The last fortnight has seen a return to the rampant volatility which has been missing from grain markets for much of the last four months.
Last Friday night our time, the USDA released their July stocks and acreage report. It was the first look at the row crop sown area
Ample global canola supply led by Australia, and low crude oil prices have weighed on the wider global oilseeds complex. Why will canola continue to
What. A. Week! The past seven days have had a little bit of everything. Wheat saw a classic ‘short covering rally’ which resulted in a
Faba beans have become a very popular crop in the rotation in recent years. Plantings of faba beans have been consistently strong over the past
Last week I wrote about the mounting concerns in the US Midwest which was enduring one of their driest seasons on record. Photographs of drought-stressed
El Niño is supposedly on alert, and with it, a wet summer in the US, and a dry winter here. The last week has seen
Mother Nature can be cruel. The promise of an El Niño return, which typically means a wetter US, should have heralded a bumper summer cropping
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) released its March Crop Report last week, and we had our first look at the 2023-24
Whoever said grain markets were dull probably has never experienced a year like the one we’ve had. The past week has been no exception as
Last Friday’s market comment made some interesting points on Chinese wheat production problems, and how they could impact world markets. Given these issues, it’s worth
This time last week, the freshly-inked grain corridor deal had seen wheat prices tumble. The last week in May in particular was quite brutal in
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