Without new market-moving guidance of their own, grain and soy futures markets again came under the influence of outside factors as they so often have recently. General Comments Some analysts looking at today's WASDE and USDA's reduced estimates of U.S. ending 2014/15 corn and soybean stocks concluded that the report was at least mildly bullish. The market begged to differ. It is true that soybean futures prices jumped about 6-7 cents immediately following release of the report at noon (EST). However, that little rally effort only lasted just about as long as it takes to describe it. Soybean prices then quickly turned and headed back into the red.One can parse USDA's U.S. and global supply/demand estimates as closely as possible, trying t...
What You Need to Know Today: The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 3.75 to 4.0 percent Wednesday, with two officials dissenting in favor of a 25-basis-point increase. The Fed upgraded its assessment of economic growth from "solid" to "strong" but adopted a more patient approa...
Key Takeaways: Expected growth in U.S. soybean crushing capacity and output, driven by biofuel demand, will increase domestic soymeal supplies, with production growth significantly outpacing demand. WPI forecasts soymeal production increasing from 65.8 million short tons in 2026/27 to 70.5 mil...
Russian Grain Markets: 19–23 October 2026 The Russian grain market continued its recovery during the week, although prices remained volatile across regions. Wheat was notably bullish, while feed barley and corn were slower to appreciate, primarily because of weaker export demand amid logi...
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