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The USDA’s cattle on feed report released on Friday September 20 estimated the number of cattle in the nation’s feedlots at 11.2 million head on September 1, in line with market estimates and 1% above last year’s 11.13 million head.
Soybean futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell slightly on Friday September 20, amid early US harvest pressures and strong import numbers from China in August, mostly of Brazilian soybeans.
The German 12.5% FOB wheat APM for November loading was assessed at a €9 per tonne premium over the December Euronext contract...
US wheat ended the week mixed on Friday September 20, with the advancing harvest limiting gains, while the Euronext futures gained slight support.
Asian vegoils continued to climb higher for yet another session on Friday September 20 amid an overall bullish sentiment.
US corn futures fell for a third consecutive day on Friday September 20, with a good harvest pace, better-than-expected crop conditions and lower reported weekly consumption weighing on the market.
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The soybean CFR China (Brazil) basis assessment for November shipment was assessed...
Russian wheat exports decreased on a weekly basis for second week in row, a Fastmarkets analysis showed on Friday September 20.
The US hard red spring (HRS) and northern durum wheat harvests are nearing completion, with less than 10% remaining, according to the latest report from the US Wheat Associates (USWA) on Friday September 20.
EU oilseed crushing volumes continued to grow in August, reaching o 3.48 million tonnes, up by 224,000 tonnes, or 7%, compared with July's 3.25 million tonnes, according to data from EU vegetable oil and protein meal association Fediol on Friday September 20.
China imported 10.24 million tonnes of soybeans from Brazil in August, according to data released by the country’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) on Friday September 20.
The Ukrainian corn crop harvest advanced by 7 percentage points to 13% complete in the week ended Thursday September 19, out of the 4 million hectares planned for the 2024/25 campaign, according to data from the country’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, released on Friday September 20
The Russian government slightly raised the wheat export duty and decreased the corn tariff for the September 25-October 1 period, the country’s agriculture ministry said in an official update on Friday September 20.
In its fourth forecast for the 2024 crop, trade association Coceral pegged wheat production, excluding durum, in the European Union’s 27 members (EU27) significantly lower at 114.92 million tonnes, compared with 126.38 million tonnes produced in 2023, the association announced on Friday September 20.
After an increase for the wheat output expectation in August, the figure was pushed back down again due to the return of dry weather, according to the September edition of Grain Industry of Western Australia (GIWA) report released on Friday September 20.
Ukraine’s grain export volumes fell to 682,000 tonnes in the week to September 19, down by 165,000 tonnes, or 19% from 847,000 tonnes in the preceding seven days, according to data released by the country’s State Customs Service on Friday September 20.
French corn conditions improved by one percentage point in the week to Monday September 16, while the harvest pace is still behind recent years, according to farm agency FranceAgriMer’s weekly report released on Friday September 20.
Canada's grain and oilseed exports rose by 57%, or 383,100 tonnes, in the week ended Sunday September 15, totaling 1.1 million tonnes, with gains in canola and wheat flows, according to data from the Canadian Grain Commission released late on Thursday September 19.