COMMODITY UPDATE
This week’s USDA Crop Progress report shows corn planting overall is currently three percentage points (36% planted) behind the five year average, while soybean planting is four points ahead (25%) of historic pace.
IN-DEPTH MARKET ANALYSIS: Wednesday was a risk-off day in the agricultural commodity markets.
The European Union has agreed on a 7% cap for food-based biofuels. Germany is seeking to reduce that figure further.
History strongly suggests retailers will be buying beef quite strongly over the next six weeks.
Farmers in Canada are struggling to plant crops in fields that are either too wet or too dry in the Prairie provinces.
One of Brazil’s largest farmers plans to reduce fertilizer use by a quarter next season, relying on more precise applications and soil testing to maintain crop yields, Bloomberg reported.
U.S. consumer demand for retail meat remains exceptionally strong despite higher prices stemming from increased production costs and supply-chain limitations.
Canadian farmers are expected to plant 25.0 million acres of wheat in 2022, up 1.6 million acres from last year and 800,000 acres more than traders expected, according to Statistics Canada.