
Conflict escalations driving the market
Wheat markets across the globe exploded back into life this week as two old flash points reignite. Chicago (CBOT) has rallied 31c/bu – or approximately

Wheat markets across the globe exploded back into life this week as two old flash points reignite. Chicago (CBOT) has rallied 31c/bu – or approximately

Winter crop plantings are down, but almost ideal conditions in many cropping regions since planting have forecast yields pushing record levels. Wheatcast is the CSIRO’s

To paraphrase the old Footy Show, it’s been a BIG week in grain markets. It all kicked off last Friday with the USDA’s July supply

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Report was released on Friday, showing a tightening trend across wheat

All the major agricultural commodities had their turn in the spotlight this week. Corn and soybeans led the AG complex higher early on, driven by

It seems an age ago now, but back at winter crop planting time, there were all sorts of decisions being made around rising fertiliser and

US markets have been tracking along almost blissfully unaware of what has been unfolding across the Atlantic. If anything, US wheat futures have been content

Crude oil is sliding back to where it started, but canola is finding support. Oilseeds appear to be running their own race, finding support on

Agricultural markets have been on the wrong end of a sell-off for the past couple of weeks. That slide was halted overnight as the major

May and June rain put a stop to rising feed grain and hay prices in northern livestock zones, and while prices have eased somewhat, the

I expected the wheat market to be a casualty of this week’s announcement that the conflict in Iran is effectively over. While the formal ceasefire

Peace has been declared in the Middle East, at least at the time of writing, and it has hit oil futures. It remains to be
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