Futures contracts of soyoil on the CBOT hit a near two-month low of 32.93 cents per pound. Tracking losses in crude palm oil contracts on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives. Prices of crude palm oil and soyoil typically move in tandem, as they are used as substitutes for each other. The most-active January contract of soyoil on the CBOT was at 32.95 cents per pound, down 0.7% from the previous close.
Ukraine decline in sunseed crushing this season
Sunoil production by large and medium-sized crushers totaled 508.7 KMT in October 2017/18, or 47% more than in September (345.8 KMT), but 1.3% below October’s record of 515.6 KMT registered in MY 2016/17. Sunseed crushing volumes hold at a high level early in the current 2017/18 season, but sunoil output is down 6.6% from last year’s record, at 854.5 KMT against 915.4 KMT a year ago.
Abares raised its estimate for Australia’s 2017-18 canola
Abares raised its estimate for Australia’s 2017-18 canola crop by 100,000 tonnes to 2.85m tonnes, citing an improvement to prospects in Western Australia, which more than offset the setbacks in New South Wales from extremes of excessive wemetric tonneess, following on from drought.
Bangladesh govt to import 50,000 MT of wheat.
Bangladesh govt to import 50,000 MT of wheat.
India talks to Italy about resolving basmati fungicide row with EU.
India talks to Italy about resolving basmati fungicide row with EU.
Bangladesh to import 150,000 MT of rice from India at $440/T.
Bangladesh to import 150,000 MT of rice from India at $440/T.
China needs to import 1 Billion bushels of corn to meet 2020 ethanol mandate.
China needs to import 1 Billion bushels of corn to meet 2020 ethanol mandate.
Poultry industries closing down over shortage of maize supply in Nigeria.
Poultry industries closing down over shortage of maize supply in Nigeria.
Romania sees record corn production this year.
Romania sees record corn production this year.
Indore soy up on higher incentive on soymeal export
Soybean prices in Indore rose due to increase in the incentive on export of soymeal by 2 percentage points to 7% under the Merchandise Export Incentive Scheme. Futures contracts of soybean on NCDEX traded up following the increase in export incentives on soymeal. The most-active January contract traded up 0.4% from previous close.
Argentine drought threatens to wallop late-planted corn.
Argentine drought threatens to wallop late-planted corn.
CBOT soybean rises on crop concerns in Argentina
Futures contracts of soybean rose on the CBOT due to concerns over dry weather conditions in Argentina. The most-active January soybean contract on CBOT was at $10.1150 per bushel, up 0.3% from the previous close.
Gujarat cotton farmers advised on pink bollworm management.
Gujarat cotton farmers advised on pink bollworm management.
Malaysia CPO ends lower tracking CBOT soyoil
Futures contracts of crude palm oil ended lower on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives, taking cues from soyoil contracts on the CBOT. The most-active February contract of crude palm oil on the Malaysian bourse hit an over four-month low of 2,530 ringgits (40,056.7 rupees) per metric tonne.
Pakistan 2017-18 cotton crop seen rising 20% on year
Pakistan 2017-18 cotton crop seen rising 20% on year
NCDEX coriander down 1% on profit booking
The most active January contract of coriander fell around 1% on the NCDEX as traders booked profits after the contract hit a seven-month high. The January contract traded down 1% from the previous close.
India coffee exports during Jan 1- Dec 5.
India coffee exports during Jan 1- Dec 5.
Wheat prices fall in Indore market, unchanged in Delhi .
Wheat prices fall in Indore market, unchanged in Delhi .
Ukrainian wheat market was pressured by low demand from importers.
Ukrainian wheat market was pressured by low demand from importers.
Kazakhstan to resume wheat deliveries to Iran.
Kazakhstan to resume wheat deliveries to Iran.
