Articles By Mark Shenk

28 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Farmers pushed forward with the US hard red winter (HRW) harvest this week amid unsettled weather, while the soft red winter (SRW) harvest advanced quickly, the latest harvest report from the US Wheat Associates (USWA) showed on Friday June 28.
28 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
US corn and wheat planted areas were down year on year, but the soybean estimated planted area increased, according to the USDA Acreage report released on Friday June 28.
27 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Canadian farmers are planting less wheat, canola and corn in 2024 while bolstering the acreage planted with soybeans, Statistics Canada (Stat Can) said in a report on Thursday June 27.
27 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
US weekly net sales of wheat for the 2024/25 crop year totaled 667,200 tonnes during the week to June 20, the US Department of Agriculture said on Thursday June 27.
25 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Egypt’s state-backed General Authority of Supply Commodities (GASC) has secured 470,000 tonnes of wheat from Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria for August and September shipment, after successfully closing a tender on Tuesday June 25.
24 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Investors in the US soybean and wheat markets amassed shorts, boosting their net short positions in the week to June 18, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Monday June 24.
24 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Export inspections of US corn decreased by 19% to 1.12 million tonnes during the week to Thursday June 20, down from 1.38 million tonnes during the previous week, data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed on Monday June 24.
24 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Export inspections of US wheat declined by 16.4% to 342,692 tonnes during the week to Thursday June 20, from 410,064 tonnes the previous week, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture released on Monday June 24.
17 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
US corn, soybean and barley crop conditions declined slightly in the week to Sunday June 16, while spring and winter wheat crop conditions improved slightly, the USDA’s weekly crop progress report showed on Monday June 17.
17 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Export inspections of US wheat advanced 6.3% to 374,637 tonnes during the week to June 13, up from 352,402 tonnes in the previous week, according to USDA data released on Monday June 17.
14 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Speculators in the US soybean market, as well as two of three wheat contracts, boosted their net short positions in the week to Tuesday June 11, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday June 14.
14 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Hot weather helped accelerate the US hard red winter (HRW) harvest and crop maturity, and the soft red winter (SRW) harvest advanced this week, the latest harvest report from the US Wheat Associates (USWA) showed on Friday June 14.
13 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
US weekly net sales of wheat for the 2024/25 crop year totaled 223,900 tonnes during the week to June 6, the US Department of Agriculture said on Thursday June 13.
12 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
The USDA has increased its estimates of US wheat production and export for the 2024/25 marketing year, while reducing its ending stocks forecast, and lowering its global output and ending stocks projections, Fastmarkets has learned.
12 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Egypt’s state-backed General Authority of Supply Commodities (GASC) has secured 400,000 tonnes of wheat from Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria for August shipment, after successfully closing a tender on Tuesday June 11.
10 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
The USDA's influential World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for June is forecast to bolster its domestic 2024/25 crop-ending stocks and production projections while slightly lowering global stockpile estimates, according to analysts polled by Fastmarkets.
10 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Export inspections of US wheat fell 17.6% to 352,202 tonnes during the week to June 6, down from 398,904 tonnes in the previous week, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture released on Monday June 10.
7 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
Investors in the US corn and soybean markets, as well as two of three wheat contracts, amassed shorts, boosting their net short positions in the week to Tuesday June 4, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday June 7.
7 Jun 2024 | Mark Shenk
The US wheat harvest accelerated as combines rolled again in Texas and Oklahoma after rain delays, and reaping started in southern Kansas, the weekly harvest report from the US Wheat Associates (USWA) showed on Friday June 7.
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