Funds pause CBOT grain selling ahead of US agriculture data


SPECULATORS made relatively minor changes to their Chicago grain and oilseed positions before the large US government data release last Friday, which gave way to some multi-month or multi-year lows across the board.

That data, which included the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) first official cut at 2023-24 supply and demand, revealed larger-than-expected supplies for corn, soybeans and wheat globally, and for US corn and soybeans.

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