Wheat down 17¢ at midday. Thursday, November 17, 2022

Source:  Successful Farming

CBOT wheat is down 17¢. KC wheat is down 20¢. Minneapolis wheat is down 13¢.

Live cattle are up 48¢. Lean hogs are up 88¢. Feeder cattle are up $2.13.

Crude oil is down $3.85.

The S&P 500 is down 26 points. The Dow is down 34 points.

Corn is down 8¢ and soybeans are down 14¢ this morning.

CBOT wheat is down 11¢. KC wheat is down 4¢. Minneapolis wheat is down 4¢.

Reuters reports the Black Sea grain trade agreement is officially extended for 120 days without changes. However, negotiations continue concerning pipeline shipments of ammonia from Russia to the Black Sea.

Nick Tsiolis with Farmers Keeper says “Russia’s cooperation seem[s] to indicate that they’re trying to export as much of their fertilizer and record wheat crop as possible.”

Live cattle are down 10¢. Lean hogs are down 75¢. Feeder cattle are up 25¢.

The U.S. Dollar Index is up 0.66 points to 106.8 this morning. Naomi Blohm with Total Farm Marketing says this week’s lower dollar has boosted exports.

Case in point, today’s USDA exports report:

  • Wheat: Net sales of 290,300 metric tons
  • Corn:  Net sales of 1,169,700 metric tons for 2022/2023
  • Soybeans:  Net sales of 3,030,100 metric tons for 2022/2023, primarily for China with 1,542,400 metric tons

Blohm says now the dollar appears to be having a “mini upward correction.”

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