It was a risk-off day in both commodity futures and financials. Investors like the likely outcome of the election, especially if a President-elect Biden an...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.0925/bushel, up $0.04 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.0925/bushel, up $0.0325 from yesterday's close. ...

British Value Judgements In a Chatham House speech this week, UK Secretary for International Trade Liz Truss made some commonsense statements about trade p...

U.S. Soy Export Sales Highlights Last week was another good one for exporters of U.S. soybeans and soybean products. If the pace of sales and exports conti...

THE OPEN Jan beans:  15 higher Dec meal:  450 higher Dec soyoil:  1.03 higher Dec corn:  8 3/4 higher Dec wheat:  12 higher The ma...

Livestock China’s Breeding Pig Restocking Efforts 0n Track Through the first nine months of 2020, China has imported 15,400 head, an increase of 1,40...

SPREADS Jan crush trades to 1.28c/bu while oilshare is at 31.11%.  Spreads are firm again, with Dec/Dec corn inverse trading up to 16 1/2c from 11 3/4...

GOOD MORNING, Prices are higher across the board as funds buy anew yesterday.  Beans place new ctr highs with January over $11.00 with rumors that Chi...

Wheat:  Net sales of 597,100 metric tons (MT) for 2020/2021 were down 20 percent from the previous week, but up 10 percent from the prior 4-week avera...

At this writing the results of Tuesday’s U.S. election are still uncertain. Joe Biden holds an electoral vote lead over President Donald Trump, but t...

The soy complex was the upside leader Wednesday with dry weather in South America sparking a 20-cent rally in soybean futures. Soyoil was helped higher by...

Global Impacts of Election At this juncture, there is no definitive conclusion to yesterday’s U.S. presidential vote, but Joe Biden has the edge. Con...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.0525/bushel, up $0.0425 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.06/bushel, down $0.02 from yesterday's close. ...

U.S. wheat and corn exports for their current respective marketing years are on track with the prior year and ahead of their five-year averages.  U.S...

THE OPEN Jan beans: 5 3/4 higher Dec meal:  4.40 higher Dec soyoil:  10 higher Dec corn:  1/4 higher Dec wheat:  1 1/2 lower The market...

Russian Grain Markets: 26 - 30 October 2020 Russian domestic wheat, barley and corn prices kept growing at different rates depending on regions. One of the...

SPREADS Jan crush trades firmer to 1.28c/bu while oilshare trades to 31.11%.  Dec/March corn trades weaker again, out to 6c carry from 5c.  The D...

GOOD MORNING, Prices this morning are firmer with gains in the soy complex but grains treading water.  The nearby corn spreads have moved out to a car...

Election day is here for the U.S. and both CBOT and macro markets seemed to take encouragement from that fact. The dollar moved sharply lower on election u...

GI Attack Transatlantic relations under a President Biden may be less verbally kinetic than under President Trump but U.S. agriculture is not going to go d...

McDonald’s has announced that it will bring back its seasonal and iconic McRib sandwich this year. The McRib has almost a cultish following. In fact,...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.01/bushel, up $0.035 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.08/bushel, up $0.005 from yesterday's close.  Ja...

Since it is election day in the U.S., we look at how farm income has performed under various presidents. Presidents receive the credit or blame for the ove...

THE OPEN January beans:  12 12 higher Dec meal:  2.00 higher Dec soyoil:  58 higher Dec corn:  3 higher Dec wheat:  4 higher The m...

Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA  Turkey has protested to the WTO about the Philippines extending its antidumping duties on Tur...

SPREADS Jan. crush trades 1.24c/bu while oilshare mounts a rally back over 31.0% to close at 31.10%.  Spreads are higher today, with Dec/Dec corn inve...

GOOD MORNING, Finally......election day is here.  Many of the markets have gyrated to the unknowns of this event, and Ags are not immune.   ...

With one day left before the 2020 election, one issue hasn’t received any attention, but it may be the biggest challenge facing policy makers startin...

The CBOT traded a mixed day with wheat futures posting a strong rally and the soy complex falling back after a strong start. Corn futures were under pressu...

Unseriousness of Campaign Promises If the polls are correct, Joe Biden is elected president tomorrow and the question is what changes besides civility? Loo...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.975/bushel, down $0.01 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.075/bushel, up $0.09 from yesterday's close. ...

Regional News  Europe’s weather patterns remain warmer and drier than average for the next week. The dry weather will allow for faster planting...

The EU used the Uruguay Round’s obligations for greater disciplines to transition EU agriculture away from the previous policy of higher internal pri...

THE OPEN January beans:  7 lower December meal:  1.80 higher December soyoil:  33 lower December corn:  4 3/4 lower December wheat:&nbs...

Corn Corn has become the darling of Argentina’s local markets this week. Prices have been volatile with swings averaging $7-8/MT. Despite the volatil...

SPREADS Jan. crush trades higher to 1.34c/bu while oilshare trades to 30.84%.   Look for higher crush values to underpin meal, while weaker energ...

GOOD MORNING, Prices are lower across the board as profit-taking continues to hit the market based on better global rainfall, long fund positions, and rece...

The U.S. election is in just a few days (Tuesday, 3 November). Virtually any outcome is possible. The range is so wide because of the close popular vote ma...

GSP Leverage If the Trump Administration gets voted out of office next week, it will not be without having reset U.S. trade policy. The latest move is susp...

The final trading day of October saw few tricks or treats for ag commodities ahead of Halloween. The CBOT traded mostly lower in low-volume trade with corn...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.985/bushel, up $0 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.985/bushel, down $0.0525 from yesterday's close.  J...

The attached PDF offers graphical depiction and seasonal analysis of managed money and commercial traders' net position in key agricultural commodity marke...

EU policymakers would like for the Continent to be more self-sufficient in plant proteins, whose demand growth has been robust the world over. However, agr...

THE OPEN January beans:  7 3/4 higher December meal:  1.30 higher December soyoil:  30 higher December corn:  steady December wheat:&nb...

SPREADS  Jan crush trades 1.27c/bu while oilshare trades to 30.79%.  Cash markets are breaking a bit this morning which is also pressuring the sp...

GOOD MORNING, The markets bounce this AM led once again by the soy complex.  Beans are leading the way higher.  Brazil continues to grow its bean...

The market was called lower and it opened that way but then spent the rest of the session trading both directions before closing mixed. The mindset was to...

Last week’s Cattle on Feed report shows there are a lot of cattle in the pipeline while the sector is struggling to figure out where holiday beef dem...

U.S. Soy Export Sales Highlights Today’s USDA/FAS export sales report indicated the week ending 22 October was a fairly good one for exporters of U.S...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.985/bushel, down $0.03 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.0375/bushel, down $0.05 from yesterday's close.&nbs...

THE OPEN January beans:  1 lower December meal:  1.20 lower December soyoil:  20 lower December dorn:  3 lower December wheat:  6...

Wheat:  Net sales of 743,200 metric tons (MT) for 2020/2021 were up noticeably from the previous week and up 54 percent from the prior 4-week average...

SPREADS Dec crush trades to 1.21c/bu while oilshare trades up to 31.0%.  Spreads are weaker with Dec/Dec corn trading down to 11 1/4c inverse from a m...

GOOD MORNING, Prices continue lower as funds are taking money out of the markets on technical considerations as more bearish formations create a down-turn,...

WPI's monthly publication features a review of the past month's market and policy analysis articles. This issue looks at the continued impact of the global...

Amid the second surge of coronavirus infections, the U.S. presidential election is next Tuesday, 3 November. No matter who wins, the election results will...

The CBOT started the day sharply lower as overnight selling pressured corn, wheat, and soybeans to double-digit losses. Yesterday’s day-session weakn...

Post-Trump Outcomes Analysts in Washington are war gaming the possible aftermath of next Tuesday’s presidential election and finding nothing good. On...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.015/bushel, down $0.145 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.0875/bushel, down $0.07 from yesterday's close.&nb...

Advocates for organic food in the U.S. lament that acreage devoted to organic food production is expanding at a slower pace than the increase in the number...

Russian Grain Markets: 19 – 23 October 2020 Russian domestic market wheat prices continued to increase; barley and corn prices started growing very f...

THE OPEN Jan beans:  19 1/2 lower Dec meal:  10.60 lower Dec soyoil:  79 lower Dec corn:  12 lower Dec wheat:  12 3/4 lower The ma...

Livestock China’s Meat Imports on Track for Record Year Although the pandemic and the ongoing trade war with the U.S. have caused many challenges wit...

SPREADS Jan crush trades down to 1.16c/bu while oilshare strengthens to 31.22%.  The corn inverse weakens with Dec/Dec trading down to 18 3/4c from 24...

GOOD MORNING, Weaker macro markets, overbought conditions, and too long funds are resulting in lower markets across the board, and perhaps one of the best...

The CBOT started higher with corn and soybeans posting new contract highs. Goldman Sachs issued a bullish commodity outlook based on Chinese buying and a t...

Odds are that Joe Biden becomes the next U.S. President, which prompts some understanding of its implications for the agriculture sector.  Trade: The...

The Energy Information Administration’s energy outlook for this fall and winter factors in agriculture demand. Propane is expected to be down, diesel...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.16/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.1575/bushel, down $0.0425 from yesterday's close.&...

One of the charges by populists in the agricultural sector is that consolidation has led to monopolistic conditions, or at least a monopsonist situation. O...

THE OPEN Jan. beans:  3/4 lower Dec. meal:  .10 lower Dec. soyoil: 18 lower Dec corn:  1 3/4 higher Dec wheat:  2 higher Prices begin t...

Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA  An atlas of Global Surface Water has just been published which shows the changes in surface w...

GOOD MORNING, Prices remain cautiously mixed, with bulls eyeing key technical spots on the charts.  Corn prices moved to a new trading range high for...

SPREADS Jan crush trades to 1.37c/bu while oilshare trades at a steady 30.73%.  Corn spreads remain very firm with Dec/March trading into new contract...

Today, USDA released the latest interim report from USDA and USTR on the Phase One China trade agreement. The report notes that “Chapter Three of the...

Markets were called to open lower based on macro weakness and rain in the forecast for the U.S. Plains and parts of Russia. That outlook held true but sell...

Respondents to our last survey regarding the advantages of China versus the USA could have been skewed by the nationality of respondents. One interpretatio...

During this winter wheat planting period in the U.S., it is important to note that the area planted to wheat has declined in recent years. This is due in p...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.1775/bushel, down $0.015 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.2/bushel, down $0.1275 from yesterday's close.&nb...

Regional News  The EU Commission lowered the region’s corn and soybean 2020 yields in its 26 October monthly bulletin. The EU corn yield was rev...

THE OPEN January beans:  3 lower December meal:  3.80 lower December soyoil:  46 higher December corn:  3 1/2 lower December wheat:&nbs...

Wheat Last week, rains finally came to Argentina with good coverage over the agricultural areas. The precipitation brought some relief for the wheat and co...

SPREADS Jan crush trades to 1.29c/bu while oilshare firms to 31.38% from recent lows closer to 30.0%.  Dec/March corn trades into even from 1 1/2c car...

GOOD MORNING, Strong cash markets, weather, and the unknown quantities of corn demand from China continues to underpin the markets in general.  Demand...

The CBOT opened in-line with expectations with buy grains/sell oilseeds trade developing early. Some bull spreading developed between soyoil/soymeal as the...

• U.S. Cattle on Feed up 4% at 11.7 million head on October 1, 2020. The inventory was 4 percent above October 1, 2019. This is the highest October 1...

WTO Bad/Good/Indifferent Bad: The U.S. Congressional Research Service has concluded that trade war payments and COVID relief payments to farmers have likel...

The attached PDF offers graphical depiction and seasonal analysis of managed money and commercial traders' net position in key agricultural commodity marke...

USDA released its Cattle on Feed report today; the inventory of cattle in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or more was 11.7 million head, that is 103...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.1925/bushel, up $0.03 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.3275/bushel, up $0.1 from yesterday's close.  N...

With potentially smaller crops this coming season in South America due to delayed planting schedules, the question is how this will impact major ending sto...

THE OPEN January beans:  1 lower December meal:   3.30 higher December soyoil:  14 lower December corn:  2 higher December wheat:&...

SPREADS  Jan crush trades firmer at 1.28c/bu while oilshare trades back down to 30.37%.   Spreads are firmer with Dec/Dec corn now inverting...

GOOD MORNING, This week featured further contract highs and new highs for most of the markets on trading ranges.  Funds will head out longer than a we...

Open interest is rising in commodities and Goldman Sachs says that with inflation likely to return, the outlook is bullish commodities. While agriculture i...

The attached PDF shows WPI's summary analysis and interpretation for the latest Cold Storage report, published 22 October 2020 by the USDA. Brief...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.1625/bushel, up $0.025 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.2275/bushel, down $0.07 from yesterday's close.&nbs...

COVID II Policy Financial markets continue to be confused about the direction of the economy amidst a new surge in COVID cases and political uncertainty. T...

Soy Export Sales Highlights Today’s USDA/FAS export sales report once again indicated exporters made large sales of soybeans, soymeal and soyoil in t...

THE OPEN January beans:  1/2 higher December meal:  1.70 higher  December soyoil:  31 higher  December corn:  3/4 higher Dece...

Wheat: Net sales of 367,500 metric tons (MT) for 2020/2021 were down 31 percent from the previous week and 23 percent from the prior 4-week average. ...

One common thread running through part of the history of grain trading has been the subject of federally set limits on the size of positions that a trader...

SPREADS Dec crush trades to new highs at 1.30c/bu while oilshare is steady at 30.64%.  Dec/March corn trades into new highs at 1 3/4c from 3c, while D...

GOOD MORNING, Prices started the session lower as rains fell in SA, and futures sport overbought chart signals.  However, once again pullbacks were sh...

Future Volatility As if the past few years have not been tumultuous enough, markets must now brace for what could be intensified volatility in the weeks ah...

The CBOT once again opened as called with strength across the board. At one point this morning, every major ag commodity was in the green. By day’s e...

Dave Juday pointed out in a recent analysis that the Midwest and the South have reaped the most in Market Facilitation Payments (MFP) not because of politi...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.1375/bushel, up $0.05 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.2975/bushel, down $0.0225 from yesterday's close.&nb...

Macroeconomics Food Inflation Falls to Lowest Level Since May 2019 For the first time since July 2019, China’s food prices climbed by less than doubl...

THE OPEN January beans:  8 1/4 higher December meal:  6.80 higher December soyoil:  2 higher December corn:  3 3/4 higher December whea...

Russian Grain Markets: 12 - 16 October 2020 Domestic market wheat prices grew significantly; barley, corn and rye prices also increased but at a smaller ra...

SPREADS Dec crush remains strong at 1.27c/bu while oilshare trades at 30.61%.  Bullspreads remain strong with Dec/Dec corn inverting to 12 1/2c from 8...

GOOD MORNING, Bull market price action continues as funds purchase the market based on technical strength.  Most of the markets except for soyoil cont...

The CBOT continued most of the trends that developed yesterday with funds remaining net buyers in corn, wheat, and soybeans. Grains, especially wheat, led...

CAP Reform in Focus This is a busy week in Brussels as tripartite negotiations hit a fever pitch over how green the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) w...

On 29 October, when the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) issues the Q3 2020 GDP report, it likely will show the economy grew at more than 33 percent, base...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.0875/bushel, up $0.035 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.32/bushel, up $0.05 from yesterday's close.  N...

Wheat is the largest and possibly oldest consumed food grain in the world, but its future is slowing down. Known as the staff of life, about 50 percent mor...

THE OPEN January beans:  6 higher  December meal:  3.00 higher December soyoil:  40 higher December corn:  1/2 higher December whe...

Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA Reports in Nigeria say that some imported maize has arrived but that the moisture content is too hi...

GOOD MORNING, Prices are higher across the board as funds continue to buy the market.  Beans are leading the way up with continued rumors that China i...

SPREADS  Dec. crush trades to 1.27c/b while oilshare trades to 30.16%.   Dec/March corn trades from 4 3/4c carry out to 5 1/2c.  Dec/De...

The CBOT was higher again on Monday with grains leading the way. Corn and wheat futures showed pronounced strength while soybeans were mostly along for the...

On Friday we commented on Brazil’s livestock and poultry demand potential for DDGS co-produced by the growing trend of corn ethanol production in Bra...

 Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.0525/bushel, up $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.27/bushel, up $0.0175 from yesterday's close...

COVID-based economic lockdowns have broadly hurt economies around the world. Restaurant, entertainment, and airline sectors have been particularly wounded...

Denuded Logic A key argument by some Europeans in both opposing palm oil imports, voting against a trade agreement with Brazil, and seeking self-sufficienc...

Market Overview It has been a hard week for the Argentina grain markets. The macroeconomic situation is becoming more complicated every day and hurting bus...

THE OPEN January beans:  2 1/2 higher December meal:  6.20 higher December soyoil:  31 lower December corn:  4 higher December wheat:&n...

Regional News  Russia plans to bring an additional 6 million hectares (Mha) of land into agricultural production by 2024, per the country’s ag m...

SPREADS  Dec. crush trades to 1.26c/bu while oilshare trades below 31.0% to new lows of 30.40%.   Crush continues to be very strong, support...

GOOD MORNING, Prices are mixed this morning with soyoil futures lower against higher markets elsewhere.  Wheat leads the rally, trading into new highs...

Wheat, corn, and soybeans all opened higher, as called, and posted fresh highs for their respective rallies. Only wheat, however, was able to hold gains as...

The attached PDF offers graphical depiction and seasonal analysis of managed money and commercial traders' net position in key agricultural commodity marke...

Crying Uncle With seeming impunity, U.S. President Donald Trump has helped Taiwan and called for an investigation into the coronavirus mistakes in China. I...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.02/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.2525/bushel, up $0.07 from yesterday's close. ...

Commodity prices have been on the rise and most of the attention until this week has been on the supply side with worries about weather. In recent days it...

Back in 2013, under the U.S. sugar program, sugar refiners and processors were headed toward forfeiting more than 350,000 MT of sugar under loan, which tri...

THE OPEN January beans:  6 1/2 higher December meal:  1.40 higher December soyoil:  32 higher December corn:  3 1/4 higher December whe...

Wheat:  Net sales of 528,500 metric tons (MT) for 2020/2021 were unchanged from the previous week, but up 23 percent from the prior 4-week average.&nb...

SPREADS Dec. crush trades to 1.23c/bu while oilshare trades below 31.0% to new lows of 30.89%.  Spreads remain strong with Dec/Dec trading to a 12c in...

GOOD MORNING, Prices made new highs for meal, corn, and wheat as the bull market rolls on.  Corn basis is firm, as are cash markets across the world.&...

There were lots of large worries in the big picture but not so much in agriculture today as it carried on in a mostly bullish affair. The macro markets are...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has suggested that American’s may have to “bite the b...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $4.0375/bushel, up $0.0725 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.1825/bushel, up $0.215 from yesterday's close.&nbs...

Biden Implications to Phase One At this juncture, China needs soybeans, corn and other products, and the U.S. is currently the lowest cost supplier of some...

China Continues to Buy U.S. Soybeans Because of the Columbus Day holiday on Monday USDA will not issue its weekly export sales report until tomorrow. Howev...

THE OPEN November beans:  15 3/4 lower December meal:  2.00 lower December soyoil: 98 lower December corn:  2 lower December wheat:  2...

In some manner every annual crop cycle is different from its predecessors even if those differences are small enough to fade from memory over time. However...

SPREADS Dec. crush trades to 1.17/bu while oilshare trades down to 31.24%.   Corn spreads continue strong with Dec/Dec now inverting to 4c from 2...

GOOD MORNING, Prices are mixed this morning with all lower except wheat.  Nervous longs are exiting soyoil and beans on weak overnight price action.&n...

Goose and the Gander President Donald Trump says he wants to make the U.S. a manufacturing powerhouse no longer dependent on China. Those in agriculture ha...

Argentina has used the differential export tax for many years to favor the export of processed soyoil and soymeal over soybeans. The policy supports an ind...

The CBOT opened in-line with expectations with continued firmness in corn and soybeans after USDA announced another round of daily export sales. Wheat init...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.965/bushel, up $0.0525 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.9675/bushel, up $0.0275 from yesterday's close.&nbs...

Livestock China’s Feed Demand Continues to Climb as Hog Industry Recovers According to the latest survey results from China’s National Feed Ind...

THE OPEN November beans:  6 higher December meal:  3.50 higher December soyoil:  4 higher December corn:  1 higher December wheat: ...

Russian Grain Markets: 5 - 9 October 2020 Russian domestic market prices for wheat and barley kept growing and corn prices also grew significantly. Export...

SPREADS Dec crush trades at 1.10c/bu while oilshare trades at 31.86% as meal gains on soyoil this morning.  Dec/March corn firms into 7 1/2c from 8c,...

GOOD MORNING, Prices are mixed to begin the session with beans and meal higher, lower elsewhere.  Rumors continue that China is in the market for bean...

It was a classic Turnaround Tuesday at the CBOT with yesterday’s weakness attracting end user demand. As WPI’s Jody Lefcourt noted earlier toda...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.9125/bushel, up $0.0225 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.94/bushel, down $0.0025 from yesterday's close.&nb...

The on-again, off-again negotiations over the next round of COVID relief entered a new phase this week. The White House offered a compromise $1.8 trillion...

Kiwi Future New Zealanders go to the polls on 17 October and while the popular Labour Party is expected to easily retain control of the government, agricul...

The agriculture sector is under strong criticism for its harm to the environment. Multilateral disciplines on agricultural subsidies are considered too wea...

THE OPEN November beans: 5 higher December meal: 1.80 higher December soyoil:  13 higher December corn:  3/4 higher December wheat:  1 1/4 h...

Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA Egypt’s Consumer Price Index for “urban consumers” is said to have increased 3.8...

GOOD MORNING, Turn-around Tuesday is here on cue, with yesterday's break finding good pricing and buying interest.  Good bull markets typically have h...

SPREADS Dec. crush trades 1.11c/bu while oilshare trades to 32.18% , popping back over the 32.0% level.  Dec/Dec corn spreads are still firm trading f...

Certainty over U.S. production and tentative trade overnight set the stage for long profit taking and a weaker CBOT to start the week. The soy complex sold...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.89/bushel, down $0.06 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.9425/bushel, up $0.005 from yesterday's close. ...

Chemophobia will Bite Back Chemophobic activists in Europe are demanding that pesticides banned from use in Europe also be prohibited from manufacture and...

The second round of the CFAP program – i.e. CFAP 2 – has already begun making payments. WPI provided a summary on how the program was structure...

Regional News  European weather conditions remain concerning for 2021 winter crops. While eastern Europe and western Ukraine are slated for rains in t...

In the classic position of a wheat exporting nation, consumers that have traditionally consumed rice as a food grain ultimately become wheat consumers. Thi...

Wheat Weather conditions continue to work against the Argentine wheat crop. Rains are still absent and soil moisture levels are depleting rapidly. Forty-se...

THE OPEN November beans:  6 lower December meal:  2.70 lower December soyoil:  3 lower December corn:  1/2 higher December wheat: ...

SPREADS Dec. crush trades up to 1.06c/bu while oishare trades to 31.98%.   Dec/Dec corn remains firm with prices trading into 1 1/4c from 1 3/4c...

GOOD MORNING, The USDA report is out of the way, and the numbers were bullish for beans, and neutral to bullish corn.  Wheat found some surprising bea...

USDA offered a mix of surprises and as-expected numbers in the October WASDE. The agency, as expected, offered lower corn and soybean production figures fo...

Today’s WASDE showed USDA’s combined red meat and broiler production forecast down 1.5 percent from 2019, and down 2.8 percent from the March W...

The attached PDF offers graphical depiction and seasonal analysis of managed money and commercial traders' net position in key agricultural commodity marke...

Big on Stimulus As is the raucousness of Donald Trump, he was for an economic stimulus package with the Democrats before he was against it and now is for i...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.95/bushel, up $0.08 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.9375/bushel, down $0.015 from yesterday's close. ...

 The soybean oil price forecast is raised 0.5 cents to 32.5 cents per pound...

The soybean meal price is forecast at $335.00 per short ton, up $20.00. ...

Agriculture is being singled out for its deleterious impacts on the environment. The current popular target is deforestation, largely for its adverse impac...

USDA reduced ending stocks of U.S. soybeans for the 2020/21 season and decreased global ending stocks:  U.S. soybean supplies for 2020/21 are forecast...

USDA reduced ending stocks of corn for the 2020/21 season and decreased global ending stocks:  U.S. corn production is forecast at 14.722 billion bush...

USDA reduced ending stocks of wheat for the 2020/21 season but increased global ending stocks:  U.S. wheat supplies are reduced by 32 million bushels...

THE OPEN November beans:  6 3/4 higher December meal:  3.00 higher December soyoil:  69 higher December corn:  4 1/2 higher December wh...

GOOD MORNING, Price action has been guided for most of the week by current demand and speculation about today’s October WASDE report. Based on where...

SPREADS Dec. crush trades to 1.04c/bu while oilshare is firming to 31.71%.  Bull spreads remain firm, with Dec/Dec corn trading into 2 3/4c from 5c, w...

Pork export sales hit a yearly high for the week ending 1 October at 60,200 tons, which was 152 percent of the four-week average. China bought close to hal...

The major markets were called higher at the open and that is where they went. Soybeans and soymeal actually hit contract highs today. Wheat was the first t...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.87/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.9525/bushel, down $0.1225 from yesterday's close.&...

Wheat:  Net sales of 530,600 metric tons (MT) for 2020/2021 were up 5 percent from the previous week and 27 percent from the prior 4-week average. &nb...

Experience versus Korea The runoff to be the next leader of the WTO is between Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee. B...

U.S. Soy Export Sales Today’s USDA export sales report once again indicated exporters had great success selling U.S. soybeans in the week ending 1 Oc...

THE OPEN November Beans:  16 1/4 higher December Meal:  9.40 higher December Soyoil:  14 higher December Corn:  4 higher December Wheat...

Monthly Summary September Surge Driven by Soybean Complex, Palm Olein, and Corn With China’s economy rapidly returning to pre-COVID-19 levels in the...

SPREADS Bullspreads remain strong along with crush.  Dec crush gaps higher top 1.13.39c/bu while oilshare struggles at 31.08%.  Dec/Dec corn trad...

Here is an interesting riddle: With USDA likely to increase its already record large 2020/21 world wheat production estimate a few MMT in Friday’s Oc...

GOOD MORNING, Prices continue to trade upward into the report with technical momentum continuing in the bull's camp.  All markets except soyoil post n...

Due to the holiday closures in China this week, China In-Country Analysis will be delayed. ...

Vice Presidential Debate Mike Pence debates challenger Kamala Harris tonight for the right to be vice president over the next four years. Some will be look...

Cash corn prices in the U.S., Argentina and Brazil tend to move in similar ways, with Argentina showing brief instances of outlier status. However, compar...

CBOT markets traded both sides of unchanged overnight but were higher heading into the morning’s open. The day trade saw prices immediately move sha...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.8875/bushel, up $0.0375 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $6.075/bushel, up $0.1475 from yesterday's close.&nbs...

THE OPEN November beans:  9 higher December meal:  3.50 higher December soyoil:  30 higher December corn:  4 higher December wheat:&nbs...

Russian Grain Markets: 28 September - 2 October 2020 Domestic Russian market prices for wheat and barley grew significantly, but at a slower rate than the...

SPREADS  Dec crush trades to 1.05c/bu while oilshare trades town to 31.58%.  Bullspreads are firm, with Dec/Dec corn trading into 7 3/4c from 10...

GOOD MORNING,  Bullish chart formations continue to trigger technical fund buying activity.  Meal values continue to lead over soyoil, which repr...

Soybeans and corn led the CBOT higher with fund buying continuing to fuel the bullish fire. Upside breakouts on the soybean, corn, and wheat charts led to...

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its October Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) cutting ethanol, biodiesel, and gasoline use projections...

Given China’s pork shortage and its concurrent sensitivity to imports, some have speculated that pork has been entering the country, or is poised to,...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.85/bushel, up $0.055 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.9275/bushel, up $0.085 from yesterday's close. ...

THE OPEN November beans:  14 1/4 higher December meal;  5.50 higher December soyoil:  56 higher December corn:   4 1/4 higher Dece...

SPREADS Dec. crush trades to 99.36c/bu while oilshare trades to 32.18%.  Spreads are firmer with Dec/Dec corn narrowing into 11 1/4c from 12 1/4c.&nbs...

GOOD MORNING, Prices are mostly higher led by beans, and a good recovery in soyoil futures.  The catalyst for higher trade in beans is the weather, wh...

Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA  Jordan reports wheat stocks on hand of 1.35 MMT – enough, they say, to cover all requir...

The CBOT opened as called with bull spreading between grains/soybeans. Wheat was the upside leader as production risks are growing for the Northern Hemisph...

After inching their way up last week, Class III milk futures broke $20/cwt and stayed there today. Cheese prices remain strong, but with a big gap in the c...

China is the world’s largest pork producer with output double the size of the second biggest pig maker, the EU. ASF caused the Middle Kingdom’s...

Ballot Initiatives Elections in the U.S. bring with them ballot initiatives, either initiated by citizens or the legislatures. This year there are at least...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.795/bushel, down $0.0025 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.8425/bushel, up $0.11 from yesterday's close.&nbs...

Wheat  Argentina’s wheat crop continues to suffer from drought from the center of the wheat-growing region to the north of the country. Last wee...

Regional News  More favorable weather patterns have developed over Europe and western Ukraine in recent weeks. Last week saw widespread rainfall acros...

THE OPEN November beans: 1/4 higher December meal: 1.90 lower Dec soyoil:  40 higher Dec corn:  1 1/2 higher Dec wheat: 10 higher The markets ope...

SPREADS Dec. crush trades to 1.02c/bu while oilshare trades below 32.0% to 31.38%.  Bull spreads are firmer with Dec/Dec corn trading into 10 1/4c fro...

GOOD MORNING, Prices are mixed this morning with wheat futures setting new highs again this morning while meal corrects to the downside against soyoil.&nbs...

The CBOT started out weaker but found generally solid buying interest. Traders that were unable to exit shorts/trade the upside move on Wednesday are takin...

By now everyone has read that the Supreme Court in Ireland has ruled that the bread used for Subway sandwich shop sandwiches does not meet the legal defini...

The attached PDF offers graphical depiction and seasonal analysis of managed money and commercial traders' net position in key agricultural commodity marke...

Oats are mostly a North American crop. Canada produces 72 percent of the world’s oats, and the U.S. imports 67 percent of globally traded oats. Mexic...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.7975/bushel, down $0.03 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.7325/bushel, up $0.03 from yesterday's close. ...

Every election year has an October surprise; President Trump, as has been well publicized by the media, tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. Outside mar...

THE OPEN November beans:  8 lower December meal:  1.40 lower December soyoil:  77 lower December corn:  2 1/4 lower December wheat:&nbs...

SPREADS Dec. crush trades to 94.41c/bu while oilshare trades to 4 month lows at 31.34%.  Spreads are weaker along with flat price, with Dec/Dec corn t...

GOOD MORNING, The Sep. 1 report is out of the way and in its wake is market digestion.  After a large rally, prices are lower this morning as we enter...

Yesterday’s surprise NASS reduction in stocks continued to reverberate through the market today but now eyes turn toward next week’s USDA WASDE...

Export Taxes Brazil’s Minister of the Economy, Paulo Guedes, is reportedly considering whether to impose a tax on his country’s agricultural ex...

Earlier this summer, the NCBA unanimously adopted a policy resolution calling for increased cash market transactions. The final details of the program shou...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.8275/bushel, up $0.0375 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.7025/bushel, down $0.0775 from yesterday's close.&...

U.S. Bans Imports of Crude Palm Oil from Malaysian Company FGV Holdings The U.S. Government yesterday banned imports of crude palm oil from the Malaysian F...

THE OPEN November beans:  4 higher December meal:  3.20 higher December soyoil:  10 lower December corn:  4 higher December wheat: ...

Efforts to avoid the COVID-19 virus have forced us into what has become many weeks of home bound hibernation. We have plenty of time to ponder the world ar...

Wheat:  Net sales of 506,300 metric tons (MT) for 2020/2021 were up 44 percent from the previous week and 15 percent from the prior 4-week average. Co...

SPREADS Dec. crush trade to 96.88c/bu while oilshare falls to 32.44%.  Bullspreads are strong with Dec/Dec corn moving into 11c from 13c, and Dec/Marc...

GOOD MORNING, Prices were higher yesterday post report, with follow-through activity this morning.   Breaking it all down we find the following:&...

CPTPP Rationale Rises  U.S. House Republicans issued a list of 83 actions that should be taken to strengthen the nation’s countermeasures to Chi...

The September Grain Stocks report did not fail to excite, coming in with surprisingly bullish numbers that sent soybeans as much as 41 cents higher. Wheat...

Few markets are as distorted as those involving agriculture. Governments typically impose higher tariffs on food to support domestic production even when i...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.79/bushel, up $0.1425 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.78/bushel, up $0.285 from yesterday's close.  N...

Livestock China’s Live Hog and White Feather Broiler Markets Fall Further With China’s National Day holiday and Mid-Autumn Festival kicking off...

Russian Grain Markets: 21 – 25 September 2020 Domestic Russian prices for wheat and barley grew sharply, especially in the south. Corn prices mainly...

THE OPEN November beans:  1 lower December meal:  .90 lower December soyoil:  30 lower December corn:  1/2 lower December wheat: ...

SPREADS Dec crush trades to 93.69c/bu while oilshare is 32.79%.  Dec/March corn trades weaker from 9-9 1/2c while Dec/Dec trades from 18 1/2c to 19 1/...

GOOD MORNING. Prices are mixed heading into the report.  Wheat prices are higher against the other markets, having the least length.  Technically...

WPI's monthly publication features a review of the past month's market and policy developments. This issue reviews notable changes in agriculture trade, th...

In May, the House or Representatives passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act - the fourth COVID-19 relief package,...

CBOT products were generally lower as the end of the month approaches and profits are taken off the table. Tomorrow is first notice day for October soymeal...

Battle over Meat  COVID-related restrictions have increased meal consumption at home, and it is reported that per capita meat consumption has concurre...

Researchers have combed the historical literature and warned about the impacts of COVID-19 but not all the predictions have proved accurate. As countries i...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.6475/bushel, down $0.02 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.495/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close.&n...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.6475/bushel, down $0.02 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.495/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close.&n...

THE OPEN November beans:  7 lower December meal:  1.90 lower December soyoil:  52 lower December corn:  3 lower December wheat:  2...

Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA  There is a great deal of concern in North Africa about the effect that the second wave of COV...

SPREADS Dec crush trades to 98.96c/bu while oilshare trades up to 33.0%.  Corn spreads are slightly weaker, with Dec/March trading out to 9c from 8 1/...

GOOD MORNING, Prices are lower this morning as funds remain long across the board and decide to lighten up a bit heading into tomorrow's September 30 stock...

The CBOT opened as called with profit taking developing in the soy complex and to a lesser extent wheat and corn. The grain markets firmed heading into the...

Last week, Representative Cheri Bustos (D-Illinois) introduced the Next Generation Fuels Act. The legislation would establish a new 98 octane standard for...

World Non-Trade Organization The World Trade Organization, emphasis on trade, might be thought of us a forum for reducing tariff and nontariff barriers to...

As U.S. wheat has become less competitive in global markets, production has been declining. While wheat exports are down 8 percent from their peak, product...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.6675/bushel, up $0.015 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.5025/bushel, up $0.06 from yesterday's close. ...

Regional News  European consultancy COCERAL issued its latest series of crop forecasts on 25 September. COCERAL left its forecast of the EU wheat crop...

THE OPEN November beans:  1/2 higher December mela:  .20 higher December soyoil:  8 lower December corn:  2 1/4 lower December wheat:&n...

Sorghum Argentina’s sorghum planted area and production has steadily fallen since the 2011/12 campaign. The highest planted area was 1.27 Mha, which...

SPREADS Dec. crush firms to 1.03c/bu while oilshare trades to 32.63%.    Dec/March corn trades from 8c to 8 1/2c, while Dec/Dec trades from 17 3/...

GOOD MORNING, Prices are mixed this morning with trade on both sides of unchanged.  Oilshare had enjoyed an early overnight bounce, but gave it up by...

U.S. Cattle on Feed, for feedlots over 1,000 head, totaled 11.4 million – which is up 4 percent from September 1, 2019. This is the highest September...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.6525/bushel, up $0.0175 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.4425/bushel, down $0.055 from yesterday's close.&n...

The CBOT firmed on Friday as the week-long selloff found support and markets look to be more or less comfortable with their current level. Funds were modes...

Forex Contradictions President Donald Trump may not understand the complexities of currency valuations, but he knows their importance. His concurrent chast...

USDA released its Cattle on Feed report today and the inventory of cattle in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or more was 11.4 million head, that is...

  The attached PDF offers graphical depiction and seasonal analysis of managed money and commercial traders' net position in key agricultural commodit...

THE OPEN November beans: 3/4 higher December meal:  1.50 lower December soyoil:  14 higher December corn:  1 higher December wheat:  3...

This morning USDA announced a 100 KMT soymeal sale to unknown and it highlights one of the few areas where U.S. market share in bulk commodities has been i...

SPREADS Corn spreads remain strong vs. weaker bean spreads.  Dec/Dec corn narrows into 18c from 19 3/4, while Dec/March firms to 8c from 8 1/2c. ...

GOOD MORNING, The markets continue mixed this morning.  The larger question given the sell-off is whether the bull market is over?   Will fu...

USDA released its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report this afternoon. The report showed records for the quarter for all hogs and pigs and market pigs.  So...

Were today’s lower closes in corn and soybeans the market signal of a loss of confidence? Probably not. Volume was down across the board and everythi...

Dec 20 Corn closed at $3.635/bushel, down $0.05 from yesterday's close.  Dec 20 Wheat closed at $5.4975/bushel, up $0.0075 from yesterday's close.&nbs...

Huge U.S. Soybean Export Sales Last Week Today’s USDA/FAS export sales report for the week ending 17 September indicated exporters sold a huge amount...

One Person’s Poison WTO members questioned plans by Brussels for new subsidies to support organic farming. The EU claims the subsidies to be Green Bo...

THE OPEN November beans:  11 lower December meal:  3.50 lower December soyoil:  63 lower December corn:  3 1/4 lower December wheat:&nb...

The price action of modern commodity futures markets reflects the differing needs and opinions of a great many participating traders. Commercial interests...

SPREADS Dec crush trades to 1.02c/bu while oilshare falls to 32.05%.  Spreads are weaker with Dec/Dec trading out to 20 1/2c from 17 3/4.  Dec/Ma...

Wheat:  Net sales of 351,200 metric tons (MT) for 2020/2021 were up 5 percent from the previous week, but down 34 percent from the prior 4-week averag...

GOOD MORNING,  Prices are now bending under the weight of harvest, nervous longs, and some farmer selling pressure.  The stronger US dollar is pe...