GRAINS-Soybeans 安定した, market を待つs more Chinese buying
By Michael Hogan
HAMBURG, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Chicago soybean 未来s were little changed on Tuesday, still underpinned by hopes of more Chinese buying as markets を待つd news about 会談 to 解決する the U.S./中国 貿易（する） 論争.
Wheat and corn drifted in positioning ahead of the 告示 of a backlog of 刈る 報告（する）／憶測s on Friday by the U.S. Department of 農業 (USDA) which were 延期するd by the 部分的な／不平等な U.S. 政府 shutdown.
Chicago Board of 貿易（する） March soybeans were up 0.05 パーセント at $9.19 a bushel at 1207 GMT.
March wheat fell 0.1 パーセント to $5.25 a bushel. March corn was up 0.07 パーセント at $3.79-1/2 a bushel.
"Soybeans are supported by the news about 中国's 最近の 購入（する）s of U.S. soybeans," said Charles Clack, 農業の 商品／必需品 分析家 at Rabobank. "The Chinese soybean 購入（する）s are a 肯定的な factor but they were not large enough to 押し進める markets 大幅に higher."
"Some 最近の 購入（する）s by 中国 in the U.S. had been 一般に 推定する／予想するd and some buying had already been 定価つきの in. It is known that 中国 needs more soybean 輸入するs and now the question is when more will be bought from the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs."
The U.S. Department of 農業 (USDA) on Monday said 私的な 輸出業者s sold 612,000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans to 中国. The 容積／容量 was smaller than 推定する／予想するd after 仲買人s said on Friday that 中国, the world's 最高の，を越す soybean 買い手, had bought at least 1 million tonnes.
"The 容積／容量 was はしけ than 推定する／予想するd after 仲買人s 発表するd 中国 had 調書をとる／予約するd at least 1 million tonnes of U.S. soybeans," 仲買業 Allendale said.
Hopes continue that 進歩 is possible in 会談 to end the U.S./中国 貿易（する） war which has hugely 削減（する） U.S. soybean 輸出（する）s to 中国.
"The market is also waiting for more news about 進歩 in the U.S./中国 貿易（する） 会談 which have been 比較して 静かな so far this week," Clack said.
The USDA on Friday will publish data 延期するd by the 部分的な／不平等な 政府 s hutdown 含むing wheat sowings, U.S. and South American corn and soybean 生産／産物, U.S. 穀物 在庫／株s and world 刈る season ending 在庫／株s.
"Wheat and corn are drifting in positioning ahead of the 抱擁する 容積／容量 of USDA data on Friday which is of particular importance to the two 穀物s," Clack said.
"The USDA's 見積（る） of U.S. winter wheat 工場／植物d area for the 2019 収穫 will be closely watched. Corn 売買業者s are also waiting for 見積（る）s of the South American 刈る and of final 2018 生産／産物 in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs." (付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by Naveen Thukral, editing by David Evans)
