Market Commentary

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Outside of the weather issues in Brazil, which appear to have been largely ignored by markets, it would be difficult to find too many stories/opinions concerning the grain and soy markets that would be encouraging.  While there is no precise measure as to when we have reached “peak” bearish, one…

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It is not that we have witnessed a massive wave of short-covering, and we still have Chicago wheat struggling a bit, but I cannot remember the last time I had this much green showing up on my quote screen ahead of the morning break.  Granted, seeing that we have not…

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Arguably, beans were the only major commodity where both domestic and global ending stocks were higher than trade expectations on yesterday’s report. Yet, it was the one market that did close higher for the day.  One could defend that performance by pointing out the fact that the USDA estimate for…

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While it has done little to stimulate buying in the futures markets, export sales for corn were robust again last week.  During the week ending the 1st, we sold 1,219,300 MT or 48 million bushels.  This was 1% higher than the previous week and was 25% above the 4-week average. …

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There would appear to be no question that bears remain at the controls in the corn and soybeans markets as they have driven the nearby contracts into lower lows yet again.  These markets gapped lower when we kicked off this year, which coincidently was at nearly the same level they…

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