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Oilseed Highlights – WASDE Strengthens the Floor

The Market Today’s USDA August WASDE was bullish because it showed fewer soybeans, and the market reacted by shaving almost 1 percent off the November futures contract and making it an almost 2 percent reduction in soybean prices for the week. But after brutal weather in July, it was an expected story.  Predicting what numbers USDA would put into its August WASDE was deemed a challenge, and it was. Few in the trade expected a yield increase and, based on the experience of the past several years, there was a good chance that expectations for yield and output would be below the USDA number. Reuter’s analyst Karen Braun did her own survey of readers and found more expecting a number that would be to the higher side of estima...

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Market Commentary: Grains Give up Gains while Cattle Turn Higher on Cash Trade

The CBOT saw its typical low-volume post-Christmas trading session on Friday, but low trading volume didn’t stop the markets from making some notable technical moves. The first of which, on a broad scale, is that early strength in corn, the soy complex, and to a lesser extent wheat, all f...

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Summary of Futures

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.5/bushel, down $0.01 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.19/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.725/bushel, down $0.04 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $307.4/short ton, down $0.7 fro...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Export Sales

Export Sales and Shipments for Dec 11, 2025...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Grains Give up Gains while Cattle Turn Higher on Cash Trade

The CBOT saw its typical low-volume post-Christmas trading session on Friday, but low trading volume didn’t stop the markets from making some notable technical moves. The first of which, on a broad scale, is that early strength in corn, the soy complex, and to a lesser extent wheat, all f...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.5/bushel, down $0.01 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.19/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.725/bushel, down $0.04 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $307.4/short ton, down $0.7 fro...

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Financial markets will be closed on Thursday, 25 December for the Christmas holiday. As a result, there will be no Ag Perspectives report on Thursday. WPI wishes everyone a joyous and safe holiday. WPI will resume operations on Friday, 26 December. Note that Ag Perspectives will be providing ma...

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