23 May 2022

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US grains futures edged higher on Monday, lifted by a weaker dollar, an upside in crude oil and as adverse weather conditions threatened production in key producing countries, reported Reuters. 

The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) was up 0.98% at $10.80-1/4 a bushel, as of 0146 GMT, after falling 0.74% last week.

Corn rose 0.71% to $7.84-1/4 a bushel and soybeans Sv1 edged 0.62% higher to $17.15-3/4 a bushel.

Growing conditions for wheat and barley crops in France fell sharply for a second straight week, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed on Friday, as a hot spell exacerbated drought in the European Union's biggest grain producer. 

Higher oil prices further supported prices of corn, which is used to make alternative fuel ethanol.

In the United States, an annual field tour of Kansas last week found the lowest yield potential in the top winter wheat state since 2018. 

Kenya has authorised the importation of 540,000 tonnes of maize duty-free until August to forestall a looming shortfall. 

Argentina, the world's No. 2 corn exporter, could raise its limit for exports of the 2021/22 harvest of the grain to 35 million tonnes, from 30 million tonnes currently, a source at the ministry of agriculture told Reuters on Thursday. 

Source: Reuters