Deere & Co cut its 2024 profit forecast on Thursday as farmers remained hesitant about big-ticket equipment purchases due to high borrowing rates and falling crop prices, even as its first-quarter sales and profit topped Wall Street estimates.
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Deere cuts 2024 profit view as borrowing costs hurt demand
Executives expressed caution about margin performance amid weakening farm economy
U.S. grains: Soy and corn set three-year lows on fund selling, supply outlook
Markets down about 10 per cent this year, traded on lowest levels since late 2020
Soybean and corn futures fell to three-year lows at the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday under pressure from fund selling and expectations for increased U.S. supplies, analysts said.
CBOT weekly outlook: Bearish picture for commodities
Prices may not go much lower given the commodities have hit contract lows, says analyst
Ahead of the United States Department of Agriculture Outlook Forum, analyst Bryan Strommen of Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D. painted a rather bearish picture for the commodity markets. However, he noted that prices might not go much lower given the commodities have hit contract lows.
U.S. grains: Soybeans and corn continue to be pressured by global supplies
Wheat futures weighed by falling Russian prices
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures firmed slightly on Tuesday on technical trading, but still hovered near three-year lows as ample global supplies, improving South American crop prospects, and intense export competition weighed over the market.
Number of US farms falls and size increases, census shows
Number of acres in production falls by 20 million
Farms in the U.S. continued to get larger and the number of farms fell between 2017 and 2022, new data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed on Tuesday.
U.S. grains: Bargain buying supports CBOT soybeans and corn after 3-year lows
Market keeps eye on South American weather
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures firmed on Monday on bargain buying and a weaker U.S. dollar, but remained near multi-year lows as nearby contracts struggled to shake off technical resistance, traders said.
Attaché sees larger Indian rapeseed crop than USDA
Cold weather beneficial; harvested area, yields steady
The United States Department of Agriculture’s attaché in New Delhi forecast an increase India’s production of rapeseed-mustard for 2023/24. The attaché projected a harvest of 11.90 million tonnes versus the 11.70 million expected by the department.
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn stuck near 3-year lows on abundant supplies
Wheat futures higher on bargain buying, short covering
U.S. corn and soybean futures hovered near three-year lows on Friday as South American crop weather improved and forecasts called for plentiful supplies, but losses were limited by short covering ahead of the weekend.
U.S. grains: Soybeans turn higher, grains lower, on raft of government data
Falling Russian prices weigh over wheat futures; U.S. poised to regain title of top corn exporter
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended the day higher on Thursday on a flurry of late-session buying, as the market struggled to gain clarity on the size of the Brazilian crop, traders said.
USDA raises U.S. carryout, tightens Brazilian production
World wheat carryout estimate downgraded, but well above previous year
Projected ending stocks of soybeans, corn and wheat in the United States were raised slightly higher in the latest supply/demand estimates from the United States Department of Agriculture, while production estimates for Brazil were revised lower.
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