The midterm election has come and gone with the results about as predicted – a Democratic House and a Republican Senate. This will give the chattering classes (and President Trump) plenty to talk about, but the reaction of financial markets today belies a doom-and-gloom outlook. Grain and soy markets were largely unaffected by anticipation of the election and show little/no affect from its results. They remain much more interested in Thursday’s November WASDE from USDA. Pre-report expectations are generally for modest changes in the U.S. supply/demand estimates - a small decrease in corn production and stocks, almost no change in soybean production but a small increase in stocks, and hardly any changes for wheat. As everyone kno...

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