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Two UC-Davis analysts in a report highlighted that satisfying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) goals would require a significant increase in soybean plantings, almost by 50%.
Brian Grete, editor of Pro Farmer, says the grains have been rangebound and sideways awaiting the April WASDE and with not a lot of fresh news to move the markets. Cattle are trying to find a bottom.
China has initiated a new round of action to significantly increase its grain output in the coming years via an increase in planted area and yield, in the latest effort to ensure food security.
Grains continue to trade sideways looking for a catalyst to push the funds out of their short positions. Pro Farmer Editor Brian Grete says the April WASDE could provide the next piece of fresh market moving news.
Grain markets lean higher early Monday with wheat seeing a rally which is helping corn and soybeans. Kent Beadle with Paradigm Futures says live cattle are finding some support with hogs lower on profit taking.
Grains were mixed Friday, but cattle futures tanked again on HPAI fears and Tommy Grisafi, Advance Trading, says to expect more of the same next week.
National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President Harold Wolle expressed concerns to the International Trade Commission, stating that imposing tariffs on 2,4-D could limit imports, increase prices, and...
Tommy Grisafi, Advance Trading, says grains trade quiet and rangebound ahead of planting season, with one eye on weather. Cattle saw huge market losses for the week, and he thinks that volatility may continue.
Markets get overextended and need to equalize, says Jerry Gulke, president of The Gulke Group. “The stock market got too high and is correcting, and grains got too low and might be in the same process,” he explains.
The Biden administration will release a preliminary climate model for its SAF subsidy program in the coming weeks that is more restrictive than the corn-based ethanol producers had hoped.