Limit Up Corn, Wheat, & Soyoil Push CBOT Values to their Highest Price since 2013;China Bidding for Ukraine Corn?;Brazilian Winter Corn Dryness to Worsen

CBT corn, soyoil and wheat futures are limit up at midday with soybean/soymeal futures sharply higher and in tow. The volume of trade has been active as the market pushes to aggressively ration demand amid rising basis bids that are producing only limited cash movement. Central Illinois corn is said to be bid at 35-40…

AG Market Hot Spot: Monitoring Asia Drought Risk.

Highlight: Monitoring Asia Drought Risk. Fig. 1: The NOAA/CPC daily soil moisture analysis across Asia into Indonesia identifies three drought areas: Northeast Asia, southeast China and North-central India. The drought areas mentioned are generally steady in intensity in April. The wet zones across Interior China are weakening. The dry-to-drought zone in the India wheat zone…