Articles By Mark Shenk

7 Feb 2025 | Mark Shenk
Speculators in the US corn market continued to reduce short positions while adding longs in the week to Tuesday February 4, sending the net long to the highest level since May 2022, while open interest in corn surged to its highest since March 2021, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released late on Friday February 7 shows.
7 Feb 2025 | Mark Shenk
The USDA’s influential World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for February is projected to slightly increase estimates for US 2024/25 wheat crop ending stocks, while marginally trimming global ending stocks projections, according to analysts polled by Fastmarkets.
6 Feb 2025 | Mark Shenk
US weekly wheat net sales for the 2024/25 crop year totaled 438,900 tonnes during the week to January 30, down by 4% from the previous week, but up by 41% from the prior four-week average, according to data released by the USDA on Thursday February 6.
4 Feb 2025 | Mark Shenk
Sentiment among US farmers improved in January 2025 with agricultural producers retaining their optimism after the country’s presidential election last November, and with the main driver being confidence in current conditions, the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer survey showed on Tuesday February 4.
3 Feb 2025 | Mark Shenk
Export inspections of US wheat dropped by 48% to 252,637 tonnes during the week to January 30, down from 484,544 tonnes in the previous week, according to data released by the United States Department of Agriculture on Tuesday February 3.
3 Feb 2025 | Mark Shenk
Managed money investors in the US corn market continued to reduce short positions while amassing longs in the week to Tuesday January 28, sending the net long to the highest level since May 2022, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released late on Friday January 31 shows.
27 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
Export inspections of US wheat jumped by 85% to 484,544 tonnes during the week to Thursday January 23, down from 261,786 tonnes in the previous week, according to USDA data released on Monday January 27.
24 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
Speculators in the US corn market continued to amass long positions in the week to Tuesday January 21, sending the net long to the highest level in 140 weeks, while open interest in corn surged to its highest since July 2021, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday January 24.
24 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
US weekly net sales of wheat for the 2024/25 crop year totaled 164,800 tonnes during the week to January 16, down by 68% from the previous week and by 55% from the prior four-week average, the US Department of Agriculture said on Friday January 24.
23 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
The USDA’s local attaché in South Africa reduced its projection of the country’s 2024/25 corn harvest on Wednesday January 22 due to a decline in the expected production area, which will lead to a reduction in exports.
21 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
Export inspections of US wheat decreased by 12.5% to 261,786 tonnes during the week to January 16, down from 299,191 tonnes in the previous week, according to data from the USDA released on Tuesday January 21.
17 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
Investors in the US corn and soybean markets trimmed shorts while amassing longs in the week to Tuesday January 14, pushing the corn net long to the highest-level since May 2022 and moving soybeans from a net short to a net long for the first time in more than a year, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday January 17.
14 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
Fastmarkets launched AG-WHE-0058 Wheat 10.5% fob US Gulf SRW wheat $/mt on January 6, 2025.
13 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
Speculators in the US corn markets trimmed short positions while adding longs in the week to Tuesday January 7, which sent the net long climbing to the highest level since November 2022, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Monday January 13.
13 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
Export inspections of US wheat decreased by 30% to 288,895 tonnes during the week to Thursday January 9, down from 412,342 tonnes in the previous week, according to data from the USDA released on Monday January 13.
10 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
The USDA’s December quarterly stocks outlook update, released on Friday January 10, delivered tighter-than-expected corn and soybean reserves in the US, while wheat stocks were slightly higher than projected by market participants.
10 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
The annual Winter Wheat and Canola Seedings report released on Friday January 10, along with a big batch of other USDA reports, put planted area for the 2025 US winter wheat crop at 34.1 million acres, up by 2% from 2024 and exceeding projections.
10 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
The US Department of Agriculture increased its estimates for US and global wheat ending stocks for the 2024/25 marketing year, while leaving domestic production and export projections unchanged, according to the monthly update to its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report published on Friday January 10.
10 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
US weekly net sales of wheat for the 2024/25 crop year totaled 111,300 tonnes during the week to Thursday January 2, a marketing-year low and down by 21% from the previous week and by 70% from the prior four-week average, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Friday January 10.
8 Jan 2025 | Mark Shenk
The USDA’s influential World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for January is projected to slightly reduce estimates for US 2024/25 wheat crop ending stocks, while marginally boosting global ending stocks projections, according to analysts polled by Fastmarkets.
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