Mid-August Week Roundup

Dear all, this week our “Daily Market Reports”, our “Daily Newsletter” and our “Weekly Reports” have not be issued, due to the Mid-August holidays.

As you have noticed, we have only posted the “Daily Market Wire”.

Our reports will resume regularly starting from next Monday, August 22, with the “Last Week Market Comment” report.

On the wires:

Chicago wheat, near a six-month low, is down 6.5% for the week; corn and soybeans too, on course for a weekly loss.

BAGE see Argentine 21/22 corn harvest heading to reach 52 million tonnes, up about 6% from last week’s forecast; corn plantings to fall 3% in 22/23.

EU wheat exports had reached 3.58 mmt by Aug. 14, corn imports 3.59 mmt.

IGC sees world corn production at 1.1 bln mt, down 41 million y-o-y; global wheat output was up 8 MMT to 778.

Ukraine ‘s 2022 wheat harvest is 91% complete; barley, peas and rapeseed were 98% complete so far; exports by sea rise, the total number of vessels to leave Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to 25.

SovEcon raised its wheat estimate to 94.7 Mt up from 90.9Mt.

Russian Ag Min reported that, as of 15 August, 67.8Mt wheat had been harvested.

China warned, a severe dry spell along the Yangtze could last well into Sep.

Chinese Customs data had July corn imports at 1.54 MMT, while total imports at 15.13 MMT; wheat imports at 0,78 MMT, bring cumulative totals to 5.7 MMT.

Chinese Sinograin and COFCO have set up a joint venture.

India raised the country’s wheat production number by 0.43 MMT to 106.84 MMT

Malaysian palm oil posted a 7.12% weekly loss.

Oil prices heading for around 3.6% weekly losses.

The dollar index rallied to a 1-month high.

And so much more …

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