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Harvest Pressure: Why Grain Prices Often Weaken at Harvest

Key Takeaways: Harvest pressure is fundamentally a timing issue: supply arrives much faster than demand can adjust, creating temporary weakness that can occur across crops and regions. The intensity of that pressure depends less on crop size alone than on how quickly grain moves into the syste...

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.9725/bushel, down $0.005 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $6.9225/bushel, up $0.0925 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.8075/bushel, up $0.025 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $347.1/short ton, down $0.4...

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Mercosur Regional Analysis

Wheat Argentina Argentina’s wheat conditions improved following the latest round of rainfall. Around 34 percent of the crop is now at heading or later stages, with the first harvests starting in the north and early yields coming in above historical averages. The area rated Good to Excelle...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.9775/bushel, down $0.045 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $6.83/bushel, up $0.0025 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.7825/bushel, down $0.0575 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $347.5/short ton, down $5...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.9725/bushel, down $0.005 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $6.9225/bushel, up $0.0925 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.8075/bushel, up $0.025 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $347.1/short ton, down $0.4...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Mercosur Regional Analysis

Wheat Argentina Argentina’s wheat conditions improved following the latest round of rainfall. Around 34 percent of the crop is now at heading or later stages, with the first harvests starting in the north and early yields coming in above historical averages. The area rated Good to Excelle...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.9775/bushel, down $0.045 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $6.83/bushel, up $0.0025 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.7825/bushel, down $0.0575 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $347.5/short ton, down $5...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Harvest Pressure Weighs on Grains, Diesel Could See Much-Needed Relief

What You Need to Know Today: The G7 agreed to release 100 million barrels of crude oil and fuel reserves over four months, with a substantial diesel release front-loaded into the first 20 days. The announcement initially pushed crude oil lower on Friday, although it later recovered a portion o...

Hog Industry Margins

Pork packer margins closed out September as positive, marking an improvement in a challenging 2026. According to Sterling Marketing, for the week ending 26 September, pork packer margins were $6.98 per head, which is up from a loss of $0.13 the previous week, more than double the margin of $3.9...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Harvest Pressure Weighs on Grains, Diesel Could See Much-Needed Relief

What You Need to Know Today: The G7 agreed to release 100 million barrels of crude oil and fuel reserves over four months, with a substantial diesel release front-loaded into the first 20 days. The announcement initially pushed crude oil lower on Friday, although it later recovered a portion o...

feed-grains livestock

R-CALF Proposes Changes to Cattle Contracts

In a recent social media post, R-CALF unveiled its latest cattle market plan: “contracts that bind producers before establishing a base price, then tie that price to future negotiated cash transactions, should be prohibited.” That proposal aligns with recent legislation by Represent...

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The Future of Cattle Pricing

Key Takeaways:  The recent pearl-clutching from parts of the beef industry regarding the loss of the daily Kansas fed cattle negotiated trade pricing report is overwrought and ignores the fact that the direction was readily apparent. The shift away from negotiated trade has been well docu...

FOB Prices and Freight Rates App (Updated 2 October)

WPI Grain Prices and Freight Rate App Note: you can also visit the app directly by clicking here. Supplemental Information The section below offers a concise view of the options available in the current version of the WPI FOB Price and Freight Rate app, along with a short “How To”...

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CFTC COT Report Analysis

Managed money was a slight net seller across agricultural markets for the second straight week, selling a net 63,000 contracts through Tuesday’s reporting deadline and reducing the combined net-long position to 954,000 contracts. Despite the modest overall selling, soymeal reached a new r...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $5.0225/bushel, up $0.015 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $6.8275/bushel, up $0.07 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.84/bushel, down $0.09 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $353.3/short ton, down $3.6 from...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Drier Weather Could Accelerate Soybean Harvest

What You Need to Know Today: A drier early-October forecast should help harvest accelerate across areas of the western Corn Belt that have been running behind, adding pressure to soybeans and soymeal today as concerns over near-term physical tightness begin to ease. Markets are still digesting...

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