Highlights
- USDA final production and stocks data to be released today at 11 AM CST.
- Grain markets are mostly higher with corn up 1-2 cents, beans up 3-5 cents, meal up 1-2 bucks, oil down 42 points and wheat up 8 in Mpls, 12 in KC and 13 in Chicago.
- The energy markets are higher with crude oil up 83 cents at $53.08, on ideas of lower inventories and increased cuts in Saudi Arabia.
- US$ a bit lower at 90.44, the gold market is 9-10 bucks higher at 1860/ounce and the CD$ is stronger at 0.78465.
- DJIA up 64 at 30852, S&P up 10 at 3802 and the NASDAQ up 47 at 13944.
Corn
- The corn market traded higher overnight in anticipation of reductions to US and world supplies.
- Turkey looks to have bought nearly 155k tonnes of optional origin corn at $265.65/tonne C&F for LH Jan/FH Feb unload. Confirmation of trade is expected later this week.
- China’s Ag Ministry raised their 2020/21 corn imports from 7.0 mmt to 10.0 mmt. This compares to the latest USDA forecast of 16.5 mmt.
- Spreads: H/K 1 ½ carry, K/N 3 inverse, N/U 34 ½ inverse, N/Z 50 inverse, Z/H 6 ¼ carry.
Outlook: firmer tone ahead of the USDA data at 11 AM CST
Oilseeds
- The soybean market traded higher on ideas of smaller US and world ending stocks.
- March palm oil closed down 102 ringgit to 3,695 ringgit.
- Chinese soybean values were mostly lower over night with No1 beans down 26 cents, No2 beans down 15 ½ cents, meal up 6-7 bucks, soyoil down 98 points and palm oil down 84 points.
- The 6-10 day and the 11-15-day weather outlooks suggest beneficial moisture for central and southern Brazil with dryness in the norther portions. Argentine is forecast to be mostly dry during the same period.
- China’s Ag Ministry raised their 2020/21 soybean imports from 95.1 mmt to 98.1 mmt. This compares to the latest USDA estimate of 100.0 mmt.
- Spreads: H/K 3 ½ inverse, K/N 12 ¾ inverse, N/X 204 ½ inverse.
Outlook: higher trade awaiting USDA data
Wheat
- The wheat market traded higher on possible increases to Russia’s export tax and reductions to US and world ending stocks.
- Romania looks to be the lowest offer (of four) in the Egyptian tender at $292.97/tonne.
- South Korea bought 50k tonnes of US milling wheat FOB for April shipment (23k soft wheat at $263.87, 2k white at $269.76, 14k HRW at $273.80 and 11k HRS at $272.33).
- Spreads: Mpls H/K 8 ¼ carry, Kansas City H/K 4 ¼ carry, Chicago H/K ¾ carry.
Outlook: higher trade on Russian tax increase and USDA data
