Mark Shenk is a Senior Reporter for Fastmarkets Agriculture, specializing in covering the agricultural commodities market. With a focus on reporting on trends, market analysis, and global trade, Mark provides valuable insights into the industry for readers. His articles cover a wide range of topics, including farmer sentiment, crop production, international trade, and market trends.
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By: Mark Shenk
The USDA’s influential World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for December is projected to reduce estimates for both domestic and global 2024/25 wheat crop ending stocks, according to analysts polled by Fastmarkets.
By: Mark Shenk
Investors in the three US wheat markets added short positions in the week to Tuesday December 3, helping send net short positions to multi-month highs, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday December 6.
By: Mark Shenk
Export inspections of US wheat decreased by 24% to 226,513 tonnes during the week to Thursday December 5, from 298,550 tonnes the previous week, according to data from the USDA released on Monday December 9.
By: Mark Shenk
The US Department of Agriculture reduced its estimates for US wheat ending stocks for the 2024/25 marketing year, while bolstering export projections and slightly increasing its global stocks forecast.
By: Mark Shenk
Speculators in the US corn market shed short positions while accumulating longs in the week to Tuesday December 10, sending the net long to the highest level since February 2023, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday December 13.
By: Mark Shenk
Export inspections of US wheat increased by 20% to 298,075 tonnes during the week to Thursday December 12, from 247,954 tonnes the previous week, according to data from the USDA released on Monday December 16.
By: Mark Shenk
Export inspections of US corn rose by 6.8% to 1,129,834 tonnes during the week to Thursday December 12, from 1,057,972 tonnes during the previous week, according to USDA data released on Monday December 16.
By: Mark Shenk
The US Department of Agriculture’s attaché in Brazil bolstered its estimate for the country’s corn output in the 2024/25 marketing year as yields improve following the El Niño weather phenomenon, which severely impacted the 2023/24 crop.
By: Mark Shenk
US weekly net sales of wheat for the 2024/25 crop year totaled 457,900 tonnes during the week to Thursday December 12, up by 58% from the previous week and by 16% from the prior four-week average, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Thursday December 19.
By: Mark Shenk
Investors in the US corn and soybean markets shed longs positions in the week to Tuesday December 17, helping trim the corn net long, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday December 20.
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