Thursday, January 12, 2017

"USDA Data Pushes Up Soybean Market Double-Digits" Corn Down--WASDE




Last Chg
Corn 354-0-3-2
Soybeans 1024-2+12-6
Wheat 423-6+5-0

From Agriculture.com:

Yields and output pushed slightly lower by USDA. 

DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. farmers had a smaller haul in the fall of 2016 than first thought, according to the USDA Thursday.

As a result, the CME Group’s farm futures jumped double-digits on soybeans, corn moved higher then dropped, and wheat traded slightly higher.

In its January Crop Production and Supply/Demand Reports, the USDA/WASDE data shows the U.S. 2016/17 corn production at 15.148 billion bushels vs. the USDA’s November estimate of 15.226 billion bushels and the average analysts’ estimate of 15.19 billion....MORE
Here's the USDA's WASDE page. And the 5-minute chart via FinViz:

https://finviz.com/fut_chart.ashx?t=ZS&cot=005602&p=m5&rev=636198212226735378