Wheat Morning 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;\">Wheat Morning 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\" 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 Wednesday, Tunisia announced they're seeking 125,000 mt of optional origin mill grade Wheat in a tender to close on Thursday, Sept 19th. The grain is for shipment between October and November.</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 Wednesday, Tunisia announced they're seeking 100,000 mt of optional origin Durum Wheat in a tender to close on Thursday, Sept 19th. The grain is for shipment between October and November.</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;\">-- French 24/25 MY Soft Wheat exports inside the EU were forecast on Wednesday at 6.0 mln mt, that's off from the previous forecast at 6.5 mln mt, acc. to France AgriMer.</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;\">-- French 24/25 MY Soft Wheat exports outside the EU were forecast on Wednesday at 4.0 mln mt, that's off sharply from the previous forecast at 7.50 mln mt, acc. to France AgriMer.</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;\">-- French 24/25 MY Soft Wheat ending stockpiles were forecast on Wednesday at 2.74 mln mt, that's off from the previous forecast at 3.04 mln mt, acc. to France AgriMer.</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;\">-- French 24/25 MY Barley ending stockpiles were forecast on Wednesday at 1.45 mln mt, that's off from the previous forecast at 1.74 mln mt, acc. to France AgriMer.</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 Wednesday, SovEcon analysts placed Russia's 2024 total grain harvest at 124.4 mln mt, that's off from the previous estimate at 128.4 mln mt. Yesterday, SovEcon raised Russia's 2024 wheat harvest forecast to 82.9 mln mt from 82.5 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;\">-- Ukraine media quoted the country's ag minister as saying the country's exportable grain surplus is 43.2 mln mt for the 24/25 MY, and that 8.76 mln mt has already been shipped abroad.</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;\">-- Ukrainian deputy ag minister on Wednesday said they are maintaining 2025 winter wheat sowing forecast between 4.5 to 5.0 mln hectares. Drought has affected almost all growing regions. The ministry is maintaining hope that weather will turn wetter in the last half of September and early October.</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;\">-- Food industry officials from India say the government needs to release government held wheat stockpiles, adding the curbs on traders and processors announced in the recent past are not enough to lower wheat prices during the festival season.</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;\">-- Egyptian Supply Ministry on Wednesday estimated the country's Wheat reserves are sufficient for 6 months coverage, and vegoil stockpiles are enough for 7.4 months coverage.</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 Wednesday, the Australian weather bureau said they believe La Nina conditions, if they develop, will be weak and short lived.</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;\">-- Chinese customs data released Wednesday placed August 2024 Wheat imports at 410,000 mt, that's off -50.9% from the year ago month; year to date imports totaled 10.49 mln mt, that's up +9.8% from the year earlier period.</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;\">-- Chinese customs data released Wednesday placed August 2024 Barley imports at 1.15 mln mt, that's up +200% from the year ago month; year to date imports totaled 10.87 mln mt, that's up +75.4% from the year earlier period.</span></p><br><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;\">Pending Tenders</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;\">-- Pending Tender: On Tuesday, grain trade sources reported </span><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;\">Algeria</span><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;\"> is seeking 35,000 mt of feed grade Barley in an upcoming tender. Algeria had an outstanding tender that closed back on Sept 5th, but traders say Tuesday's announcement indicates no purchase was made at that tender.</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;\">-- Pending Tender: Japan's Ag Ministry set Thursday, Sept 19th as the offer deadline in a regular tender seeking 123,012 mt of Aussie, Canadian and US origin wheat. The total includes 24,820 mt of Aussie white, 31,795 mt of Canadian red, 34,117 mt of US white, and 32,280 mt of US HRW wheat.</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;\">-- Euronext Paris December mill wheat futures on Wednesday are trading +1.25 euros higher at 220.50 euros/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;\">-- Outside markets. Crude Oil -89c ; Gold +$11.40 ; Silver -1.9c ; US $ index -8 pts</span></p><br><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;\">CBOT Grain & Oilseed Volume & Open Interest</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;\"><span style=\"border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:758px;height:189px;\"><img src=\"https://download.qtmarketcenter.com/jay/1726659857130.png\" width=\"758\" height=\"189\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii fr-fil\" success=\"true\" filename=\"1726659857130.png\"></span></span></p></div>