CBOT Trends-Wheat up 3-4 cents, corn down 2-3, soybeans down 1-5

By Reuters News

- The following are expectations for the resumption of grain and soy complex trading at the Chicago Board of Trade at 8:30 a.m. CDT (1330 GMT) on Wednesday.

WHEAT - Up 3 to 4 cents per bushel

  • Chicago wheat futures rose on Wednesday, with a drone attack on the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga adding to concerns about major Russian exporters facing disruption GRA/

  • Ust-Luga is among several Baltic Sea ports heavily used for Russian grain exports following the virtual stop to Black Sea shipments in August

  • Russian, Ukrainian and US officials began a second day of peace talks in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, resuming meetings which Kyiv and Washington had depicted on Monday as constructive but which produced no early signs of a breakthrough

  • Jordan's state grain buyer has issued an international tender to buy up to 120,000 metric tons of milling wheat which can be sourced from optional origins, European traders said on Wednesday

  • CBOT December soft red winter wheat was last up 3-1/2 cents at $5.96-1/4 per bushel; KC December hard red winter wheat was last 1-1/4 cents higher at $6.35-1/2 a bushel and Minneapolis December spring wheat was last 1/4 cents higher at $6.31-1/4 per bushel

CORN - Down 2 to 3 cents per bushel

  • CBOT corn prices eased alongside crude oil prices after rallying the previous day

  • US farmers will harvest fewer bushels of corn than previously expected, the US Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday, lowering its crop estimate in a monthly report after raising its forecast in October, sending futures soaring

  • The agency also pared its forecast for remaining US corn stockpiles at the end of the current marketing year more than analysts expected

  • Taiwan's MFIG purchasing group bought an estimated 65,000 metric tons of animal feed corn expected to be sourced from Brazil in an international tender on Wednesday, European traders said

  • Hopes for a de-escalation in the US-Iran war have helped push down crude oil and palm oil prices , , pressuring commodities like corn used as a feedstock for biofuel

  • December corn was last 2-1/2 cents lower at $4.46-1/2 per bushel

SOYBEANS - Down 1 to 5 cents per bushel

  • CBOT soybeans fell back as oil prices dipped after surging the previous day on USDA supply and demand data

  • USDA pegged soybean production at 4.574 billion bushels, with an average yield of 53.3 bushels per acre, a record high. In October, the agency projected output of 4.562 billion bushels and an average yield of 53.1 bushels per acre

  • Despite the bumper harvest, the USDA lowered its forecast of US 2026/27 soybean ending stocks to 300 million bushels, from 315 million in October, citing a strong early-season export pace. Analysts on average had expected USDA to raise its soy stocks forecast to 331 million bushels

  • Hopes for a de-escalation in the US-Iran war have helped push down crude oil and palm oil prices , , pressuring soybeans used as a feedstock for biofuel

  • CBOT January soybeans were last 1-3/4 cents lower at $12.26-1/4 per bushel

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