Grain & Oilseed Mid-Session News Update
<div class=\"default-font-wrapper\" style=\"line-height: 1;font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"isPasted\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">Grain & Oilseed Mid-Session News Update</span></p><br><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">QT News - Top News</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"isPasted\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">CORN</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">**Stats Canada Dec 31 2024 Barley Stocks: 4.958 mln mt; expected 4.7 mln mt; yr ago 5.453 mln mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">**Stats Canada Dec 31 2024 Oat Stocks: 2.816 mln mt; yr ago 2.144 mln mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">**Stats Canada Dec 31 2024 Rye Stocks: 0.318 mln mt; yr ago 0.234 mln mt</span></p><br><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- On Friday, trade sources reported 75,000 mt of feed Barley was purchased by Tunisia's state grain buyer. They reportedly paid $254.49/mt cf for the entire volume. Depending on origin, the grain is for shipment between March 1 and April 25.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Korea Feed Association on Friday bought an estimated 63,000 mt of feed Corn, that can be sourced from either the US, South America, or South Africa. Trade sources said the privately negotiated deal saw KFA pay $258.49/mt cf for delivery by April 20th</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- On Friday, Russia's ag ministry set the Corn export tax for the period ending Feb 18th at 3,710.20 roubles/mt, down from the prior week's 4,255.30 roubles/mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- On Friday, Russia's ag ministry set the Barley export tax for the period ending Feb 18th at 3,062.30 roubles/mt, up from the prior week's 3,012.50 roubles/mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- UN's world food index for January was released on Friday, the index dipped to 124.9 in January down from December's 127.0. January's index is +6.2% over the year ago month, but is 22% below its peak in spring of 2022.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Buenos Aires Grain Exchange weekly crop report Thursday placed the Argentina Corn conditions at 25% excellent, 49% normal, 26% poor, that compares with last week's 28% excellent, 50% normal, 22% poor.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Buenos Aires Grain Exchange weekly crop report Thursday placed the Argentina Corn planting progress is 99.3% complete, with 6.556 mln ha planted out of the 6.600 mln ha expected</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- In the Corn Belt, mostly dry weather prevails between storms. Early today, sub-0°F temperatures were confined to North Dakota and the upper Great Lakes region. Mild weather covers the remainder of the Midwest, although some producers from the Dakotas to Michigan are preparing for impending snow accumulations.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- In the South, mostly dry weather accompanies above-normal temperatures. In fact, today’s high temperatures will reach or top 90°F in parts of southern Texas. Early today, any showers are light and generally confined to the Tennessee Valley.</span></p><br><br><br><p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"isPasted\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">SOY</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">**Stats Canada Dec 31 2024 Canola Stocks: 11.382 mln mt; expected 11.9 mln mt; yr ago 12.851 mln mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">**Stats Canada Dec 31 2024 Soybean Stocks: 4.151 mln mt; yr ago 3.831 mln mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">**Stats Canada Dec 31 2024 Flaxseed Stocks: 0.326 mln mt; yr ago 0.393 mln mt</span></p><br><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Safras Mercado analysts on Friday estimated 24/25 Brazil soybean production at 174.88 mln mt, that's up from their previous forecast at 173.71 mln mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Safras Mercado analysts on Friday estimated 24/25 Brazil soybean sales at 39.4% of expected production, that compares with the year ago period's 31.9%</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Buenos Aires Grain Exchange weekly crop report Thursday placed the Argentina Soy conditions at 17% excellent, 51% normal, 32% poor, that compares with last week's 20% excellent, 52% normal, 28% poor.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Buenos Aires Grain Exchange weekly crop report Thursday placed the Argentina Sunflower harvest progress is 8.4% complete, some 357,388 mt of sunflower seed has been collected so far</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- Ahead of next week's Malaysian Palm Oil Board January data release, analysts are forecasting palm oil production around 1.32 mln mt, exports in January at 1.15 mln mt. The production estimate is off -11% from December, and exports are seen off 14.6% from December. End of January palm oil stocks are forecast at 1.65 mln mt, if realized would be off -3.5% from the prior month. The data will be released Monday, Feb 10th.</span></p><br><br><p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"isPasted\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">WHEAT</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">**Stats Canada Dec 31 2024 All Wheat Stocks: 24.481 mln mt; expected 23.0 mln mt; yr ago 20.681 mln mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">**Stats Canada Dec 31 2024 Durum Wheat Stocks: 3.615 mln mt; expected 2.7 mln mt; yr ago 2.959 mln mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">**Stats Canada Dec 31 2024 Wheat excluding Durum Stocks: 20.865 mln mt; yr ago 17.722 mln mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">**Stats Canada Dec 31 2024 Barley Stocks: 4.958 mln mt; expected 4.7 mln mt; yr ago 5.453 mln mt</span></p><br><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- On Friday, trade sources reported 75,000 mt of feed Barley was purchased by Tunisia's state grain buyer. They reportedly paid $254.49/mt cf for the entire volume. Depending on origin, the grain is for shipment between March 1 and April 25.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- On Friday, Russia's ag ministry set the Wheat export tax for the period ending Feb 18th at 3,984.20 roubles/mt, up from the prior week's 3.941.60 roubles/mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- On Friday, Russia's ag ministry set the Barley export tax for the period ending Feb 18th at 3,062.30 roubles/mt, up from the prior week's 3,012.50 roubles/mt</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- On the Plains, a developing storm system is producing snow in much of Montana. Dry weather covers the remainder of the Plains, although frigid conditions in Montana and North Dakota contrast with record-setting warmth in Texas. High temperatures later today could approach 90°F in west-central Texas. A portion of the Plains’ winter wheat continues to struggle with drought-related impacts; at the end of January, 34% of Nebraska’s crop was rated in very poor to poor condition.</span></p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;\">-- A stripe of accumulating snow will develop today across the northern Plains, reaching the Northeast during the weekend. Subsequently, snow will fall early next week a bit farther south, spreading eastward from the central Plains, while rain will overspread the South.</span></p><br></div>