Grain futures continued their recovery in the night session as heavy rains and declining crop conditions have the markets moving higher. Corn was up 3 cents a bushel while wheat and corn are up 6 cents a bushel.
In wheat, heavy rains from Tropical Storm Bill will push through Eastern OK/TX over the next few days. While this is not in the path of the major HRW wheat belt, the rains should eventually find their way to SRW wheat territory of IL/IN/MO.
Monday brought a new week of intense selling pressure in the grains and Tuesday’s overnight trade found only a modest recovery from the lows established the day before. In night trade, wheat was up 4, corn was up 2, and nearby soybeans posted a 5 cent advance.
谷物在上周销售的延续中开始了一周。到了早晨休息时,小麦跌了7美分,蒲式耳,大豆少6美分,玉米放弃了2美分的蒲式耳。
In the overnight session the grains were mostly unchanged with corn down 1 ½ cents, soybeans down ¼ cents and wheat up 1 ¼ cents going into this morning’s pause. The U.S. dollar is up .3 percent and crude oil is trading lower by 73 cents.
In the overnight session the grains are continuing lower with corn down a penny, soybeans down 3 ¾ cents and wheat trading down 5 ½ cents. Crude oil is trading lower and the U.S. dollar is higher by over ¾ of a percent this morning.
Analysis confirmed that the proposed mandates do indeed imply pressure towards higher ethanol blends or non-ethanol biofuel.
In the overnight session the grains traded higher with soybeans up 4 1/2 cents, wheat up 2 1/2 cents and corn unchanged this morning. The U.S. dollar is helping grains this morning, trading down nearly 1/2 a percent. Crude oil is trading higher by $1.28 this morning after the EIA raised its 2015 oil demand growth forecast
在隔夜的玉米下降2 1/2美分,大豆上涨了1 3/4美分,小麦的交易价格下降了3 3/4美分。今天早上,美元的交易价格上涨了约0.20%,原油上涨了近一美元。
The crop progress report was released out yesterday afternoon showing that corn planting was complete and 91 percent of the crop has emerged. Crop conditions improved slightly with the excellent category rising to 13 percent from 12 percent last week. Corn rated good-to-excellent was unchanged on the week at 74 percent which met expectations.
As grains rally today, Cody looks at trends to see if the market structure has fundamentally changed
在一夜之间会话,谷物交易更高with corn up 2 3/4 cents, soybeans up 6 cents and wheat up 6 3/4 cents. The U.S. dollar is trading lower by nearly 1/2 a percent and crude oil is down $0.33. Greece expressed interest toward negotiating the latest Austerity proposal from lenders through the remainder of June
在现金谷物市场上,这是一个混合的一周,玉米的下降十分之一的下降了十分之一,而本周大豆斑的基础上涨了2美分。
In corn, there was little incentive for corn buyers to be aggressive on basis as a reversal in futures prices helped push more supplies into the pipeline. At the Gulf, export basis was off 3 cents a bushel and river terminals followed suit also posting a 3-cent decline for the week.
In the overnight session the grains were mixed with corn up 1/4 of a cent, soybeans down 1/2 of a cent and wheat is down 2 3/4 cents. The U.S dollar is trading nearly 1 percent higher this morning after printing lows of 94.67 in yesterday’s session and rallying back to 95.55 percent to close positive on the day. The U.S dollar is trading very close to its 100 day moving average at 96.468.
在一夜之间,玉米的交易价格下降了1 1/2美分,大豆涨幅高2 1/2美分,芝加哥的小麦下跌了2 1/4美分。经过两天的销售和原油下跌39美分,美国美元今天仍在继续下降。
This week’s export sales did little to impress with old crop corn and soybeans below expectations and wheat recording cancellations of 20,400 metric tons. New crop sales were mixed with corn showing export cancellations of 54,800 metric tons, soybeans beating analyst expectations by booking 347,000 metric tons and wheat recording sales of 364,000 metric tons which was within analyst expectations.
In the overnight session the grains are trading slightly lower with corn down 3/4 of a cent, soybeans down 4 1/4 cents and wheat down 1 1/4 cents going into this morning’s pause in trade. Crude oil is down $1.04 this morning and the U.S. dollar has rallied back nearly 1/2 a percent from the sell-off yesterday. ADP numbers, which are generally used as a leading indicator for non-farm payrolls, were released this morning showing payrolls grew to 200,000 jobs in May, up from 169,000 jobs reported in April. ADP payrolls were better than expected and provided strength to the U.S. dollar this morning.
在一夜之间,谷物与玉米上升2 1/4美分的交易价格上涨了8 1/2美分,小麦上涨了4 1/2美分,进入了今天早上的贸易暂停。美元指数下降了近3/4%,而原油指数今天早上高出55美分。
Yesterday, crop progress showed that all planting for corn is nearly complete with 95 percent done as of May 31st. This is on par with the average of 94 percent complete during this time of the year and up from 92 percent complete last week. The condition of the corn crop remained unchanged from last week.
In the overnight session the grains were mixed with corn lower, soybeans down 3 3/4 cents and wheat up 1 1/4 cents. The U.S. dollar is trading slightly higher with crude oil down 28 cents this morning. On Friday, the grain crushers strike in Rosario Argentina was resolved which should have a positive effect on exports out of Argentina.
Sunday provided precipitation that ranged from 1/4 of an inch to an inch of precipitation throughout eastern North Dakota, South Dakota and eastern Nebraska. In the southern Plains most of the precipitation fell in eastern Colorado with spotty showers spread throughout the western parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and the panhandle of Texas.
Cody discusses this week's export sales and the basis movement around the country.
It was another week lower in the grain futures markets as the prospects of another bumper crop this fall keep prices on the defensive. In the cash market, basis levels only showed modest improvement for soybeans, which gained 1-cent a bushel while corn basis was unchanged for the week.
For corn, basis levels were mostly flat with ethanol plants showing no real movement as a group. However, in Iowa there was some noticeable weakness in spot basis with numerous plants in the region posting 2 to 5 cent losses on the week.
This week’s U.S. Grains Council’s Chart of Note illustrates that Colombia is importing a similar amount of U.S. corn in the first four months of this calendar year as compared to last year and will likely exhaust its duty-free quota soon.
在隔夜的会议中,将谷物与玉米上升2 1/2美分的大豆降低1/2美分,小麦下降1 1/2美分。美元大部分不变,原油高74美分。在接下来的几天里,南部平原可能会继续下雨,然后在6月的第一季度可能会出现干燥趋势。
Yesterday, the weekly ethanol production numbers showed an increase in production by 11,000 barrels per day to 969,000 barrels per day. Stocks declined this week by 337,000 barrels to 20.1 million barrels. Ethanol production has picked up sharply in the late part of May which is typical going into the driving season. Ethanol production is up 4.8 percent over last year compared to the USDA’s corn used for ethanol balance sheet item which suggests only a 1.3 percent increase.