into crucial market data services. Obviously these data services, or lack of, will have a much larger impact on Americans that the rest of the world but failure to release data that is often seen as crucial. Weekly...

Turkey picked up 255kt of feed barley on Tuesday at roughly US$250 CFR, the price varied depending on discharge port. On the back of an envelope this number equates to a local bid of something close to AUD$230 – AUD$240 XF LPP. Turkey has a bunch of barley sitting...

International cash wheat conversions are generally lower compared to yesterdays conversion. The exceptions appear to be some Black Sea ports, mainly Ukraine. US and Canadian values out of the Pacific Northwest were back AUD$5.00 to AUD$8.00 per tonne when compared to yesterdays conversions. Even white wheat out of the...

US wheat futures gave back the previous sessions gain, as did corn. The old saying “the bulls need feeding everyday” rang true. The market continues to struggle to sustain a recovery, instead slipping backing to support levels and sustaining a flat, range bound market, very boring indeed. Do we...

Chicago wheat futures pushed higher as good US export demand triggered some short covering. US sales and export pace for wheat and corn remains very strong. Weekly wheat exports sales ending the week Sept 18th were reported at 540kt. That wasn’t the highest trade estimate leading up to the...