Articles By Mark Shenk
Tunisia’s state grain importer Office des Cereales (ODC) has bought 100,000 tonnes of milling wheat for June shipment in an international tender awarded on Wednesday May 22.
US corn, soybean and spring wheat planting advanced at a faster pace than expected in the week to Sunday May 19 but trailed prior-year levels, the USDA’s weekly crop progress report showed on Monday May 20.
Export inspections of US wheat tumbled 46.3% to 205,612 tonnes during the week to Thursday May 16 from 383,058 tonnes the previous week, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture released on Monday May 20.
Speculators in the US corn and wheat markets disposed of shorts and added longs in the week ended Tuesday May 14, while the soybean market experienced declines in both shorts and longs, a report from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday May 17.
The US hard red winter (HRW) wheat harvest in Texas slowed due to rain, while hard red spring (HRS) and durum crops continues at a steady clip, this year’s second weekly harvest report update from the US Wheat Associates (USWA) showed on Friday May 17.
US weekly net sales of wheat for the 2023/24 crop year totaled 78,500 tonnes in the week to May 9, up 91% from the previous week and “noticeably” from the prior four-week average...
Participants taking part in the Wheat Quality Council’s 2024 Hard Red Winter (HRW) Tour in Kansas saw evidence of both healthy potential yields and diseases on the first day of crop inspection.
Export inspections of US wheat increased by 8.1% to 366,339 tonnes during the week to Thursday May 9 from 338,874 tonnes the previous week, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released on Monday May 13.
Managed money investors in the US corn and soybean markets slashed shorts while adding longs in the week ended Tuesday May 7, sending the net shorts to multi-month lows...
The USDA projected that US wheat production, ending stocks, exports and demand will climb in the 2024/25 marketing year, while global output is expected to climb to a record high and stocks are expected to decline.
US weekly net sales of wheat for the 2023/24 crop year totaled 41,100 tonnes in the week to May 2, down “noticeably” from the previous week but up from the prior four-week average, the USDA said on Thursday May 9.
The USDA's influential World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report update for May will include the first projections for the 2024-25 crop year, with analysts polled by Fastmarkets projecting that US ending stocks will climb while global stocks will dip slightly.
Sentiment among US agricultural producers tumbled in April, with monitors of both longer-term and short-term conditions sharply lower, CME Group and Purdue University’s Ag Economy Barometer survey showed Tuesday May 7.
US corn and soybean planting advanced at a slower rate than expected in the week to Sunday April 5, trailing prior year levels, the USDA’s weekly crop progress report showed on Monday May 6.
The USDA’s attaché in Kazakhstan expects that the country’s wheat production will climb 3.69 million tonnes to 15.8 million tonnes in the 2024/25 marketing year with higher spring moisture supporting crop growth through the summer.
Export inspections of US wheat declined by 36.1% to 321,124 tonnes during the week to May 2 from 502,769 tonnes the previous week, according to data from the USDA released on Monday May 6.
Managed money investors in the US agricultural sector slashed short positions in corn and wheat contracts in the week to Tuesday April 30, helping slash the net short in the markets to multi-month lows, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday May 3.
Investors in the US agricultural sector slashed short positions in all major markets, reducing their net short positions in the...
The US Department of Agriculture’s attaché in Canada said that the country’s production of principal grains (wheat, oats, barley, corn) is expected to jump by 4.9% to 61.4 million tonnes...