Futures dip as South American harvest ideas grow

Futures dip as South American harvest ideas grow

Home » Futures dip as South American harvest ideas grow Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for January 29 Growing potential for large South American harvests and worries about demand amid top global soy buyer China’s struggles with a real estate crisis sent US soybean futures below $12 a bu to two-year lows on Monday. Crude … Read more

Export optimism boosts wheat futures

Export optimism boosts wheat futures

Home » Export optimism boosts wheat futures Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for January 25 Wheat futures continued to climb Thursday on optimism that North America and Europe could pick up some global demand amid geopolitical tension in the Middle East and terrorism in the Red Sea. Soybean futures declined Thursday after the USDA said … Read more

Tech, finance stocks help DJIA to fresh record high close

Tech, finance stocks help DJIA to fresh record high close

Home » Tech, finance stocks help DJIA to fresh record high close Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for January 22 Gains in shares of Microsoft and other technology behemoths, plus Goldman Sachs, pushed equity markets higher Monday, the Dow industrials average above 38,000 for the first time in history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added … Read more

Wheat, corn up at week’s end, but post weekly losses

Wheat, corn up at week’s end, but post weekly losses

Home » Wheat, corn up at week’s end, but post weekly losses Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for January 19  Wheat futures rose at the end of the week in technical buying supported by improved global export demand as seen in the export sales report that topped analysts’ expectations. Still, wheat posted a third straight … Read more

China’s Brazilian beans buy underscores world competition

China’s Brazilian beans buy underscores world competition

Home » China’s Brazilian beans buy underscores world competition Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for January 17 Soybean futures declined Wednesday on improvements in South American growing areas and shipments of Brazilian soybeans to China, an indicator US supplies had stiff competition. Pressure from increased global supplies sent corn futures to a three-year low on … Read more

Nearby soybeans higher in volatile trading

Nearby soybeans higher in volatile trading

Home » Nearby soybeans higher in volatile trading Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for January 16 Export inspections on the high end of trade expectations and record-high soybean crush in December supported soybean futures Tuesday in volatile trading that included conflicting data on South American production. Corn futures continued lower one trading day after the … Read more

Flavorchem identifies top-of-mind trends in 2024

Flavorchem identifies top-of-mind trends in 2024

DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — “Menu refreshes,” “plant powered,” and “her wellness” are among some of the top food and beverage trends for 2024, according to flavor and ingredient supplier Flavorchem. Food and beverage companies have been harnessing plant-based products in recent years to provide consumers with better-for-you alternatives. Ingredients like buckwheat, fungi, hemp, and seaweed are … Read more

Wheat complex mixed as dollar weakens

Wheat complex mixed as dollar weakens

Home » Wheat complex mixed as dollar weakens Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for December 21 A weaker dollar lent support to grains on Thursday, helping Chicago soft red winter futures climb in a technical bounce. But Kansas City and Minneapolis futures were mostly lower, the latter to the lowest levels since Dec. 14, after … Read more

Grains, oilseeds decline as positions get squared

Grains, oilseeds decline as positions get squared

Home » Grains, oilseeds decline as positions get squared Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for December 20 Position squaring ahead of Christmas weekend sent wheat futures lower Wednesday. Further pressure on wheat came from twinned hikes to wheat harvest estimates in the Black Sea region after SovEcon raised its Russian wheat harvest forecast to 91.3 … Read more

Soybeans rise early, drop late on Brazilian forecasts

Soybeans rise early, drop late on Brazilian forecasts

Home » Soybeans rise early, drop late on Brazilian forecasts Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for December 19 Soybean futures touched a one-week high early in Tuesday’s session, extending Monday’s gains, before dropping and closing lower on rainy Brazilian forecasts. Technical bounces were behind wheat futures’ gains Tuesday, offsetting pressure from continued inexpensive supply on … Read more