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Market Commentary: Awaiting New Inputs
It was a modest day in the pits with wheat in the green and corn and soybeans in the red. After yesterday’s profit-taking there was leveling out today ahead of the weekend as traders await more actionable factors early next week. A U.S. – China bilateral consultation scheduled for t...
Farm Spending: $7 Billion Down, $43 Billion to Go
According to the Monthly Treasury Statement issued by the Department of Treasury, USDA has spent about $149.53 billion so far this fiscal year. That means there is about $6 billion left in USDA’s regular budget checking account for the last two months of the fiscal year, and the CARES Act...
THE OPEN November beans: 3 3/4 lower December meal: 1.20 lower December soyoil: 8 lower December corn: 1 1/2 lower September wheat: 1 1/2 higher The markets opened as called with continued price congestion. Inter-market spread trade saw some unwinding a...
SPREADS Oct. crush trades to 92.80c/bu while oilshare declines to 34.88%. Corn spreads are slightly weaker with Dec/Dec trading from 33 1/4c out to 34 3/4c. Dec/March corn trades from 11c to 11 3/4c. Sep/Dec wheat trades from 1.72c up to 1.75c. Sep/Dec meal traded...
WPI's monthly publication features a review of the past month's market and policy developments. This issue covers such topics as the recovery in cattle prices, a new strategy in the corn market, a surge in the Chinese Dalian exchange, the role of soymeal in aquaculture, the importance of China...
WPI's monthly publication features a review of the past month's market and policy developments. This issue looks at the relationship between unemployment and food costs, the future of ethanol, the impact of tensions with China, the Trump trade policy, Mercosur developments and much more. ...
