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Market Commentary: Mixed Day but a Hot CoF Report After the Close

The fundamentals are unchanged but there is a cloud overhead due to the impending tariff war and the headwinds that portends. So, the market today and all week is a matter of treading water until more definitive cues emerge. In fact, today was so mixed that soybeans and soyoil fell even as typi...

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 25 Corn closed at $4.6425/bushel, down $0.0475 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Wheat closed at $5.5825/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0975/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soymeal closed at $300.3/short ton, up $3.2...

FOB Prices and Freight Rates App (Updated 21 March)

Transportation and Freight Market Comments - 21 March 2025 By Matt Herrington Dry-Bulk Ocean Freight WPI is hearing market chatter early on Friday, 21 March that there is some discussion about a six-month delay on the implementation of USTR’s Section 301 port fees for Chinese vessels. WPI...

livestock

Cow-Calf Revenues and Producer Responses to Inflation

Southern Plains cow-calf producers saw excellent profitability in 2024, which, by some measures, was the best in history. Current prices indicate that 2025 has similar potential to break profitability records and put the industry on solid financial footing. The impacts of inflation, however, in...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 25 Corn closed at $4.6425/bushel, down $0.0475 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Wheat closed at $5.5825/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0975/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soymeal closed at $300.3/short ton, up $3.2...

FOB Prices and Freight Rates App (Updated 21 March)

Transportation and Freight Market Comments - 21 March 2025 By Matt Herrington Dry-Bulk Ocean Freight WPI is hearing market chatter early on Friday, 21 March that there is some discussion about a six-month delay on the implementation of USTR’s Section 301 port fees for Chinese vessels. WPI...

livestock

Cow-Calf Revenues and Producer Responses to Inflation

Southern Plains cow-calf producers saw excellent profitability in 2024, which, by some measures, was the best in history. Current prices indicate that 2025 has similar potential to break profitability records and put the industry on solid financial footing. The impacts of inflation, however, in...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Export Sales, Weather Mix the Markets

Wheat was the ball and chain while corn was the balloon in today’s trading. The weekly USDA Export Sales report from USDA was notable for wheat with washouts in old crop sales leading to a marketing year low, but new crop sales going blockbuster as Guatemala, Mexico and Panama all sought...

Cattle on Feed

USDA released the monthly Cattle on Feed report today. The total inventory in feedlots of 1,000 head or more capacity is 11.6 million head, 98 percent of last year.   Placements were 1.55 million head, 82 percent of last year, and marketings at 1.74 million head were 91 percent of Fe...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Export Sales, Weather Mix the Markets

Wheat was the ball and chain while corn was the balloon in today’s trading. The weekly USDA Export Sales report from USDA was notable for wheat with washouts in old crop sales leading to a marketing year low, but new crop sales going blockbuster as Guatemala, Mexico and Panama all sought...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Export Sales

Export Sales and Shipments for March 7-13, 2025   Wheat: Net sales reductions of 248,800 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025--a marketing-year low--were down noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 470,900 MT were up noticeably from the prev...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 25 Corn closed at $4.69/bushel, up $0.07 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Wheat closed at $5.5725/bushel, down $0.0625 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soybeans closed at $10.13/bushel, up $0.0475 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soymeal closed at $297.1/short ton, down $0.6 fro...

soy-oilseeds

Oilseed Highlights: U.S. Exports Stumble; China Crush Falls

The Market  The weekly Export Sales report was disappointing for soybeans as old crop net sales fell by half from the prior week and new crop net sales registered only 10 KMT – down sharply from the prior week’s volume of 43.1 KMT. Old crop exports were also lower than the prio...

livestock

Livestock Roundup: High Prices and China Persist

What a difference a year makes! No one will forget how out of balance cattle markets were in 2022 with margins steeply favoring the packer, while feedlots saw their margins shrink away into negative territory.  In fact, it was such a factor that we suffered through a year of misguided atte...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: U.S., Paris Wheat Diverge; Corn Consolidates; New Highs for Cattle

Except for the wheat market, the CBOT and CME largely continued their existing trends on Wednesday. Wheat futures offered perhaps the most interesting trade as HRW futures reversed course from their recent weather-induced rally and pulled back. The spot KCBT contract settled below $6.00, which...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 25 Corn closed at $4.62/bushel, up $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Wheat closed at $5.635/bushel, down $0.015 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0825/bushel, down $0.045 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soymeal closed at $297.7/short ton, down $2.2...

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