Before the June report was issued, corn and wheat were trading lower and soybeans were up by around 18 cents. Overall, the report was bearish both corn and soybeans, and somewhat bullish wheat. But that is not how the market necessarily played it. Corn and HRW understandably closed lower and SRW higher, but soybeans shot up over 23 cents. There is fun and intrigue in the soyoil market but first the WASDE. USDA wasn’t ready to lower U.S. corn and soybean production as much as some analysts expected early season dryness would compel them to. Wheat was a mixed bag with the agency seeing less damaged HRW but not as much SRW as expected. Thus, HRW lost 7 cents today and SRW gained four.
For both old crop and new crop, USDA sees h...
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...
