The march higher in US grain futures was put on a break overnight with corn, wheat and soybean futures all closing in the red. The punters appeared to have built a significantly long position in all three grains and a round of technical selling / profit taking was the...

US wheat futures moved higher, corn futures were flat while Chicago soybeans shed AUD$5.90 / tonne on the nearby contract. Weakness in soybean futures spilled over to a little profit taking in both ICE canola futures and Paris rapeseed, both exchanges posting slightly lower closes on the nearby. The...

Looking through the raft of international business that has been reported this week one can’t help but think that many major consumers have taken advantage of the recent decline in wheat values. Algeria started the week booking 30k of milling wheat at US$280 CFR.  The product was purchased on...

Nearby futures for ICE canola defied the lower close in Chicago soybeans and put on another C$15.30 per tonne for the May slot, I’d hate to be caught short on that contract, it’d be starting to get a little hard to sleep at night. New crop ICE canola was...

US wheat futures were slightly lower in overnight trade. Cash bids out of the Pacific Northwest of the US followed the futures market with bids for HRWW slightly lower, bid at US$262 FOB. Indicating that Australian APW is still attracting about a AUD$15 premium over HRWW. Looking at the...

US futures bounced back from the profit driven session on Thursday. Soybeans at Chicago lead the way and as usual assisted the ICE canola contract higher. The July slot rallied C$24.60 to C$726.20 per tonne. Cash bids for canola across SW Saskatchewan followed the futures market higher with a...

It was all negative overnight, with US futures markets closing in the red. Chicago corn, soybeans and wheat were all lower by the close. The pressure, although still speculative, came from expectations of an increased area of US corn and soybeans in tonight USDA report. Wheat was basically just...

At Chicago corn and bean futures were generally lower on the back of speculation on the size of the crops in S.America and technical positioning ahead of the quarterly stocks and planting intentions report due out on Thursday here. Wheat came out of the session relatively unscathed, which was...

The punters are starting to take a stab at US corn and soybean acres for 2021. The numbers so far seem to represent an increase in area for both grains. If trendline yields are achieved it would also see close to, if not, record production of both corn and...

The Aussie dollar is sharply lower against the Asian currencies and back a little on the USD, Sterling and Euro. The AUD found pressure from a number of outside influences. The decision by NZ to remove tax incentives for real estate investment was a major influence, obviously more so...