The market opened lower for grains and oilseeds and for most contracts that was the consistent direction of the day. The bearish tone of yesterday’s WASDE coupled with significant rain relief coming for South America prompted a shedding of the weather premium that had been building. Over the past five trading days, March corn has shed the most value with soybeans close behind and wheat still barely higher despite double digit losses over the past two trading sessions.
Piling on today was a USDA Export Sales report that was plain disappointing. This is especially true in the wheat market when Iraq chose Australia as its supplier. It is possible that weather premium will get added back but that will depend on how much rain fal...
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Russian Grain Markets: 12–16 October 2026 During the week in review, the Russian grain market began recovering after an extended decline driven largely by Black Sea logistics bottlenecks, a good crop and weaker global demand in traditional Russian markets. Russia is beginning to harvest c...
What You Need to Know Today: Corn and soybeans were under heavy selling pressure as weaker (or at least as-expected) export demand runs into an accelerating harvest pace with more grain available in the spot market. Corn and soybean harvest progress remains below average across the U.S., espec...
