grain marketing

Curious what modern methods are being taken to drive more sales? It seems more and more businesses are moving to online methods as opposed to magazines and print which worked in the past? Any tips or recommendations on lead generation techniques that work in the heavy equipment space would be...

Markets found support after trying to continue the push lower early in the week – we ended Friday at about the same level we were at three weeks ago. After months of upward trend there is a sense we may have found a level of equilibrium for the time being. Deteriorating crop reports...

With the events in Ukraine curbing grain availability, more than ever the spring planting window in the US continues to be a vital area for cereal production for the coming season. Economics favour corn planting over soybeans, but heavy rainfall across the Midwest (including snow) coupled with...

Markets remain well supported and reached new highs again last week. The war in Ukraine has entered its third month and Russia now appears determined to take control of the country’s entire Black Sea coastline – from west to east. If achieved, this would have severe implications for Ukraine’s...

A quieter tone last week with less tender activity to drive buying, but markets generally held onto the gains of the previous week on old and new crops. We start the new week with sharply lower Currency which will help maintain support for UK prices. Anecdotally we hear that some French and...

Old crop markets found their way to new highs last week as tender activity ran into a general lack of fresh selling to meet the demand. The absence of Ukraine from the market was keenly felt. Egypt, requiring multiple cargoes for May arrival, bought the single Russian shipment on offer before...

Old crop was busily traded last week and has now spent six weeks trading more or less sideways at the highs set in early March. The only danger now is in getting stuck at the end with a round peg when only square holes are available. Judging the gap between different markets has become quite...

Old and New crop markets posted £12 gains last week, not as spectacular as the previous week, but still one way traffic. The situation on the ground in Ukraine continues to worsen, but occasional hints at the possibility of a negotiated settlement showed themselves capable of knocking the market...

We learn more each week about Russian Military tactics. Veteran correspondents describe the encircling and subsequent prolonged artillery bombardment of key cities as consistent with other actions most recently in Chechnya and Syria. With western Governments scrambling to re-arm Ukrainian...

Grain markets reacted wildly to the emerging crisis in Ukraine and will continue to do so. Futures price swings are being driven by stop-losses, enormous margin calls and forced position closures rather than any meaningful interpretation of events on the ground. Most traders limited activity to...

Wheat markets looked to go lower, particularly on old crop last week, only to be boosted again by renewed Ukrainian tensions. US markets dipped into their close on Friday after we had gone home and are closed for Presidents Day this Monday. With this in mind, European closes from Friday now look...

Markets held the positive tone of the previous Friday , gaining £4 on the week to settle just above the multi-week support level of £220 on May LIFFE. Several Countries followed the US lead in advising citizens to exit Ukraine if possible, although it’s not clear what this is based on as yet...

Another Late Friday rally on wheat put a gloss on things after we looked to be lower for most of the week. The Ukraine story isn’t developing fast enough to suit the 24 hour news channels who went back to talking about the UK Government’s problems, which explains the softer tone of the market...

Another choppy but ultimately sideways week ended with a slightly firmer tone. Egypt bought 400,000 mt of wheat in their latest tender late Friday. Nothing unusual in that but the detail is interesting - it's for March shipment and will load in Romania, Russia and Ukraine - all of course Black...

Last week’s USDA report offered no new excitement for the bulls, and with Southern Hemisphere crops now arriving on the market, International tenders are more unpredictable. Hence, we saw renewed pressure late in the week in all markets. That said the new crop noticeably held its ground and made...

New Year markets continued a drifty tone last week, but were rescued by a Friday rally as more worries emerged about the South American harvest. There are lots of macro-news stories around Covid, how the world economy emerges from the pandemic, interest rates etc which makes the overall picture...

Markets had a fair bit of news to absorb last week. There was a USDA report which improved ending wheat stocks very slightly, updates on the important Australian harvest pointed to heavy rains which will impact quality, but possibly not yield. International buyers, especially China, were very...

Markets finished slightly higher last week – a softer feel on Thursday/ Friday not quite removing the gains from earlier on. Did we see the top of this season’s market on Wednesday? Time will tell. The US was closed for Thanksgiving which held us back, but the emergence of a new Covid strain...

Markets jumped strongly out of the traps again this morning, continuing the sentiment of last week. The Australian harvest has become a stop/start affair due to wet weather and there is enough International tender activity to keep things interesting for now. UK feed wheat remains a hefty...

Markets returned to the highs last week after a ten-day wobble. Russia announced a possible wheat export quota for Jan-June 2022. Tariffs make wheat more expensive, quotas make it unavailable - more than enough to spook the European market back into action. Elsewhere, there were some signs of...