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Chinese authorities will offer around 540,000 tonnes of imported soybeans for auction on Wednesday August 7, according to a notice issued by the country’s National Grain Trade Center (NGTC) on Friday August 2.
The soybean CFR China (Brazil) basis assessment for September loading was assessed 2...
Traders involved in sales to Bangladesh for wheat and other agricultural products told Fastmarkets there was mounting uncertainty after Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday August 5 and fled the country.
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Speculators in the US soybean market increased short positions in the week to Tuesday July 30, helping boost the net short position, which neared the record high reached in July, commitment of traders' data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday August 2.
The German 12.5% FOB wheat APM basis assessment for September loading was assessed unchanged at a €1 per tonne premium to the December Euronext wheat contract...
The soybean CFR China (Brazil) basis assessment for September loading was assessed 2...
Soybean futures rebounded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday August 2 following new technical movement, US flash sales to China and soymeal gains.
US wheat futures climbed for a third consecutive session on Friday August 2, with traders continuing to cover shorts after a market rout ran out of steam earlier this week.
Crude palm oil (CPO) futures in Malaysia rose on Friday August 2 and paired Thursday August 1’s losses, supported by firmer related futures in the Asian vegoil complex, bargain buying and positive export demand.
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US corn futures bounced back on Friday August 2 due to profit-taking following three consecutive days of declines amid bearish headlines.
Russia’s wheat export volumes from Black Sea ports totaled 902,158 tonnes in the week ended Friday August 2, up by 57% from the previous week amid rising demand from exporters, a Fastmarkets analysis of port line-up data showed.
The US hard red winter (HRW) harvest is about three quarters complete as it moves north, with quality data holding steady, the latest harvest report from the US Wheat Associates (USWA) showed on Friday August 2.
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The United Nations’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index fell by 0.2 points from its revised June figures to 120.8 points in July, as decreased prices of cereals were more significant than increased prices of vegoils, sugar and meat products, the FAO said on Friday August 2.
Ukraine’s grain exports fell by 36% week on week to 494,000 tonnes during the week to August 1, due to declines in corn and barley volumes, according to data from the country’s State Customs Service released on Friday August 2.
French soft wheat conditions were stable on a weekly basis during the seven days to July 29, but remain at an eight-year low, according to a weekly report released by farm agency FranceAgriMer on Friday August 2.
Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul wheat sowing reached 99% of the total 1.31 million hectares expected and is virtually complete, the state agency Emater/RS said in a report on Thursday August 1.