FI Morning Grain Comments 03/23/23

FI Morning Grain Comments 03/23/23

PDF attached foreign prices and daily estimate of funds   Good morning.   USD is slightly higher, WTI crude lower and US equities pointing towards a higher open. USDA export sales were a marketing year high for corn and soybean oil. Soybeans, meal and wheat...
FI Weekly USDA Export Sales Snapshot 03/23/23

FI Weekly USDA Export Sales Snapshot 03/23/23

PDF attached   US Initial Jobless Claims Mar 18: 191K (exp 198K; prev 192K) Continuing Claims Mar 11: 1694K (exp 1691K; prev 1684K) US Current Account Balance (USD) Q4: -206.8B (exp -213.3B; PREV -217.7.1B) US Chicago Fed National Activity Index Feb: -0.19 (exp...
FI Evening Grain Comments 03/22/23

FI Evening Grain Comments 03/22/23

PDF Attached   FOMC Hikes By 25Bps; Target Range Stands At 4.75% – 5.00%  – Interest Rate On Reserves Balances Raised By 25Bps To 4.90%   Attached are our US corn and wheat S&D’s. USDA: Private exporters reported sales of 178,000...
FI US Ethanol Snapshot 03/22/23

FI US Ethanol Snapshot 03/22/23

PDF attached     US weekly ethanol production fell 17,000 barrels to 997,000, lowest since January 6, and stocks decreased 206,000 barrels to 26.188 million. For comparison, a Bloomberg poll looked for weekly US ethanol production to be up 8,000 thousand and...
FI Morning Grain Comments 03/22/23

FI Morning Grain Comments 03/22/23

PDF attached   Good morning.   US Fed rate decision today. Expectations are for an increase of +.25 to 4.75-5% Fed targe. USD was lower earlier, WTI crude near unchanged, and US equities mostly lower. Inflation remains a concern for major global economies....