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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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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...

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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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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...

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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...

feed-grains livestock

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...

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...

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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Market Commentary: Pro Farmer Crop Tour Results Point to Lower Yield Potential

What You Need to Know Today: Day three of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour found corn yield potential below last year in both Illinois and western Iowa. Illinois corn yields averaged 184.2 bushels/acre, down from 199.6 bushels/acre last year and the 199.2 bushels/acre three-year average, while wester...

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Livestock Round Up: Broiler Exports Down to China, Up in Japan

The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) projects China’s chicken imports to drop by 33 percent this year and another 15 percent next year, as domestic production outpaces growing consumption and the country’s own exports surge. In its annual report on the Chinese poultry...

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Dairy: An Evolution in The Making?

Key Takeaways: $13 billion in new U.S. dairy processing investment is moving across the sector, led by cheese ($3.2 billion), milk and cream ($2.9 billion), and yogurt and cultured dairy ($2.8 billion), with butter-powder capacity ($1.6 billion) and ice cream ($530 million) rounding out the bu...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.98/bushel, up $0.1 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $6.975/bushel, up $0.1625 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.3725/bushel, up $0.205 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $325.6/short ton, up $6.8 from yes...

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Market Commentary: Pressure Moves, Markets Reprice the Risk

Macro: Treasury Squeezes Yields, the Dollar Gives Way Today’s markets are offering a lesson in pressure: it rarely disappears — it simply moves. The U.S. Treasury stepped into the bond market after long-term yields surged to levels not seen in nearly two decades. By announcing plans...

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