Field reports of corn getting into the ground in Missouri, Iowa and southeastern Nebraska but any ground to the west or north still appears to be too wet to work. There appears to be a sense that when the weather turns that we’ll have the ability and fortitude to plant about 5 million acres of corn each day and all will be well if this happens around May 1. The prospective plantings report did suggest that we might see an increase in plantings in the western corn belt yet, this is where the wet weather is hindering field work. If we have wet weather in the forecast next week the likelihood for acreage loss could be taken very seriously. Spring wheat and oat seeding is impacted and we might see some acreage losses in these crops. Weather delays get more serious next week.
First notice day against the May contracts is on April 30 and registered deliverable stocks as of April 16 are 170 contracts of wheat, 1533 corn, 1079 beans and 2 KC wheat. Yet, there are many more bushels in deliverable channels which might get registered and deliverable with a wave of a wand. The sense on the street is that even with the recent rally in basis levels for corn and beans which may have come because of weather problems and traffic issues we could see healthy numbers of corn and beans coming out while wheat is uncertain.
We are closed on Friday for observance of Good Friday. Weather might be the most important factor facing the grain market when we reopen Sunday night/Monday morning. Moisture in the forecast might be considered to be bullish to corn and bearish to wheat and beans.
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