Grain and oilseed markets in 2018 were disappointing for producers, which, of course, means they were good for consumers because prices trended lower, at least through the last half of the year.  It was really a tale of two cities. The first was one of rising markets and bullish news until it met the second, the Trump trade war, that ignited and reached full war when China slapped 25 percent tariffs on U.S. soybeans in early July. Crop prospects across the U.S. also started to improve about that same time and the result was that corn, wheat, and soybean markets collapsed. The problem with trying to analyze the 2018 markets is that rarely has history seen so many significant “outside” or non-agricultural events impact grai...