Wheat, Soybeans and Corn Slide at the Start of the Month; Key Signals to Watch
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USDA daily grain export sales of 252k tons came in soft, reinforcing demand concerns even as June US corn ethanol grind is expected to edge up 4.4% YoY. Futures for corn, soybeans, and both SRW and HRW wheat slid to two- to three-week lows, marking a broad grains complex downdraft. Near-term pricing is likely to stay sensitive to export pace and biofuel-linked demand signals.
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Grain markets moved lower after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported daily export sales of just 252,000 metric tons on Friday. Traders are also looking ahead to expectations that U.S. corn used for ethanol in June totaled 466 million bushels, up 4.4% from a year earlier.
Against that backdrop, futures for December corn, November soybeans, September soft red winter wheat and hard red winter wheat sank to fresh two- or three-week lows. For the week, the contracts fell 23.25 cents, 66 cents, 38.75 cents and 37.75 cents, respectively.
