Articles By Mark Shenk
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...
US weekly net sales of corn totaled 1,299,900 tonnes for the 2023-2024 crop year in the week ended April 18, up “noticeably” from the previous week but down by 74% from the prior four-week average...
US weekly net sales of wheat for the 2023-2024 crop year totaled 82,000 tonnes in the week to April 18, down from both the previous week and the prior four-week average...
US corn and soybean planting advanced at a steady clip in the week to Sunday April 21, surpassing their five-year averages and exceeding analysts’ expectations...
Export inspections of US corn increased by 19.95% to 1,623,532 tonnes in the week to Thursday April 18, up from 1,353,515 tonnes in the previous week...
Export inspections of US wheat declined by 27.39% to 450,275 tonnes during the week to Thursday April 18 from 620,139 tonnes the previous week...
Investors in US soybean and corn contracts, as well as two of three wheat contracts, accumulated shorts, bolstering their net...
US weekly corn net sales totaled 501,200 tonnes for the 2023-2024 crop year in the week ended April 11, up by 54% from the previous week but...
US weekly wheat net sales reductions for the 2023-2024 crop year totaled 93,600 tonnes in the week to April 11, down from both the previous week and the prior four-week average, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Thursday April 18.
US winter wheat conditions remained in much better shape than at the same point last year, while corn and soybean planting advanced at a steady pace in the week to Sunday April 14...
Export inspections of US corn decreased by 7.6% to 1,331,683 tonnes in the week ended Thursday April 11, down from 1,442,816 tonnes in the previous week...
Export inspections of US wheat increased by 6.7% to 551,278 tonnes during the week to Thursday April 11, up from 516,835 tonnes the previous week...
Managed money investors in the US soybean and corn contracts, as well as one of three wheat contracts, slightly increased their net short positions in the week to Tuesday April 9...