NASS Cuts US Corn/Soybean Harvested Acres Combined 1.7 Mil Acres; October Yields Stable; Bulls Need to Be Fed

The October USDA report was mildly bullish with NASS trimming both planted and harvested acres for US corn and soybeans. NASS pegged 2020 US corn planted acres at 91.0 Mil acres with harvested at 82.5 Mil acres, both were down 1 Mil acres. In soybeans, NASS pegged US soybean seeding at 83.1 Mil acres/harvested at…

Funds Pile into New CBOT Length; China Buys 8 Cargoes of US Soybeans Overnight; Fund Length in Soybeans Record

CBOT futures are strong at midday with only a moderate decline from the opening high. Volume and fund buying are active with corn, soybeans and wheat each scoring a new rally high. November soybean futures have reached $10.5975, December corn $3.92, with December Chi wheat at $6.115. In the case of wheat, this is the…

Soybeans Lead CBOT Higher on Massive Fund Buying; What will Russian Farmers Plant Next Spring; Delta Cat 4 Hurricane?

CBOT values are sharply higher at midday with rumors of fresh Chinese soybean purchases and another round of massive fund buying. The sharp CBOT rally comes as a surprise with the USDA October Crop Report due out on Friday. Normally in the gut slot of harvest, the marketplace would be more passive as cash pipelines…