US FOB Gulf corn export premiums lower

Export premiums for corn shipped from the US Gulf Coast were lower on Monday, easing in tandem with falling CIF barge basis values on ample supplies and routine export demand, traders said. Spot CIF corn basis bids on Monday slid to 35 cents a bushel over Chicago Board of Trade May futures, a six month low. An uptick in cash prices triggered active farmer sales that boosted supplies in the marketplace.
US corn export demand remained mostly limited to regular customers such as Japan, Mexico and Colombia, traders said. Aggressively low prices for Argentine exports later this spring are limiting sales opportunities to other countries, they said. China's agriculture minister called for supply-side reform in the agriculture sector, de-emphasizing the need to expand corn planting and instead stressing the need to grow more grain on existing farmland.
Soyabean export premiums at the Gulf were mostly steady on Monday amid seasonally slow demand as cheaper Brazilian beans are flooding the world marketplace. US wheat export premiums were unchanged in quiet trade, with ample world supplies of cheaper grain capping demand for US shipments.