The June 15th US crop progress report shows corn at 94% emerged. Over the last 7 days the US corn belt as seen some very good rain with parts of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri seeing 75mm to 100mm. General rain across the balance of the corn belt was between...

This weeks WASDE reduced US winter wheat production further. Hard red winter wheat is now at it’s lowest production number since 1957. What else would the US futures market do, well sell off lower of course. Soft red winter wheat, hard red winter wheat and spring wheat futures in...

I was reading a post from Andrey Sizov from SovEcon yesterday. It was a view on the US futures market. Not riddled with predictions, but simply stated. “I keep getting asked: why is wheat down so hard? Valid question. The list of reasons is long – and so is...

US wheat futures continued on the path of least resistance overnight, lower. All three US wheat grades shed value, soft red winter wheat leading the race to the bottom. The move when reflected in AUD / tonne, and compared to yesterdays conversions, is helped a little by the weaker...

One of the first market reports I opened this morning was titled “What’s going to stop the slide”. Reads a little ominous doesn’t it. It’s from the USA, and is talking about futures so it may have a little drama draped over it. If the world as we’ve been...

This weeks USDA weekly crop progress report shows corn planting has progressed to 93% sown, all but done. Corn emergence sits at 76%, and the condition of the US corn crop is rated at 67% Good / Excellent. This is the first rating of the season, and compares to...

The market wires are telling us that the pressure on grains is coming from lower crude oil futures this morning. Talks between Iran and the USA will be crucial in determining the future direction of crude oil, but at the moment the punters can see an end to war...

Corn and soybean futures at Chicago closed in the green. Some wires already announcing the start of the new rally, obviously those on that side of the fence have a book to talk this early in the “recovery”. Both Winnipeg canola and Paris rapeseed futures moved higher. Cash canola...

US wheat futures pushed lower again overnight. Ignoring the further deterioration of the US winter wheat crop, and instead concentrating on sowing progress for spring wheat and international values. Volume in the July slot was high with 69,341 (9.43mt) contracts changing hands, open interest is still over 33mt. S.Korea...

The USDA weekly crop progress report is the focus this morning. Corn planting has progressed to 86% complete and the crop is 60% emerged. The sowing pace is bang on the same rate as last year and 3pts ahead of the 5 year average. The condition rating is expected...