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02 May 2017 -
hammersmith
There were some weather-related ups and downs in US grain and oilseed prices this week. Crop planting progress was not a good as the trade had hoped --- corn planting was held back by cold and wet weather. However, knowing the US farmer, give them a little sunshine and they will quickly catch up on the planting. The weather forecasts for the next couple of weeks look much drier and a little warmer, so the farmers will be out planting like mad. With the extremely high level of mechanization and computerization in farming in the US, planting can be done in a wink – or so it seems.........please click PDF to see more details
02 May 2017 -
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Cash trend of RMB market would be keeping weak prior to seeing any supportive summer breeding …
26 Apr 2017 -
CFO Exclusive
Chinese fishmeal users have mostly thought cash trend would rather be hesitant before seeing more progress at fishing…
24 Apr 2017 -
hammersmith
It was another down week for most everything – in the futures market corn was down by about USD 5 to 6 m/t, soybeans down by around USD 2 m/t, soymeal down by USD 8 m/t and winter wheat down by USD 8 m/t. The drop in futures prices does not always get reflected in export prices but you can be quite sure that with everything lower, the trend in export prices should also be to lower, barring any logistics problems that could keep export prices up..........please click PDF to see more details
18 Apr 2017 -
hammersmith
This week is a holiday week in many countries with some closed last Thursday and Friday and others closed next Monday. These three/four day weekends can lead to very strange price action as many traders, especially futures traders, try to cover their positions in advance of a long weekend --- no one wants to take on a three-day risk.
Grain markets in the US and Europe were closed in Friday but earlier in the week we did have a small rally in all grain and soybean/soymeal prices..........
18 Apr 2017 -
CFO Exclusive
the gaining up fishmeal stockpiled at China ports becomes a fact that hardly maintain…
11 Apr 2017 -
CFO Exclusive
Cash trend of RMB is still lack of encouragement till receiving firm message from Peru…
10 Apr 2017 -
hammersmith
There didn’t seem to be a great deal of excitement in the grain and oilseed markets this week as prices just seemed to be drifting.
Concern is increasing in Argentina about the rain effect on the soybean harvest but the weather guys say that hot and dry weather is approaching – so the harvest may just be all fine..................please click PDF to see more details
05 Apr 2017 -
CFO Exclusive
Lack of driven up fact but pending on how poultry kinds recover from flu and how aquatic breeding take fully acceleration…
03 Apr 2017 -
hammersmith
The USDA’s Prospective Plantings report was a surprise for soybean people as the USDA has estimated plantings higher than anyone had expected and, I guess, a surprise too for corn folks as the corn acres are lower........please see PDF to see more details