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Market Commentary: Turnaround Tuesday Hints at Rally Doubts

What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...

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Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.88/bushel, down $0.015 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $6.8125/bushel, down $0.08 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.1675/bushel, up $0.0075 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $318.8/short ton, up $0.1 fr...

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USMCA 11th Hour and New Tariffs for Canada Not Over

Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...

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Brazil’s Reliance on Imported Fertilizer Is a Potential Weak Link

Key Takeaways: Brazil’s growing role in global agriculture is accompanied by a major vulnerability: the country imports approximately 88 percent of its fertilizer needs. High natural gas costs and development challenges have limited domestic nitrogen and potash production despite Brazil&...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.88/bushel, down $0.015 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $6.8125/bushel, down $0.08 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.1675/bushel, up $0.0075 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $318.8/short ton, up $0.1 fr...

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USMCA 11th Hour and New Tariffs for Canada Not Over

Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...

soy-oilseeds farm-inputs

Brazil’s Reliance on Imported Fertilizer Is a Potential Weak Link

Key Takeaways: Brazil’s growing role in global agriculture is accompanied by a major vulnerability: the country imports approximately 88 percent of its fertilizer needs. High natural gas costs and development challenges have limited domestic nitrogen and potash production despite Brazil&...

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Livestock Industry Margins

Beef packer margins improved sharply to -$51/head last week, up $116 from the prior week as the Choice cutout strengthened while fed cattle prices declined. The cutout rebounded to $369/cwt while fed cattle prices fell to $229/cwt, producing a substantial recovery in packer margins. Profits rem...

Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis

Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is the largest importer of Brazilian maize in the first six months of 2026. Egypt imported about 28.4 percent of maize exports, or about 1.7 million MT. Iran was the third-largest importer at 14.5 percent, or 900,000 MT, fol...

livestock

Livestock Industry Margins

Beef packer margins improved sharply to -$51/head last week, up $116 from the prior week as the Choice cutout strengthened while fed cattle prices declined. The cutout rebounded to $369/cwt while fed cattle prices fell to $229/cwt, producing a substantial recovery in packer margins. Profits rem...

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Market Commentary: CBOT Rises as Crop Tours Start and Weather Forecasts Shift

What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...

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CFTC COT Report Analysis

Favorable U.S. weather and pre-WASDE positioning last week overrode the Black Sea export and allowed bearish sentiments to dominate the CBOT for the second straight week. Managed money traders sold 63,000 contracts across the ag markets, reducing their all-ags net long 12.5 percent in the proce...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.895/bushel, up $0.0625 from yesterday's close.  Sep 26 Wheat closed at $6.7475/bushel, up $0 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.16/bushel, up $0.235 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $318.7/short ton, up $2.4 from yeste...

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Argentina’s Record Corn Crop Drives Export Growth

Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...

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Fertilizer’s Bullish Outlook for 2027

Unlike the 2022 fertilizer shock, today’s disruption is rooted less in rerouted trade flows and more in damaged production capacity, raw material constraints and uncertain recovery timelines. That makes this a longer-duration risk for U.S. agricultural producers and retailers who must sec...

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WPI Crop Progress and Conditions App (Updated 17 August)

Developer's Note:  Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where obs...

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