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Market Commentary: Grains Fall as Ukraine Starts Export Corridor; Soy Rallies on Scorching Forecast

The U.S. weather was just as hot and dry over the weekend as expected and this week’s outlook is unchanged with scorching temperatures predicted for most of the Midwest and Plains. You wouldn’t know it from futures’ price action on Monday, however, as corn and wheat futures plummeted into the red despite gap-higher openings. The reason for the weakness in grain futures was news that Ukraine is seeking to open its own “humanitarian corridor” for grain (and other product) exports along the Black Sea. The country is also seeking “public-private partnerships” with insurance companies to provide insurance for vessels navigating this new route. The prospect for Ukraine to resume shipments through the Blac...

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Mercosur Regional Analysis - August

Wheat and Boosting Production Margins With 6.7 million hectares sown, the 2025/2026 season wheat crop has been planted and it marks one of Argentina’s most promising crops on record. Although some fields were waterlogged, more than 80 percent of the area had water conditions ranging from...

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Market Commentary: Momentum is Stalled Pending WASDE

After yesterday’s baseless bounce, today’s trading involved some retracement on a lack of fresh inputs. There was yet another flash corn export sale this morning, but higher volume sent corn futures lower. It was an unforgiving day, and the market is in a holding pattern until USDA&...

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Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.055/bushel, down $0.015 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.145/bushel, down $0.0375 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $9.875/bushel, down $0.0625 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $285.2/short ton, up $0 fr...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Mercosur Regional Analysis - August

Wheat and Boosting Production Margins With 6.7 million hectares sown, the 2025/2026 season wheat crop has been planted and it marks one of Argentina’s most promising crops on record. Although some fields were waterlogged, more than 80 percent of the area had water conditions ranging from...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Momentum is Stalled Pending WASDE

After yesterday’s baseless bounce, today’s trading involved some retracement on a lack of fresh inputs. There was yet another flash corn export sale this morning, but higher volume sent corn futures lower. It was an unforgiving day, and the market is in a holding pattern until USDA&...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.055/bushel, down $0.015 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.145/bushel, down $0.0375 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $9.875/bushel, down $0.0625 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $285.2/short ton, up $0 fr...

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Dicamba Registration Re-Proposed

On 23 July, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that three formulations of the pesticide dicamba would be open to a 30-day comment period to re-register dicamba for use as over-the-top (OTT) use on dicamba-tolerant crops, namely cotton and soybeans.  Previously, a federal d...

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