The Market Rains in South America provided overall downward pressure in oilseeds this week. At the same time, there is damage that has been done as the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange pegged the Argentine soybean crop at 12 percent Good/Excellent, a decline from 19 percent a week ago. There remains adequate U.S. domestic demand and persistent bull spreading in soymeal reveals strong commercial demand. Consequently, January soybeans wobbled but ended the week down just a penny (-0.068 percent), March soyoil gained 1.29 cents (2 percent) and March soymeal lost $8.90 (-1.9 percent).
Thus far in December, the spot contract for corn is up 0.7 percent while the spot soybean contract has risen 3 percent. This has made the gap closer for soybeans i...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...