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;\">**EIA Fuel Ethanol Stocks change (w/e 11/15): +524,000 bbls to 22.563 mln bbls; pct change 2.41%</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;\">**EIA Fuel Ethanol Production change (w/e 11/15): -3,000 bbl/day to 1.11 mln bbl/day</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 Wednesday, trade sources indicated Algeria's state grain buyer purchased an undetermined volume of Argentina or Brazil feed grade Corn. They had been seeking up to 240,000 mt. The initial indication is around 40,000 mt have been purchased, but additional volumes might be reported later.</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;\">-- Trade sources now indicate Jordan's state grain buyer passed on all offers at their 120,000 mt Barley tender today.</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;\">-- Argentina's chief of staff said the government will offer a 30 year concession in a bid to privatize its stretch of the Paraguay-Parana waterway. They will seek offers via a national and international tender. They hope to significantly upgrade its top trade route with new new ship satellite and radar systems.</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, a cold front sweeping across areas east of the Mississippi River is generating a few rain showers. Meanwhile, snow showers and windy conditions across the far upper Midwest are temporarily halting fieldwork and increasing livestock stress. Temperatures have fallen to 20°F or below in parts of North Dakota, where snow lingers.</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;\">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;\">**USDA reported private sale of 226,200 mt of Soybeans received in the reporting period to unknown destinations for the 24/25 MY</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;\">**USDA reported private sale of 202,000 mt of US Soybeans to China for the 24/25 MY</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;\">-- Chinese customs data released Wednesday placed October 2024 Soybean imports at 541,434 mt, up from the year ago month's 228,253 mt. October marked the seventh straight month of growth of soy imports. China also imported 5.53 mln mt of Brazil soy, and 1.36 mln mt of Argentina soy in 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;\">-- AmSpec Agri on Wednesday estimated Malaysian palm oil product exports over the Nov 1-20 period at 963,302 mt that's below their Oct 1-20 estimate at 976,822 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;\">-- Intertek on Wednesday estimated Malaysian palm oil product exports over the Nov 1-20 period at 981,687 mt, that's off -5.3% from the Oct 1-20 estimate at 1.036 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;\">-- Argentina's chief of staff said the government will offer 30 year concession in a bid to privatize its stretch of the Paraguay-Parana waterway. They will seek offers via a national and international tender. They hope to significantly upgrade its top trade route with new new ship satellite and radar systems.</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;\">-- Traders on Wednesday reported 80,000 mt of US origin mill grade Wheat is sought by Taiwan's Flour Miller Association, offers are due Thursday, Nov 21. The grain is for shipment from Jan 20 to Feb 3 for one consignment, and Feb 11 to Feb 25 for the other.</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, Jordan's state grain buyer set November 26th as the offer deadline in a tender seeking up to 120,000 mt of Wheat. The grain is for shipment from LH January through FH March.</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;\">-- Trade sources now indicate Jordan's state grain buyer passed on all offers at their 120,000 mt Barley tender today.</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;\">-- Grain trade sources Tuesday afternoon say Algeria has bought an undisclosed volume of Durum Wheat at today's snap tender. Prices were said to average around $348/mt cf for Panamax size cargoes, and $360/mt cf for smaller Handymax size cargoes. The origin appears to be Canada. The wheat is for shipment from January 1 through the end of February. Additional volume details will likely come forward.</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;\">-- After this year's heavy losses, Russian wheat farmers are more likely to move away from the crop, seeking more profitable crops in sunflower, lentils and peas. Analysts say the shift away from wheat, combined with export curbs to help domestic Russian food price growth will have implications for wheat prices on the world markets, and for major buyers.</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, wind-driven snow lingers across parts of the Dakotas, where rural travel disruptions persist. Windy weather extends to the remainder of the northern half of the Plains. Meanwhile, cool, dry weather across the southern Plains favors a return to harvest activities and other fieldwork, following recent rain-induced delays.</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 West, one of the strongest storms on record over the northeastern Pacific Ocean is generating hazardous weather—including heavy rain, mountain snow, and high winds—across northern California and the Pacific Northwest</span></p><br><br></div>