We are not sure that history will single out October 2015 as being particularly notable, but it has been a very interesting month from the perspective of agriculture and markets.We are not sure that history will single out October 2015 as being particularly notable, but it has been a very interesting month from the perspective of agriculture and markets. Below are some of the factors that have made this month worth noting:

American farmers have once again showed that if weather cooperates, they can harvest the fall corn and soybean crops with amazing speed. USDA reported that the soybean crop was 87 percent harvested as of 20 October compared with 68 percent at the same time last year and the five-year average of 80 percent. It called th...