Agriculture News
Drought covers 25% of winter wheat areas, 12% for corn and 9% for soybeans.
The HRW crop improved despite a drop in the Kansas crop.
Soybean export inspections during the week ended May 9 reached 406,000 MT, above the expected pre-report range and up 48,000 MT from the previous week. Corn and wheat inspections were as expected.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s quarterly ag banker survey finds gains in first quarter land values.
Kansas City Federal Reserve finds rising farmland values despite a weakening farm economy.
The corn and wheat markets are deepening earlier gains amid lower-than-expected U.S. and global corn ending stocks, while all wheat production was reported 30 million bu. short of the average trade estimate.
USDA will provide the first look at the 2024-25 balance sheets and its initial winter wheat crop estimates.
Weekly corn sales during the week ended May 2, rose 17% from the previous week and 23% from the four-week average. Meanwhile, soybean sales increased 4% from the previous week and 21% from the four-week average.