• At the time of writing this 15:20, Thursday, CBOT markets are running a touch lower in a market that is impressive in its lack of fresh news.

• The USDA has today released its weekly export figures as detailed below:

Wheat: 160,400 mt, which is within estimates of 100,000-300,000 mt.
Corn: 616,700 mt, which is above estimates of 400,000-600,000 mt.
Soybeans: 538,800 mt, which is above estimates of minus 50,000-plus 150,000 mt.
Soybean Meal: 143,500 mt, which is within estimates of 50,000-150,000 mt.
Soybean Oil: 4,500 mt which is within estimates of zereo-20,000 mt.

• Brussels resumed its pattern of large weekly figures with this week’s wheat export certificates totalling791,515 mt, which brings the season total to 27,935,875 mt. This is 2.27 million mt (8.83%) ahead of last year’s record pace.