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Gene Editing Offers a New Path for Crop Development

Key Takeaways: Gene editing makes targeted changes to a plant’s existing DNA, while genetic modification can introduce genetic material from another organism to create traits not naturally present in the crop. Gene editing is unlikely to replace genetic modification entirely, as the two...

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Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $5.155/bushel, up $0.07 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $6.995/bushel, up $0.0025 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.2425/bushel, down $0.1525 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $328.6/short ton, up $2.8 fro...

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Mercosur Regional Analysis

Corn Argentina’s corn harvest continued to face delays due to high grain moisture and poor field conditions in some areas. Despite elevated moisture levels, an increasing number of farmers began harvesting as crop losses and lodging emerged. Harvest progress has now surpassed 80 percent b...

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CFTC COT Report Analysis

Concerns about U.S. corn and soybean yields and continued disruptions in the Black Sea drove a week of bullish activity at the CBOT. Managed money traders bought 127,000 contracts across the ag markets, expanding their all-ags net long 29 percent in the process. The biggest drivers of the buyin...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $5.155/bushel, up $0.07 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $6.995/bushel, up $0.0025 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.2425/bushel, down $0.1525 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $328.6/short ton, up $2.8 fro...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Mercosur Regional Analysis

Corn Argentina’s corn harvest continued to face delays due to high grain moisture and poor field conditions in some areas. Despite elevated moisture levels, an increasing number of farmers began harvesting as crop losses and lodging emerged. Harvest progress has now surpassed 80 percent b...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

CFTC COT Report Analysis

Concerns about U.S. corn and soybean yields and continued disruptions in the Black Sea drove a week of bullish activity at the CBOT. Managed money traders bought 127,000 contracts across the ag markets, expanding their all-ags net long 29 percent in the process. The biggest drivers of the buyin...

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Cattle on Feed - August 2026

U.S. Cattle on Feed was up 2 percent to total 11.1 million head on August 1, 2026.  Placements in feedlots during July totaled 1.42 million head, 11 percent below 2025.  Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 1.62 million head, 7 percent below 2025.  Other disappearance tot...

Cattle on Feed Report

USDA’s August cattle on feed report was released Friday, with the total number of cattle in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or more amounting to 11.1 million head, 102 percent of last year and the same as last month. Placements dropped in July to their lowest total for the month s...

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Cattle on Feed - August 2026

U.S. Cattle on Feed was up 2 percent to total 11.1 million head on August 1, 2026.  Placements in feedlots during July totaled 1.42 million head, 11 percent below 2025.  Marketings of fed cattle during July totaled 1.62 million head, 7 percent below 2025.  Other disappearance tot...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $5.085/bushel, up $0.05 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $6.9925/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.395/bushel, up $0.03 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $325.8/short ton, up $2 from ye...

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Market Commentary: Bullish Momentum Continues for Corn and Soybeans

What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...

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President Trump Announces Move on Over Quota Beef Tariffs - Again

On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...

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How Much for That Bushel of Credibility?

In agriculture and food processing, we think a lot about infrastructure: transportation and storage, processing and packaging, distribution and delivery. It is a physical system of roads, railroads, and rivers; concrete and steel storage; processing plants, warehouses, and machinery; and, event...

Transportation Perspectives - 20 August

Key Takeaways: The Panama Canal’s draft restrictions and decreasing rainfall outlook are driving big moves in dry bulk markets this week. Panamax markets are sharply lower as the economics of moving freight across the Canal are deteriorating rapidly, leading to support in Supramax vessels...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $5.035/bushel, up $0.055 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $7/bushel, up $0.025 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.365/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $323.8/short ton, down $1.8 from y...

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