July, 2009

September corn ended up 7 1/4 cents at $3.39 1/2 per bushel, and December corn ended up 7 1/4 cents at $3.49 1/2.

EU wheat futures closed mostly higher Friday with Paris November milling wheat ending up EUR0.50 at EUR135.50/tonne, and London November feed wheat ending up GBP0.25 at GBP103.00/tonne.

The Russian Agrarian Market Conjuncture Institute (IKAR), yesterday pegged Russian grain production for this season at 92 MMT, 15% down on last season despite an increase in planted area, due to a pe

August soybeans closed 70 3/4 cents higher at $11.28 1/4 a bushel, and November finished 55 cents higher at $9.71.

EU wheat futures had a rare higher close Thursday with November Paris milling wheat ending EUR1.25 higher at EUR135/tonne, and London November feed wheat closing GBP1.50 higher at GBP102.75/tonne.

EU wheat futures closed lower again, with London maintaining a seemingly unstoppable march back into double figures for the first time this year.

August soybeans closed at $10.57 ½, up 3 cents, November at $9.16, up 11 cents.

EU wheat futures closed mixed Tuesday with November Paris milling wheat ending up EUR0.25 at EUR135.50/tonne and London November feed wheat closing down GBP0.85 at GBP102.50/tonne.

September corn closed at $3.22 ¼, up 6 cents. The crop progress report out after the close, showed 55% of the corn crop silking, up from 31% last week but well behind the five year average of 76%.

EU wheat futures extended their recent steep decline Monday, with November Paris milling wheat closing down EUR2.50 at EUR135.50/tonne.

August soybeans closed down 3 1/2 cents at $10.20 a bushel, November soybeans closed down 17 3/4 cents, further widening the old crop/new crop spread.

EU wheat futures continued their slide Friday with Paris November milling wheat closing down EUR1.25, or 0.9%, at EUR138.00/tonne, and London November feed wheat trading down GBP1.25 at GBP106.00/tonn

August soybeans closed at $10.23 ½, up 5 cents, November at $9.32, up 24 cents. Weekly export numbers were strong at a combined total of 701,981 MT, more than half of that old crop.

EU wheat futures closed mixed Thursday with Paris November milling wheat ending EUR0.25 higher at EUR139.25/tonne, and London November feed wheat trading up GBP0.75 at GBP107.25/tonne.

Ukraine's 2009 wheat harvest was around 50% complete as of July 21st, according to the Agriculture Ministry.

August soybeans closed at $10.18 ½, up 4 cents, whilst November soybeans finished at $9.08, up 3 cents. The market seems in limbo at the moment, unsure of where to head next.

EU wheat futures extended their prolonged decline on yet more harvest pressure Wednesday.

Sep corn closed down 11 3/4 cents at $3.11 1/2 per bushel and Dec corn ended down 11 3/4 cents to $3.22.

The recent problems of the last few weeks that saw Egypt buy EU and US wheat in preference to cheaper Russian supplies over a quality dispute seem to be over, with GASC confirming the purchase of 60,0

August soybeans closed at $10.33, up 23 ½ cents, whilst November soybeans finished at $9.23, down ½ cent.

EU wheat futures continue to drift lower despite lack of farmer selling on mounting harvest activity in eastern Europe.

We're almost ready to harvest it, yet opinion is still quite widely divided on exactly how much rapeseed there is in the UK this year.

August soybeans closed at $10.09 ½, up 33 ½ cents, with November beans following suit at $9.23 ½, also up 33 ½ cents.

EU wheat futures closed the week a narrowly mixed in quite trading conditions.

August soybeans finished 44 1/2 cents lower at $9.76, and November soybeans closed 14 1/2 cents lower at $8.90.

EU wheat futures continued to be heavily influenced by US and outside markets Thursday, ending with Paris November milling wheat down EUR1 at EUR144.50/tonne, and London November feed wheat GBP1 lower

The EU-27 will produce 17.92 MMT of rapeseed in 2009/10, say Copa-Cogeca. That's a reduction of around 900,000 MT, or 4.7%, on last season.

August soybeans ended 14 cents lower at $10.20 1/2, despite having traded more than 40 cents higher than that earlier in the session.

EU wheat futures closed higher Wednesday as sellers withdrew from the market.

August soybeans closed at $10.34 ½, up 16 cents, November bans at $9.18, up 6 ½ cents. July Soybeans expired at $10.74, a 40 cent premium to the August contract, which is the next spot month.

EU wheat futures closed slightly lower Tuesday with Paris November milling wheat down EUR1 at EUR143.50/tonne, and London November feed wheat closing down GBP1 at GBP112/tonne.