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Market Commentary: Wheat, Soyoil Lead CBOT Lower; Cattle Rally from Technical Support

The CBOT was red nearly across the board on Tuesday as favorable weather for the U.S. and Europe as well as the renewed Black Sea export corridor agreement put funds in a selling mood. Grain futures tried to rally in early trade but were quickly pushed back by strong managed money and even some commercial selling. Wheat futures led the grain markets lower with U.S. demand expected to remain sluggish amid competition from Russia and Ukraine while a sharp decline in soyoil helped pull the soy complex into the red. Although outside markets were mostly in the green Tuesday, the banking sector’s volatility still has risk managers putting tighter controls on positions and risk exposure for commodity traders. This has limited support that ca...

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Market Commentary: Year End Rally in Corn and Beans

The day’s trading started out hum and glum. Corn and soybean contracts moved modestly like their overnight closes and stayed marginal for most of the day. Soyoil was continuing its recent mostly negative run. Wheat never went anywhere important, high or low.  Then there was a breakout late...

Happy New Year from WPI

The WPI team extends our best wishes to you and your families for a healthy and happy New Year. Thank you for your faithful readership, we are looking forward to serving you in the New Year! Please note that our next report will be issued Thursday, 2 January as the U.S. markets are closed...

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Summary of Futures

Mar 25 Corn closed at $4.585/bushel, up $0.0625 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Wheat closed at $5.515/bushel, up $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Soybeans closed at $10.105/bushel, up $0.1875 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Soymeal closed at $316.9/short ton, up $5.1 from ye...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Year End Rally in Corn and Beans

The day’s trading started out hum and glum. Corn and soybean contracts moved modestly like their overnight closes and stayed marginal for most of the day. Soyoil was continuing its recent mostly negative run. Wheat never went anywhere important, high or low.  Then there was a breakout late...

Happy New Year from WPI

The WPI team extends our best wishes to you and your families for a healthy and happy New Year. Thank you for your faithful readership, we are looking forward to serving you in the New Year! Please note that our next report will be issued Thursday, 2 January as the U.S. markets are closed...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Mar 25 Corn closed at $4.585/bushel, up $0.0625 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Wheat closed at $5.515/bushel, up $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Soybeans closed at $10.105/bushel, up $0.1875 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Soymeal closed at $316.9/short ton, up $5.1 from ye...

Death of Ag Bidenomics; China 2025; Import Sensitivity

Death of Ag BidenomicsMuch has been written about Bidenomics. Its fans bemoan that the data is good, but the voters failed to appreciate that specific messaging; critics ridicule the policies for waste and misdirection. Bidenomics mostly doesn’t matter in agriculture where cyclicality is the dr...

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