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Market Commentary: Tariffs on, Risk off

The market opened today as it had closed from the previous night’s session, with double digit declines in many contracts. An hour into today’s session, first soymeal, then corn, then HRW and hogs turned green. Many then wobbled both sides of unchanged.  There was a new contract...

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 25 Corn closed at $4.575/bushel, down $0.0025 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Wheat closed at $5.36/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soybeans closed at $10.115/bushel, down $0.18 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soymeal closed at $288/short ton, up $0.8 fro...

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Livestock Roundup: Liberation Day Declared, Will Cooler Heads Prevail?

Yesterday, President Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs, stating: My fellow Americans, this is Liberation Day. April 2, 2025, will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America's destiny was reclaimed, and the day that we began to make America wealthy again. We wi...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Export Sales

Export Sales and Shipments for March 21-27, 2025. Wheat: Net sales of 340,000 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025 were up noticeably from the previous week and up 40 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 499,600 MT were up 17 percent from the previous week and 33 percent from th...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 25 Corn closed at $4.575/bushel, down $0.0025 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Wheat closed at $5.36/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soybeans closed at $10.115/bushel, down $0.18 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soymeal closed at $288/short ton, up $0.8 fro...

livestock

Livestock Roundup: Liberation Day Declared, Will Cooler Heads Prevail?

Yesterday, President Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs, stating: My fellow Americans, this is Liberation Day. April 2, 2025, will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America's destiny was reclaimed, and the day that we began to make America wealthy again. We wi...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Export Sales

Export Sales and Shipments for March 21-27, 2025. Wheat: Net sales of 340,000 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025 were up noticeably from the previous week and up 40 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 499,600 MT were up 17 percent from the previous week and 33 percent from th...

soy-oilseeds

Oilseed Highlights: “Liberation Day” Rattles Markets

The Market  Prior to the Liberation Day tariffs that President Trump announced late Wednesday, oilseed markets were seeing noted strength due to renewed hopes for biodiesel demand. Earlier this week, news broke that members of the oil and renewable energy sectors met with the EPA to discus...

While Swinging for the Fence

Early reactions to President Trump’s tariff war are as expected. Major foreign trading partners are expressing shock and assuring Washington that if there is no negotiated settlement, there will be an appropriate response. Domestic pundits emphasize this is a tax on American consumers and...

soy-oilseeds

Oilseed Highlights: “Liberation Day” Rattles Markets

The Market  Prior to the Liberation Day tariffs that President Trump announced late Wednesday, oilseed markets were seeing noted strength due to renewed hopes for biodiesel demand. Earlier this week, news broke that members of the oil and renewable energy sectors met with the EPA to discus...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 25 Corn closed at $4.5775/bushel, down $0.04 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Wheat closed at $5.3925/bushel, down $0.0125 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soybeans closed at $10.295/bushel, down $0.0475 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soymeal closed at $287.2/short ton, down $...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Liberation Day Pressures Grains but Cattle Rally to New Highs

President Trump declared 2 April as “Liberation Day” for U.S. trade policy, which is funny because the policies have nothing to do with liberating trade. That contradiction was not lost on the grain markets, which are facing retaliatory tariffs from major import markets, and futures...

“Reciprocal” Tariffs; Apocalypse Day, or Not; Misdirection

“Reciprocal” Tariffs President Trump’s political opponents acknowledge he is a great marketer and his multi-day hype of a “Liberation Day” came to a head today with the announcement of a minimum 10 percent import tariff and rates at generally half those charged by...

FOB Prices and Freight Rates App (Updated 2 April)

Transportation and Freight Market Comments - 28 March 2025 By Matt Herrington Dry-Bulk Ocean Freight Dry bulk freight markets were mostly steady or slightly higher this week with steady improvements in demand for spot U.S. cargoes and for grains from the East Coast of South America. The industr...

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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 24 – 28 March 2025 The Russian Ministry of Agriculture once again announced revised figures for the 2024 crop including occupied territories of Ukraine. The total crop size showed 129.8 MMT - this is the number the Russian Statistics Agency recently reported. For re...

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Market Commentary: CBOT Gains After USDA Reports; Soyoil Leads Soy Complex Higher

The CBOT was mostly higher following the all-important Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks reports with traders looking to price in emerging factors now that USDA’s thoughts on the acreage situation are known. For corn, the emerging factors are dryness in Brazil that could start to thr...

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