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Market Update

May 24 Corn close 4.2875

-.055

Dec 24 Corn close 4.66

-.0425

May 24 Soybean close 11.5925

-.055

Nov 24 Soybean close 11.6425

-.05

May 24 SRW close 5.5175

-.0675

Jul 24 SRW close 5.6625

-.0725

June CAD .7316

+.0005

Closing Chatham elevator bids


Corn, wheat, and soybeans futures were all lower on this USDA report day.


Report summary


Highlights:

• The market reaction has been very limited after the report.

• Corn ending stocks down 50 mbu. Bean stocks up 25 mbu.

• Wheat stocks were up 25 mbu.to 698 mbu.

• Brazil corn and ARG bean production numbers were unchanged.

• ARG corn down 1 MMT to 55 MMT. Brazil beans unchanged at 155 MMT.

• USDA's Brazil bean number now 8.5 MMT higher than Conab.

• USDA's Brazil corn number is 13 MMT higher than Conab.

• World corn ending stocks down 1.4 MMT to 318.3 MMT.

• World soybean ending stocks mostly steady at 114.22 MMT.

• World wheat ending stocks flat at 258.3 MMT.

• Next WASDE report: May 10


Demand: 

• Corn 23/24: Feed/Residual up 25 mbu. Ethanol up 25 mbu.

• Beans 23/24: Exports down 20 mbu. to 1.700 Bln. Seed/Residual down 11 mbu.

• Wheat 23/24: Feed/Residual down 30 mbu.


World (23/24):

• Brazil soybean production at 155 MMT, steady from March.

• Argentina soybean production at 50 MMT, unchanged from March.

• Brazil bean exports flat at 103 MMT.

• China bean imports flat at 105 MMT.

• Brazil total corn production 124 MMT, unchanged from last month.

• Argentina corn production 55 MMTs, down 1 MMT.

• Mexico corn production down 0.7 MMT to 23.3 MMT. Imports up 0.5 MMT.

• Russia wheat exports up 1 MMT to 52 MMT.

• Ukraine wheat exports up 1.5 MMT to 17.5 MMT., which is the 6th straight month of a increase.






Have a good night.

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