After several days of adding war premiums and one day before a USDA WASDE report, the market was mostly uneventful today. Volume was up in corn, soybeans and HRW, but only when viewed against an overall slower week. Corn, wheat, and soybeans all three dipped yesterday after several days of upward momentum and while soybeans recovered momentum today and corn followed, wheat continued to shed value.
Soybeans were bolstered by a CONAB report that dropped Brazilian output another 3 MMT. The agency added a little over 3 MMT to its estimate for Brazil’s corn crop, with most of the increase for the safrinha crop that has not yet been harvested.
The institutional roll forward for contracts from May into July has begun but the fund...
What You Need to Know Today: Markets got a surprise with a corn yield of 181.2 bushels/acre in the October WASDE, above the average estimate of 177.6 bushels/acre and up from USDA’s September estimate of 178.5 bushels/acre. Although stronger demand is expected to absorb some of the addit...
Key Takeaways: On Friday afternoon, President Trump announced that Russia will “immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel” to the United States. The deal, typical of this administration, is light on details but promises an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 m...
The USDA has lowered its 2026 red meat production forecasts slightly while forecasting a slight increase in broiler production. Beef is now projected at 24.802 billion pounds, 75 million pounds less than in September. Cow slaughter is expected to be up; however, this will be offset by lower ste...