Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.315/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Wheat closed at $5.5025/bushel, up $0.0675 from yesterday's close. Jan 26 Soybeans closed at $11.215/bushel, down $0.1275 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $317.4/short ton, down $3.4 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soyoil closed at 49.53 cents/lb down 0.31 cents from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Live Cattle closed at $227.775/cwt down $4.425 from yesterday's close. Jan 26 Feeder Cattle closed at $329.225/cwt down $7.3 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Lean Hogs closed at $79.925/cwt down $0.675 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 WTI Crude Oil closed at $60.39/barrel down $0.66 from yesterday's close. ...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
Key Takeaways: India is excluding sugarcane juice, sugar syrup, and B-heavy molasses from its 2026/27 fuel ethanol procurement program to protect domestic sugar supplies, potentially shifting additional demand toward corn and rice. India’s corn consumption for ethanol has surged from jus...
Developer's Note 24 August 2026: WPI recently completed an exercise that updated the codebase for this app and solved some of the discrepancies between our five-year average calculation and USDA's. There are a few lingering cases where early (late) starts (finishes) to the crop cycle resu...
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