{"id":9636,"date":"2025-07-07T15:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/?p=9636"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:20:22","slug":"harvest-glut-vs-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/harvest-glut-vs-heatwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Glut vs. Heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Grain futures softened overall as ample Northern Hemisphere harvests, USDA acreage shifts, heat-induced yield risks, and uneven export demand\u2014tempered by logistical hiccups\u2014kept markets range-bound ahead of July holidays, denting trade.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Wheat prices near two-week high, driven by advancing US winter harvests<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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  • Domestic acreage trimmed, but harvest lags while quality holds.\u00a0USDA\u2019s late-June Acreage survey cut all-wheat seedings to 45.5 M acres (-1% y\/y). Crop-progress updates show winter-wheat cutting trailing the five-year pace, yet good\/excellent ratings near multi-year highs, leaving overall U.S. supply prospects comfortable but not burdensome.<\/li>\n
  • Early new-crop export sales encouraging, yet price competitiveness lacking.\u00a0U.S. exporters booked about 586 kt of 2025\/26 wheat in the week reviewed\u2014the best early-season tally in a decade\u2014but Chicago spreads softened as buyers continued to favor lower-priced Black Sea offers.<\/li>\n
  • Black Sea pressure intensified.\u00a0SovEcon (a leading consultancy) nudged Russia\u2019s 2025 harvest outlook to 83 MMT, and Moscow confirmed the wheat export duty will drop to zero in July, signaling an aggressive export push that kept CBOT rallies in check.<\/li>\n
  • EU-Ukraine trade realignment adds demand-side uncertainty.\u00a0Brussels reinstated\u2014and then adjusted upward\u2014tariff quotas on Ukrainian wheat, reshaping intra-EU flows while potentially redirecting some Black Sea shipments toward North Africa and Asia, further complicating the global balance sheet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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    Corn futures climbed above the $4.20 mark, recovering from six-month lows as tightening supplies converged with resilient demand<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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    • Bearish supply backdrop intensifies.\u00a0USDA\u2019s Acreage survey put 2025 U.S. corn seedings at 95.2 M acres (+5% y\/y), while June 1 stocks were still a hefty 4.64 bn bushels even after a 7% drop from last year; 69% of the crop is rated good\/excellent\u2014well above average\u2014reinforcing confidence in ample new-crop availability.<\/li>\n
    • Export pulse slowed amid stiff Brazilian competition.\u00a0Net old-crop sales of just 532.7 kt for the week ended June 26 were 28% below the prior week, and traders note FOB Santos corn from Brazil\u2019s record safrinha harvest continues to undercut U.S. Gulf offers, limiting additional bookings.<\/li>\n
    • Domestic grind lost momentum.\u00a0EIA reported a second straight weekly dip in ethanol output to 1.081 mbbl\/day with inventories edging up to 24.4 mbbl, signaling softer feed-corn disappearance at precisely the moment supplies are swelling.<\/li>\n
    • Geopolitics and sentiment add headwinds.\u00a0The EU\u2019s newly reinstated quota caps just 1 MMT of duty-free Ukrainian corn, reshuffling Black Sea flows, while money-manager net shorts ballooned to -184,788 contracts\u2014mirroring last year\u2019s ultra-bearish stance and amplifying downside pressure on CBOT futures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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      Soybeans gained 2.2% w\/w, supported by short covering and pre-holiday positioning<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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      • Acreage dip offset by swollen inventories.\u00a0USDA\u2019s June Acreage update trimmed U.S. soybean plantings to \u224883.4 M acres (-4% y\/y), yet the Quarterly Stocks report showed June 1 carry-in at 1.008 billion bushels\u2014the largest early-summer inventory since 2020\u2014leaving the overall supply base comfortably sized despite lower seeded area.<\/li>\n
      • Field conditions steady, weather premium muted.\u00a0Crop-progress data kept nationwide good\/excellent ratings near 66%, and mid-Corn Belt heat largely aided growth; scattered storm damage and talk of late-July dryness failed to generate sustained buying as the crop still looks mostly healthy.<\/li>\n
      • Export pulse improved but China stayed sidelined.\u00a0Net sales of 462 kt for the week to June 26 marked the best tally in two months, led by Egypt and \u201cunknown\u201d destinations. However, Beijing\u2019s ongoing drive to cut soymeal inclusion continues to cap Chinese appetite, tempering the demand boost.<\/li>\n
      • Brazilian surplus undercuts Chicago.\u00a0CONAB nudged its crop estimate to a record ~196 MMT while shippers lined up nearly 15 MMT of June loadings, keeping FOB Paranagu\u00e1 well below U.S. Gulf offers and weighing on CBOT soybean spreads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Grain futures softened overall as ample Northern Hemisphere harvests, USDA acreage shifts, heat-induced yield risks, and uneven export demand\u2014tempered by logistical hiccups\u2014kept markets range-bound ahead of July holidays, denting trade. Wheat Wheat prices near two-week high, driven by advancing US winter harvests Domestic acreage trimmed, but harvest lags while quality holds.\u00a0USDA\u2019s late-June Acreage survey cut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9637,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9636\/revisions\/9637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}