Milling Wheat The Black Sea market remained about unchanged last week. The domestic market in Russia is $1.00-$2.00 higher, while the FOB market is stable. Consequently, the export margin is shrinking. Weather conditions in Russia and Ukraine are currently not threatening the interior or port logistics as the winter has not really started yet. The EU exported 295,000 MT of exports last week, bringing the total to 8.5 MMT versus 10.7 MMT at the same time last year. The GASC bought 120,000 MT of Russian wheat last week at an average $207.43/MT CNF or about $1.00 less than the price it paid in the previous tender. There were no offers for Ukrainian or French wheat. The cheapest offer for Romanian origin was about $6.00 higher than the Russi...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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