Commentary
The corn and bean markets tested key support levels at 12.85 and 5.30 respectively during Tuesdays session but short covering near the close was featured as support held. Today’s settlement put corn down 24 cents from the Sunday night open high while Nov 21 soybeans are sitting approximately 44 cents from the Sunday night open high. Crop conditions this week were unchanged on the week at 60 percent to 56 percent good to excellent for corn and beans. Today marked the last day of August and ends a choppy month. Better August growing season weather and bearish seasonals were offset by better demand and lower yields according to USDA. For August, December corn lost approximately 12 cents while November beans lost approximately 57 cents. Harvest is fast approaching as is the Friday September 10th crop report. Will harvest pressure win the day here with lower prices to follow? That is the question facing the market in my view. Selling rallies in prior crop years when ending stocks were over 2 billion for corn and over 300 million for beans seemed an easy choice especially for producers. However we don’t have those excess bushels per the balance sheet right now, and with supplies of wheat getting downgraded month by month, grain supplies are seen as tight. However like I mentioned previously, the USDA has an opportunity to answer some questions on yield and production in next Fridays report. I included a December corn and November bean chart below. Watch key support at 12.85 in November beans and 5.30/32 this week in Dec 21 corn. Funds per the last CFTC report on Friday were long over 270 K contracts while just long 83 K in beans. They have defended their position for sometime in corn as the Managed long tells us. Will it continue into harvest?
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