The USDA weekly crop progress report shows just 22% of the US corn crop is in the ground, the 5 year average is 50% and this time last year the US was at 64% sown. There are huge delays in the “I” states, the main corn states. Iowa for...

In the US wheat and corn futures took a breather. Corn performed poorly, slipping significantly in both old and new crop contracts. The most active nearby contract for corn, the July slot, shed 12.75c/bu (AUD$7.09). New crop slots were lower again, back 17.75c/bu for the Dec 22 slot. The...

What the dollar potentially took away yesterday it should hand back today. The AUD fell sharply in overnight trade against all the majors. Looking at the rally in US wheat, +AUD$15.50 / tonne for nearby Chicago SRWW futures and what the fall in currency is worth, +AUD$11.13 / tonne...

US wheat futures pushed higher in overnight trade, corn at Chicago was mixed but generally a smidge higher, soybeans where a little higher but wheat was the winner by a long shot. Chicago soft red winter wheat put on 30c/bu +/- across the 2022 contracts and kept the trend...

Volume in US wheat futures remains a little below normal, no one really willing to jump in on this market at these levels. Take HRWW at Chicago, the December contract is at 1101.5c/bu, that’s US$404.72 per tonne. Offers to sell out of the Pacific North West for the September...

I’m starting to read a lot more private analyst reports pointing towards a collapse in the US housing market, not the same as the 2008 collapse but fundamentally the same net result. The volume of speculation in the US housing, financial and commodities markets at present is worrying. A...

Wheat and canola futures saw some hefty downside on the nearby contracts overnight. Chicago SRWW and HRWW were sharply lower. In the December contract the SRWW product slipped AUD$13.00 and Dec 23 HRWW slipped AUD$16.50 per tonne. The prospect of some good rainfall across the driest parts of the...

Wheat and soybean futures in the US were a tad lower. Soybean prices falling on the back of speculation that the planting delays in corn could see late acres switched to soybeans. Considering the delays are generally in the north of the US and international values for corn look...

Taken from a market wire this morning this quote sums it up pretty well, “the last time US corn futures were this high, the US was suffering a once in a generation drought in 2012”.  Overnight US row crops, corn and soybeans, pushed higher. Soybeans dragged Winnipeg canola futures...

It looks like much of Kansas avoided a frost apart from the NW corner. Colby got down to -4C and Goodland -6C, but generally east and south of the far NW corner didn’t see the mercury drop below 1C. The NW corner of Kansas is one of the drier...