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Farmers in Brazil’s largest agricultural-producing state of Mato Grosso sped up the pace of forward sales of soybeans and corn in November, backed by higher prices, good soybean crop conditions and the need to raise funding to lock in input costs for the second corn crop, Mato Grosso’s agriculture state agency IMEA said late on Monday December 9.
Brazilian soybean sowing reached 94.1% of the projected area of 47.3 million hectares in the week ended Sunday December 8, a weekly advance of 4.1 percentage points. This surpassed the 89.9% completion rate from a year earlier, national food agency Conab said in its weekly crop progress report published late on Monday December 9.
Corn markets saw broad gains, with Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures climbing alongside rising Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) prices due to a lowered Chinese production forecast, while firmer Ukrainian prices and increased US export demand highlighted robust global activity.
The USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report update released on Tuesday December 10 highlights key changes to the US corn outlook, including increased usage (ethanol production as well as food, seed and industrial use), higher exports and reduced ending stocks.
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The European Union's weekly wheat exports amounted to 207,333 tonnes in the week to Sunday December 8, according to initial data from the European Commission.
Brazilian grain exporters association Anec increased its estimates for soybean, corn, soymeal and wheat in its weekly report on Tuesday December 10.
China’s Agriculture Outlook Committee (CAOC) has lowered its 2024/25 estimates for the country’s edible vegetable oil imports by 700,000 tonnes to 7.73 million tonnes from the previous month’s 8.43 million tonnes in its December update of the Chinese Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (CASDE) released on Tuesday December 10.
Brazilian corn exports totaled 1.17 million tonnes in the first week of December, while soybean exports totaled 665,672 tonnes, customs weekly data showed on Monday December 9.
US corn futures edged higher while Dalian prices softened on Monday December 9. Ukrainian prices were steady amid firmer buying interest, and US exports gained momentum, contrasting with reduced Brazilian shipments due to strong domestic demand.
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Export inspections of US corn were up by 11% to 1.05 million tonnes in the week ended Thursday December 5, from the 948,812 tonnes recorded the previous week, according to USDA data published on Monday December 9.
Brazilian corn exports amounted to 4.7 million tonnes in November, down by 36.2% year on year, while soybean shipments fell by 50.9% to 2.5 million tonnes, official customs data showed.
Investors in the three US wheat markets added short positions in the week to Tuesday December 3, helping send net short positions to multi-month highs, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday December 6.
The EU and Mercosur — the trade bloc that includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay — announced on Friday December 6 the end of negotiations for the free-trade agreement between the blocs, but questions still linger about the potential impacts on trade flows of agricultural products.
US corn futures rose alongside higher Dalian prices. Data showed increased Ukrainian exports and firm domestic prices on Friday December 6. In South America, offers softened slightly, and Brazil experienced reduced export volumes due to strong domestic demand.
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Market participants polled by Fastmarkets ahead of the USDA’s December World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report update on Tuesday December 10 expect the agency to leave global corn ending stocks unchanged, while reducing domestic US stocks.
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The Russian government has again increased the wheat export duty for the December 11-17 period, the country’s agriculture ministry said in an official update on Friday December 6.