Soybeans drop for 4th session on U.S. harvest progress

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SINGAPORE — Chicago soybean futures misplaced extra floor on Tuesday as costs dropped to their lowest since late December, weighed down by ample provides from a quickly progressing U.S. harvest.

Wheat additionally fell, though agency demand restricted losses.

“There may be strain from the U.S. harvest however we see the draw back in soybean costs as restricted,” mentioned one Singapore-based dealer. “Sturdy wheat demand is protecting costs larger.”

Essentially the most-active soybean contract on the Chicago Board Of Commerce (CBOT) fell 0.3% to $12.32 a bushel by 0257 GMT, after dropping to its lowest since Dec. 21 at $12.31 a bushel.

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Corn slid 0.5% to $5.38 a bushel and wheat dropped 0.3% to $7.54 a bushel.

The U.S. corn harvest was 29% full as of Sunday, the USDA mentioned in a weekly crop progress report on Monday, forward of the five-year common of twenty-two% and matching the typical estimate in a Reuters analyst ballot.

The U.S. soybean crop was 34% harvested, the USDA mentioned, forward of the five-year common of 26% and the typical analyst estimate of 32%.

U.S.-China commerce tensions weigh on soybeans. U.S. Commerce Consultant Katherine Tai pledged she is going to press Beijing over its failure to maintain guarantees made in former U.S. President Donald Trump’s commerce deal.

Commodity brokerage StoneX on Monday lowered its estimate of the typical U.S. 2021 corn yield to 176.6 bushels per acre (bpa), from 177.5 in its earlier month-to-month report launched Sept. 2.

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StoneX raised its forecast of the U.S. 2021 soybean yield to 51.3 bpa, from its Sept. 2 determine of fifty.8.

Larger wheat costs in Russia saved a ground underneath Chicago futures.

Russian wheat export costs rose for the twelfth consecutive week, supported by sturdy demand.

Russian wheat with 12.5% protein loading from Black Sea ports for provide within the first half of November was $307 a tonne, free on board (FOB), on the finish of final week, up $3 from the earlier week, mentioned Dmitry Rylko, the pinnacle of consultancy IKAR.

Commodity funds have been web sellers of CBOT soybean and soymeal futures contracts on Monday, merchants mentioned. Funds have been seen as web consumers of CBOT wheat and web even in corn and soyoil futures. (Reporting by Naveen Thukral; Modifying by Krishna Chandra Eluri)