Coffee Prices Have Stayed Firm as the Current Brazil Harvest Starts to Wind Down

Wheat: Wheat was higher as USDA cut its production estimates more than expected by the trade and on fund buying as trends have turned up again on the daily and weekly charts for all three markets.  The FSA said that farmers enrolled 48.808 million acres of Wheat into subsidy programs including preventing plant of 282,229 acres/ Dry weather in southern Russia as well as the northern US Great Plains and Canadian Prairies remains a supportive feature in the market. Trends in Winter Wheat markets are still up. Crop size estimates in Russia have been reduced and are now well below the latest USDA estimates. The Russian weather has been good for production in northern and western areas but is still trending dry in southern areas and into Kazakhstan. Some showers are no in the forecast for the drier areas over the next week, then showers and cooler temperatures are in the forecast. The weather in China and Europe is wet and there is potential for reduced quality in Europe. Europe is expecting top yields as are parts of eastern Europe and northern Russia. It has been very cold in South America and the winter crops are in trouble in Brazil and Paraguay.  US White Winter Wheat production is also being hurt by hot and dry weather, but a cold front could bring some relief in several days. 

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Corn: Corn was mixed on Friday and higher for the week in reaction to the USDA reports released on Thursday. Trends are up on the charts in reaction to the USDA reports. USDA reduced yields and production estimates much more than the trade had expected.  Production in Brazil was also cut significantly.  USDA also said that farmers enrolled 90.309 million acres into subsidy programs and included 620,458 acres of prevent plant. Demand has improved in the past week, and the weather remains a feature of the trade.  Some forecasts call for improved weather, especially in the eastern belt.  The growing conditions in the US are highly variable and not likely to produce trend line or record yields.  It is still too dry in many areas of the west and drier weather is expected in the east.  It should stay hot in the west and cool in the east.  Ideas are that Brazil Corn production could be less than 85 million tons so reduced production estimates are expected in coming reports. Oats were higher as well. The uncertain weather in the northern Great Plains and Canadian Prairies remains the best support for the market. Canadian Oats areas and those in the northern Great Plains remain too hot and dry.  Some rain is now in the forecast but is too little and too late to materially help crops. 

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Soybeans and Soybean Meal: Soybeans and products were higher last week in response to positive demand news and the USDA reports that showed production in line with trade estimates. Chart trends remain sideways in all three markets. US weather is still a feature in the market as it remains hot in the west and is dry in just about all areas now.  Eastern Midwest areas should be cooler and parts of central Illinois turned too wet again after some big rains on Thursday night. Soybeans conditions in central production area started the year too wet and have suffered. Minnesota and nod the Dakotas are hot and dry but could get some showers this week. FSA said that US farmers enrolled 85.267 million acres of Soybeans in crop subsidy programs including prevent plant on 316,367 acres.. 

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Rice: Rice closed about unchanged on Friday and higher in reaction to the USDA reports. USDA cut its production estimate and ending stocks estimates. The harvest is now expanding through southern growing areas and as traders got ready for the USDA reports that will be released later this morning.  Initial yield reports and quality reports have not been real good.  Smut has been reported in Texas but the smut is coming off the grain in the cleaning process.  The trends are mixed in the market. Traders expect average to weak production. The harvest got started in Texas and southern Louisiana but has been slow in these areas due to rain showers in the region. Both areas have been wet and cloudy this season and average at best yields are expected.  Initial reports from Texas suggest that average yields are very optimistic. The harvest pace is expected to be slow due to ongoing showers in both regions.  Ideas of average yields at best are also heard in Arkansas and Mississippi. The market expects smaller production this year due to reduced planted area and some weather extremes seen through the growing season to date.  Growing conditions have been mixed at best with many areas getting too much rain. Asian prices are mostly steady this week. 

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Weekly Malaysian Palm Oil Futures: Palm Oil closed higher Friday and for the week. Futures are still a trading range market on ideas of tight supplies due to labor problems. There are just not enough workers in the fields due to Coronavirus restrictions. Production has also been down to more than offset the export losses so prices have trended higher. Canola closed higher last week as damaging weather continues in the Canadian Prairies and northern Great Plains. Production ideas are down due to the extreme weather seen in these areas. It remains generally dry and warm in the Prairies. Some showers in the forecast for this week have no chance to be very beneficial as the Prairies crops are in big trouble now due to previous hot and dry weather and the rains are coming too late. 

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Cotton: Futures were higher last week, with much of the buying in response to the USDA reports. Actual US production and ending stocks estimates were far less than trade expectations and the reason for the rally. Prices can continue to climb in the coming days. Showers are falling in Texas and throughout the major growing areas of the south. Ideas of strong demand continue but the weekly reports have shown more like an average demand. The demand is expected to be strong from Asian countries as world economies recover from Covid lockdowns. Analysts say the demand is still very strong and likely to hold at high levels for the future. However, the expansion of the Delta variant has given pause to the better demand ideas due to fears of economies here and around the world starting to partially lockdown again. Production ideas are being impacted in just about all areas due to the weather extremes. It has been very hot in parts of Texas and the Delta and Southeast have had drenching rains at various times in the last couple of months.

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Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice and Citrus: FCOJ closed higher Friday but a little lower for the week as Florida weather remains non-threatening and the cold weather has passed in Brazil.  Freezing temperatures have been reported in Sao Paulo in the last couple of weeks.  Weather conditions in Florida are rated mostly good for the crops.  The Atlantic is more active and a system is threatening western parts of the state this weekend.  Some Orange groves reported excessive rain from this event but little if any wind damage.  Mexican crop conditions in central and southern areas are called good with rains, but earlier dry weather might have hurt production. Northeastern Mexico areas are too dry, but the rest of northern and western Mexico are rated in good condition. Demand news has been bad with Nielsen reporting a third month of declining sales. The sales are now the weakest since the Pandemic began and are likely to head lower as the world and the US emerge from the pandemic. 

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Coffee: New York and London closed higher last week on the adverse weather for Brazil Arabica Coffee areas. Prices have stayed firm as the current Brazil harvest starts to wind down. The freeze threat in Brazil has passed but the damage has been done. The government in Brazil estimates that 11% of the Coffee areas were affected. Temperatures are warmer with near to above normal readings expected. It is flowering time for the next crop and the flowers were frozen and will drop off the trees. It is also harvesting time and the crop is now 89% harvested. The current outlook calls for 10 days of dry weather which will not support the flowering either. Improved showers are now in the forecast for Southeast Asia.  Little demand is showing for Vietnamese Coffee as containers to ship the Coffee are hard to find.  Good conditions are reported in northern South America and good conditions reported in Central America. Colombia is having trouble exporting Coffee due to protests inside the country. Conditions are reported to be generally good in parts of Africa, but Ivory Coast and Ghana have been a little dry.

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Sugar: New York and London were higher again as the temperatures have moderated in Brazil. Chart trends are up in both markets. The freeze and drought damage is there and UNICA last week noted less second-half July production because of all the damage that the cane crops have sustained.  Ideas are now that the Brazil processing and exporting season will end very early due to the freezes.  Ideas are that the damage from previous freezes and drought episodes should show up in processing data for August as well. London has been the weaker market but has firmed a bit lately with the problems in Brazil and trends in this market could now be turning up. There is plenty of White Sugar available in India for the market and monsoon rains are promoting good conditions for the next crop. Thailand is expecting improved production. Ethanol demand is returning to the market as more world economies open up after the pandemic, but renewed Ethanol demand is now in doubt with weaker Crude Oil futures and covid pandemic fears as the Delta variant spreads. 

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Cocoa: New York and London closed higher last week and trends remain up in both markets. London was the stronger market.  Ivory Coast has forward sold 1.4 million tons of beans and has stopped selling for the next crop on fears of less supplies. The grind data was released recently and showed a strong recovery from the Covid times. World economies are starting to reopen after Covid and the open economies are giving demand the boost. Ports in West Africa are filled with Cocoa right now. The weather has had below to rains in West Africa and crop conditions are rated good.  Ivory Coast arrivals are now 2.11 million tons, up 4.8% from last year. Ivory Coast processed 452,000 tons of beans by the end of July, down 3.6% from last year.

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