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String of Reportable Sales This Morning

A string of three reportable soymeal and soyoil sales were reported this morning.

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The grain markets moved a couple cents higher in the overnight after trading down for the better part of yesterday. September corn is up 1 ¼ cents. September wheat is up 4 ½ cents and august soybeans is up 14 cents on the day. Crop conditions were released yesterday after the market closed, showing small changes week over week. Corn conditions were left unchanged at 76% good to excellent, while soybean conditions improved a percent, now rated 73% good to excellent. Progress is moving along nicely, with 56% of corn now silking and 19% of soybeans setting pods. The next several weeks will be critical for final yield and the forecast for pollination is looking very favorable. The 6-to-10-day forecast from Planalytics shows above average precipitation and below average temperatures for the U.S. grain belt.

A string of export sales were reported this morning with exporters selling 225,000 metric tons of U.S new crop soymeal to unknown destinations, 180,000 metric tons of U.S new crop soymeal to Vietnam and 20,000 metric tons of U.S. new crop Soyoil to unknown destinations.

Also on the demand front, Taiwain flour millers association has released a tender overnight to purchase 80,900 tonnes of milling wheat from the United States. The tender will close on Friday, July 25, and will give a better idea of demand following a three month price decline. Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture also issued a tender to buy 94,586 metric tons of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia. The tender should close Thursday.

Yesterday, new crop soybeans were able to hold the key support level of $10.65 after twice attempting to penetrate that price level. However, November soybeans were able to rally 6 cents off their lows to close out the day, giving hope that we have found a short-term bottom. Today it will be important to watch the $10.65 price level again since another test of that level will likely yield lower prices.

This morning there was talk out of Argentina that grain shipments out of the port of Rosario started up again on Monday after several unions’ suspended strikes. The unions will continue to hold talks with the companies, but at least for now it seems that grain will once again be moving out of the country. We have seen these strikes end only to start back up again last week so we will keep a close watch on any further developments out of Argentina. The strikes out of Argentina have been a supporting factor for old crop U.S soybeans.

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