General Comments The CME Group announced that its average daily volume of all types of futures contracts reached 14.9 million contracts in October 2017, up...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

TPP Angle Briefers on President Trump’s upcoming Asia trip are not saying that he will press for bilateral free trade agreements with Japan, Vietnam...

Russian Grain Markets: 23-27 October 2017 Market Trends Grain prices showed little change as they mostly either remained stable or slightly decreased. GEOG...

Oilseeds Soymeal Inventory Drops to Six-Month Low Delayed shipments of imported soybeans combined with strong feed demand have pushed China’s estimat...

General Comments Overnight trading of grain and soy futures experienced better volume than has been seen recently, but this did not translate into signific...

Today’s closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price...

WPI's monthly publication featuring the following analysis in this issue:  Biofuel’s Long Road Ahead U.S. Farm Profitability Outlook Changing D...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

Former Nebraska Director of Agriculture Greg Ibach has been confirmed as undersecretary of USDA’s Marketing and Regulatory Programs. He will join Dep...

Novel on Notification Hats off to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for developing a novel approach to remedying what is otherwise a problem of unaccoun...

U.S. Soybeans’ Lower Protein Content Not Unusual A Reuters article yesterday correctly indicated the average protein content of the 2017 U.S. soybean...

The U.S. soybean harvest is in its final stretch. Meanwhile, the corn harvest is more than half done, although progress is behind the average rate for the...

Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS Egypt’s supply minister said that the government’s grain storage capacity totals 4.1 MMT an...

General Comments Today’s Halloween market action cannot be described as being very scary, although Chicago and KC winter wheat contracts did fall to...

Today’s closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

Late last week, the House of Representatives voted to accept the budget resolution passed by the U.S. Senate, which provides for tax reform and would allow...

Production Standards Astray EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström reportedly agreed at an animal welfare conference last week that imported meat pro...

It’s difficult to write about wheat when we are still reading the world is “awash” in it, and weekly U.S. export sales continue to be rat...

Milling Wheat The Black Sea market continued to stay about unchanged last week. Russian exports will reach close to 15 MMT for the first four months of the...

Soybeans Brazil The Brazilian market resumed activity last week as Chinese demand returned. There were some trades on the spot for November at $1.58-1.60X...

General Comments The Sunday night markets were mixed with soybeans strong early, corn steady and wheat slightly weaker. Trading volume last night was prett...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

There are too many people, groups and companies, etc. trying to create analytical grain and oilseed market news. The years of the U.S. biofuels revolution...

General Comments Markets were slightly easier in quiet trade again last night. Soybeans were trading 3-4 cents higher today, but corn and wheat mostly trad...

WPI provides a summary of the week’s futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally,...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

Newton’s Third Law of Physics states that for every action, there is a reaction. That law also seemingly applies to renewable energy politics. As pre...

No is Not a Policy The U.S. announced in Geneva that there will not be a ministerial declaration in Buenos Aires later this year. This would be the first t...

Disappointing U.S. Soymeal Export Sales Last Week Yesterday’s USDA weekly export sales report indicated good sales for U.S. soybeans and soyoil last...

MSPs for Key Crops Increased Before Sowing Season Begins The government of India (GOI) has raised the 2017/18 Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for rabi crops...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

Too Much Malarkey Negotiations continue on a WTO agreement for the December ministerial in Buenos Aires, and some of the positions being asserted are absur...

  Cattle and Beef Outlook According to USDA, the average dressed weights of slaughtered cattle for both steers and heifers increased in September vers...

If there is one thing that was proven during the 2008/09 financial meltdown, it is that such crises do not recognize national borders in this era of global...

General Comments For grain and soy futures markets, it was another day of more of the same low trading volume, narrow price ranges and not much interest in...

Today’s closing futures prices for corn, wheat, soybeans, cattle, and hog futures are shown along with USDA’s Export Sales results. Export Sale...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

Secondary Benefits There are secondary benefits to legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Congress and backed by major farm organizations. The bill wo...

Preliminary Duties Set on Argentine and Indonesian Biodiesel On Monday the Commerce Department announced preliminary antidumping duties on biodiesel import...

Russian Grain Markets: 16-20 October 2017 Market Trends Wheat prices fluctuated insignificantly.  GEOGRAPHICALLY 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices f...

Oilseeds Soymeal Inventory Drops Nearly 9 Percent on Strong Demand As demand for soymeal continued to surge following the holiday week, China’s estim...

General Comments In the current environment, there does not seem to be much reason to trade the grain markets. Speculative money put into markets for stock...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

Many food and ag regulations/policies start off as state and/or local initiatives before spreading elsewhere. Animal welfare began with a referendum on swi...

Bye-Bye Science The European Parliament routinely votes against GMOs, and it did so again this week against three pending soybean events. Members complaine...

The U.S. soybean harvest has progressed rapidly and the corn harvest more slowly. Meanwhile, winter wheat planting is plugging away at near the average pac...

Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS Switzerland-based, Russian-owned Grainbow AG has launched a lawsuit against Egypt’s GASC, which i...

General Comments The overnight trade in grain and soy futures showed signs of a “Turnaround Tuesday” as prices slipped slightly below Monday&rs...

Today’s closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price...

Milling Wheat The Black Sea market was again about unchanged last week. Russian 12.5 pro wheat remains the cheapest origin for that quality for the main de...

Logistics are driving Argentina’s old crop corn market, and exporters are selling at negative margins. Meanwhile, new crop offers are increasing on a...

Oilseeds Dispute Redux EU officials agreed to technical changes to the Common Agricultural Policy that, at least on the surface, appear to create more prob...

USDA released its monthly Cattle on Feed (COF) report this past Friday, and many of the pre-report industry estimates were accurate (see Ag Perspectives, 1...

WPI previously commented on the Dicamba chemical controversy (see Ag Perspectives, 7 August 2017). Dicamba-resistant soybeans, intended to replace the Roun...

Markets started the week sharply steady in the Sunday evening session, and they then opened this morning basically steady with no evidence of any pent-up w...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

The notice of data availability (NODA) recently released by the EPA (see Ag Perspectives, 26 September) was triggered by several issues, primarily the Comm...

Back in 1998, WPI’s Carole Brookins first proposed what she called the “Golden Rule” before a WTO ministerial meeting in Geneva. She argu...

There was an article making the rounds this week from Bloomberg, “There’s So Much Pain in Agriculture That Traders Are Leaving” (click he...

Vegetable Oil Imports Up and Expected to Increase Further India’s oil year 2016/17 (November-October) ends soon with all vegetable oil imports in the...

General Comments Markets were higher overnight with soybeans up 3 cents, corn one half-cent higher and wheat up 2-3 cents. Volume was much better than othe...

WPI provides a summary of the week’s futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally,...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

Trump Bends on Biofuel President Trump can be self-contradictory at times. However, when reminded of his pledge all across Iowa last year that he would &ld...

GIPSA Rule Repealed Nine years of USDA rulemaking just went down the drain this week. On Tuesday, the Trump administration repealed the Grain Inspection, P...

Good U.S. Soy Export Sales Last Week Today’s USDA export sales report noted good success last week in the selling of U.S. soybeans, soymeal and soyoi...

One of the constants in terms of market inputs is the weekly export sales report compiled and released by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)...

General Comments Today’s grain and soy futures markets can be described as very similar to what has been seen all week with narrow price ranges, mini...

Today’s closing futures prices for corn, wheat, soybeans, cattle, and hog futures are shown along with USDA’s Export Sales results. Export Sale...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

Missing Trade Policy Component WTO Director General Roberto Azevēdo is suggesting a plurilateral approach for at least some of the issues failing to reach...

Russian Grain Markets: 9-13 October 2017 Market Trends Wheat prices increased slightly as prices for other crops fluctuated insignificantly.   GEOGRAP...

Oilseeds Soymeal Inventories Fall Again Over Holiday Week There was a sharp slowdown in crushing activity during the lengthy holiday week that combined the...

General Comments: If there is one word that describes the grain and soy futures market this week, our pick would be lethargic. Volume is very low with pric...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

A dead economist’s ideas are alive and well in ag policy debate.   Many policy ideas, especially related to taxation, are attributed to “d...

Larger China Soybean Crop Results in Lower Prices Last year China decided to boost its support to farmers growing soybeans while simultaneously reducing th...

We have just returned from our annual autumn fishing trip. This year’s destination was the eastern part of Idaho, a state filled with beautiful scene...

MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS: Morocco’s import duty on soft wheat will be reduced from the current 135 percent to 30 percent on 1 December 2017...

General Comments: Lower and slower describes today’s grain and soy markets for the most part. Overnight trading saw barely more than 13,000 contracts...

Today’s closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price...

WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed gra...

There’s been much attention this year on the slow pace of Secretary Sonny Perdue’s confirmation and the filling of subcabinet positions at USDA...

Judged Broken EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström expressed understandable frustration with the continued blocking by Washington of new dispute se...

It is becoming clearer every year that U.S. farmers might be headed towards planting just two major crops: corn and soybeans. Consider the following: Wint...

Milling Wheat The Black Sea market remained about unchanged last week. Domestic prices in Russia continue to rise in the south (close to the ports) while d...

Soybeans Brazil Supply/Demand Update Brazil’s Conab just released its first estimates for the 2017/18 campaign, which reflect the general trend of su...

General Comments: Corn, soybean and wheat markets were steady to just fractionally higher overnight in light volume. They then opened slightly higher today...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

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Mon 10/16/2017 12:00 pm Cotton & Wool Outlook: October 2017 ERS 12:00 pm Oil Crops Outlook: October 2017 ERS 3:00 pm Feed Outlook: October 2017 ERS 3:0...

The CME isn’t interested in proposing any more solutions that would be in search of a problem; that was the message from the organization’s man...

Rene Ebersole writes in The Nation about Monsanto and how the glyphosate controversy could be the company’s “Big Tobacco” moment. However...

The free-market think tank American Enterprise Institute has issued a paper calling for an end to U.S. farm bill crop subsidies and a shifting of those fun...

The 12 October USDA reports might have created a state of equilibrium in wheat, corn and soybean markets for the following reasons: Any significant change...

Higher Cotton Production Could Bring Prices Down The land planted to cotton in India has increased 18.62 percent to 12.1 million hectares in 2017/18 versus...

General Comments  Markets were quietly steady to higher overnight following yesterday’s strong closes in soybeans that pulled corn higher as wel...

The October WASDE sparked a strong rally in soybean futures which pulled corn along higher. Wheat futures initially traded higher but ended the day lower...

Fri 10/13/2017 8:30 am Weekly Export Sales FAS 9:00 am Feed Grains Database ERS 12:00 pm Meat Price Spreads ERS 3:00 pm Dairy Data (Dairy Monthly Tables) E...

Copa-Cogeca’s Wine Working Party has warned that climate change and extreme weather have caused a “historically low” wine harvest. French...

Activists in Europe delivered more than the 1 million signatures required under the European Citizens’ Initiative to compel action on their demand to...

The WASDE was bearish for the meat and livestock market, but it could have been much worse without one factor. WASDE USDA released its WASDE report today...

Dow to Team with ADM to Sell Soybean Seed Not Approved in Europe and China  Dow AgroSciences will partner with ADM to sell its Enlist E3 soybeans in t...

Today’s crop production and supply/demand estimates were considered slightly bullish for soybeans but neutral corn and wheat. Soybean futures traded...

The October WASDE was surprisingly bullish soybeans, which jumped 26.75 cents higher, and neutral/bearish corn. Wheat of course received another bearish re...

Silver Bullet Misses In mythology, bullets cast from silver can stop werewolves and witches. In actual ballistic studies comparing bullets made of silver v...

Poor weather is creating corn harvest delays in Ukraine and is pushing prices higher. Russian wheat prices were stable this week while corn prices continue...

Poor weather is creating corn harvest delays in Ukraine and is pushing prices higher. Russian wheat prices were stable this week while corn prices continue...

General Comments: The overnight session featured prices drifting lower on lack of any buying interest. December corn finished down 1 ½ cents while N...

China’s corn prices remain on the defensive and it is likely any governmental support policies will shift towards processor incentives in the long ru...

General Comments:  As wildfires engulfed parts southern California today, it seems fitting to use a firefighting adage to describe the grain markets...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Low asking prices for PNW soybeans are crowding out U.S. Gulf, Brazilian, and Argentinian exporters, with the latter needing to lower prices 20 cents to be...

The U.S. soybean sector has placed a high priority on promoting the use of soymeal and soy protein in aquaculture feeds in the U.S. and around the world. M...

General Comments: There are two major factors that will affect grain and oilseed prices this week: WASDE: It is USDA report week (again). Revised corn and...

Today’s closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price...

Ag, energy, and soft commodity futures' technical patterns, including momentum and long-term indicators, are examined. Changes in the forward curve for gra...

Traders should be sleeping well with the general lack of things to keep you up at night. However, danger is lurking below the surface of several markets.Th...

The Indian government is likely to implement an import tax of 20 percent on wheat, making it more cost effective to transport wheat across India than impor...

Corporate profits are (incorrectly) attributed solely to greed – but not if it’s a technology company. Elsewhere, few people believe the U.S. and North Kor...

The world is changing fast and World Perspectives is changing with it. Later this month, we will launch a completely updated website that will... The worl...

HRS wheat led the wheat complex higher today and reports of poorer-than-expected soybean yields ushered in some buying in that contract. No spillover buyin...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding biofuel regulatory policy currently, much of which has whipsawed RINs prices.There’s a lot of uncertainty surround...

Corn and soybean futures have been lackluster in recent weeks but several factors are pointing to a more interesting future. COMMON THREAD: Bits and Pieces...

The last dietary guidelines issued by the federal government called for a 50 to 60 percent reduction in meat consumption; one Congressman wants to reform t...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Corn and soybean futures have been lackluster in recent weeks but several factors are pointing to a more interesting future.USDA’s 29 September small grain...

The new Hurricane Nate will likely damage Mid-South soybeans and the market is pricing in a risk premium for this event. U.S. soybean exports remain robust...

The Environmental Working Group confuses exposure with actual risk; “Love” is no longer a granola ingredient; Australia believes it can negotiation better...

Soybeans put on the most impressive show today with non-commercial buying while corn managed to climb as much as three cents higher today. Wheat, on the ot...

U.S. corn exports deviation from historic patterns has implications for what exports will be in the rest of the marketing year. Analysis of unshipped corn...

Weak cash basis is a drag on corn futures and ethanol is that market’s only bright spot. Soybean futures firmed today on poor weather in Brazil while wheat...

Trading in agricultural products has been light due to China’s Mid-Autumn Festival. Year to date, U.S. exports to China have reached their third high...

Tying climate change requirements to trade agreements may seem wise, but doing so holds dangerous moral implications. Elsewhere, negotiation means everybod...

Russian grain prices continued to fall last week while Ukrainian prices increased. Ukraine has been granted additional grain export quotas from the EU, whi...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Wheat futures defied their downtrend and moved higher on news of rising Russian prices. Corn futures are a nickel away from their contract low while soybea...

Plenish® soyoil is found to reduce obesity but cause liver dysfunction. Elsewhere, Brazil exports lage soymeal and soyoil volumes while U.S. farmers pick u...

The world is changing fast and World Perspectives is changing with it. Later this month, we will launch a completely updated website that will... The worl...

WPI forecasts 2017/18 U.S. wheat exports will be 5% above USDA’s latest projection. Russia’s record production will not be able to overcome...Among the lit...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

The world’s first autonomously produced crop has important implications for U.S. immigration policy while activists remain confused on the difference betwe...

The Senate Budget Committee is scheduled to pass its FY2018 budget plan tomorrow; and the House may take up its budget blueprint this week too. What does t...

Kenya is facing a maize shortage while Zambia faces oversupply with the inability to export. Meanwhile, Turkey is looking for a new customs union arrangeme...

South American soybean markets are quiet and fighting for competitiveness against the U.S. PNW. Argentine corn markets have a large carry from October-Nove...

Corn and soybean markets came under pressure from harvest hedge selling while last week’s bearish reports continue to rock the wheat market. General Commen...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Both winter and spring wheat area is likely to decrease again from last year’s record low. The reasons are many and include...Last Friday’s USDA reports ag...

Though way behind schedule, agriculture’s top regulatory priority is one step closer to being completed, and will likely be so by early next year, but will...

Algeria bought 480,000 MT of wheat last week for December delivery, paying $211-212/MT CNF. The sales were certainly based on French wheat because of an is...

India is allowing commodity derivatives trading while the European Parliament wants to increase regulation on futures markets, time will tell which policy...

WPI Agribusiness Subsector Outlook   A brief review of WPI’s past Bull/Bear calls and industry stock price performance. WPI Bull/Bear Leani...

It is easy to tell that the farm bill is right around the corner because all the anti-farm program think tanks are suddenly engaging in the policy debate.N...

India is expected to have a robust sugarcane harvest with production at 25.1 MMT in sugar year 2017/18, and there has been considerable discussion about en...

USDA's larger-than-expected spring wheat production estimate caught the market by surprise. Meanwhile, corn tagged along with the strong soybean market. Ge...

Florida produce growers who are tired of competing with Mexico have reportedly prompted the Trump administration into a policy for reducing trade and consu...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

There were two primary considerations in the USDA 1 September quarterly stocks estimates and annual small grains summary reports that were released this mo...

 Aid to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico can only be delivered by air or ocean vessel. However, the effort to bring relief has been further hampered by t...

The EU is strengthening its food safety and inspection measures against fraud, contamination and duality. Looking down the road, however, there is a more t...

Today’s futures trade was quiet with low volume, just as one might expect on the day prior to an important report from USDA. In fact, nearly all of today’s...

This week's Export Sales report from USDA offers insight into the grain market's likely price pattern going forward. Based on historic export patterns, U.S...

USDA released the Hogs and Pigs report today, confirming a record swine herd for the third quarter in a row. Another factor, though, has kept prices from p...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Ukraine's crude sunflower oil prices stopped growing and remained at $866-869/MT EXW.  Although forecasts for 2017/18 production are lower than the 20...

The WTO’s annual Public Forum is being held this week, and the theme is how to create an open and inclusive trading system for all. However, it is more soc...

Corn futures prices managed to move in a 6-cent range today as an increasing number of early yield reports are hinting that NASS may not be as far off with...

Last week’s landed price for imported soybeans fell $3/MT to $420/MT as China’s yuan lost ground to the U.S. dollar for the second straight wee...

Zimbabwe’s acting president has said that the government’s program of buying maize at $390/MT from farmers and selling it to maize millers at $250 /MT is “...

California’s legislature voted to move its 2020 presidential primary up from June to March to give itself more relevance in the outcome. However, some worr...

The EPA issued another short-term opportunity to comment on its proposed biofuel volumes, especially how to reduce the biodiesel mandate.EPA Administrator...

It has been a few years since markets were whipsawed by a series of inexplicable quarterly stocks surprises from USDA. Even if those numbers to be released...

Global rapeseed production in 2017/18 has been forecast to  closely match that of the previous year. While crop sizes are expected to change among sev...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

The overnight session saw volume fade and prices wobble before finishing near Monday’s closes, but more of a price pattern developed during the day session...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

The Argentine FOB market for soybeans is quiet to start this week. Sellers are quoting $0.60X for October and November shipments (protein 34/33), but anoth...

There were likely three issues that pushed all three wheat markets to gains today despite the weakness in soybeans and flat corn market. General Comments S...

Nestlé’s subsidiary in Mexico, Grupo Nestlé Mexico, has made a commitment that is one more example of trade policy moving in the wrong direction.. U.S.-Ind...

The market for corn is far more complex on the import side than it is for soybeans with many significant players. The export side, however, is basically li...

U.S. ag exports have benefited from strong global demand and also dovish monetary policy at home. The latter is about to change, though, and could impact t...

The corn harvest is about 30 percent completed in Romania and Bulgaria, and the yields are exceeding farmers’ expectations in many regions. Those origins a...

India and the U.S. have continued to build their relationship, but the issue is the trade deficit that favors the former. The U.S. could impose restriction...

The dynamics between fed cattle marketings and placements are analyzed with their implications for next quarters' beef demand and pricing. Feedlot turnover...

Most of the market talk today was about upcoming harvest pressure (or perhaps the lack thereof) in corn and soybeans. KC and Chicago wheat futures couldn’t...

USDA released its monthly Cattle on Feed (COF) report today, which contained some interesting data.USDA released its monthly Cattle on Feed (COF) report to...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

USDA released its monthly Cattle on Feed (COF) report today, which contained some interesting data.USDA released its monthly Cattle on Feed (COF) report to...

USDA released its monthly Cattle on Feed (COF) report today, which contained some interesting data.USDA released its monthly Cattle on Feed (COF) report to...

There have been soybean export sales announced every day except for one during the past two-week period, and the outlook for future sales is all about one...

WTO Director General Roberto Azevédo is asking key countries to decide what are doable and undoable issues at the organization’s upcoming ministerial in Bu...

With harvest beginning to pick up along with USDA’s quarterly stocks report and final small grain summary due out on 29 September, there is little incentiv...

This week's Export Sales report from USDA offers insight into the grain market's likely price pattern going forward. Based on historic export patterns, U.S...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) issued its recommendations for revising the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and now U.S. environmental groups are...

Clearly, there are a number of weather-related situations with the potential to become important market factors in the months ahead.Weather is a topic for...

Last month's feeder calf placements data points to a changing supply situation for the beef market next quarter. Similarly, feedlots' fed cattle marketings...

At least one Trump administration nominee is suggesting the goal should be demands for more market access, and the argument is that it is good for everyone...

Russian grain prices during 11-15 September followed the previous week's trend as they were again influenced by the same factor. Meanwhile, those prices in...

An initial spurt of buying that followed the very large export sales announcements from USDA/FAS put soybean prices up nearly 9 cents. Wheat futures, thoug...

Last week's domestic corn price ticked up as demand has been strong in Shandong Province, helped considerably by steady gains in one particular sector's op...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

NFL star quarterback Tom Brady goes after the food industry in his new self-help book and replicates the celebrity model of making broad disparaging charac...

Experts in Kenya are saying that the government will not be able to terminate the duty-free importation of white maize at the end of September as planned b...

The current limited price action of both the corn and soybean markets is reflecting the lack of fresh market-moving inputs. Looking ahead at the next three...

With the Federal Open Market Committee meeting today and tomorrow, Fed watchers will be looking for news on interest rates and the Fed’s balance shee...

U.S. corn exports deviation from historic patterns has implications for what exports will be in the rest of the marketing year. Analysis of unshipped corn...

Grain and soy futures traded on both sides of Monday’s closes overnight and were not far from unchanged at the early morning recess. However, that soon cha...

Rain in Argentina is threatening the wheat and barley crops, while the country’s corn market remains well supplied and low priced. Meanwhile, interesting m...

General CommentsMarkets were all slightly higher during the first half of the Sunday evening session and then faded as the sun began rising to finish lower...

On the doorstep of corn and soybean harvests, farmer selling across the country remains very limited. There are several reasons why.On the doorstep of corn...

For the first time in 12 years, the House has finished all regular appropriations bills prior to the beginning of the next fiscal year. However, expected s...

Markets were all slightly higher during the first half of the Sunday evening session and then faded as the sun began rising to finish lower. Soybeans and s...

The 12.5 pro Russian wheat has moved up about $3 in the past two weeks, but it remains the cheapest origin by far for this quality. As a result, buyers fro...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer responded to critics today by noting that the erosion in American support for free trade was not rooted in igno...

Today's soybean export sales announcement didn’t change the market’s weaker start. Meanwhile, Minneapolis wheat futures came under more selling pressure af...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

A look at two politically-sensitive products under NAFTA.The second round of NAFTA negotiations finished last week, which could have been called the “ham a...

There were several developments this week that were of interest to both the markets and producers. Soybean export sales activity has been increasing rapid...

With India's planted corn area down and production expected to be impacted by the effects of flooding and drought, several factors could limit any imports...

Some aggies are concerned that the Trump administration will impose a trade embargo against China if Beijing does not do more to stop North Korea’s nuclear...

The drought in Australia during 2015 and the end of dairy production quotas in the EU are both having an impact on the global beef market. CETA to Squeeze...

The recovery by soybean futures prices from their immediate post-WASDE loss this week and the subsequent move higher seem to hint that something is going o...

Agriculture has historically been a cooperative sector where differences are negotiated. However, just as the food sector has become more complex, the agen...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

U.S. corn exports deviation from historic patterns has implications for what exports will be in the rest of the marketing year. Analysis of unshipped corn...

Overnight trading volume was not as impressive as the ability of the market to shrug off Tuesday’s bigger production numbers and move higher. After being a...

Prices of corn, soybeans and wheat traded both sides of Tuesday’s closes before winding up with small gains by the early morning recess. The day session fo...

The fortunes of domestic soybean processors have steadily improved as the average crush margin grew RMB 4/MT ($0.62/MT) to RMB 103/MT ($15.84/MT) last week...

A meeting of U.S. aggies to discuss the renegotiation of NAFTA involved much focus on the net benefits of trade agreements and what is disliked about the c...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Ukrainian and Russian wheat exports to Asian countries hit a record in August versus the same month a year ago. Meanwhile, there has been a change in Syria...

China's soybean demand, combined with the U.S. and South American supply situation, offer insights into the coming supply/demand dynamics. USDA's updates t...

China has the largest trade surplus against the U.S. of any country, and it feeds into American animosity toward the Middle Kingdom. Low Hope on Food to Ch...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

The Trump administration has reacted to the disruption of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma with a temporary waiver of a statute long opposed by the ag sector and...

USDA's updates to the U.S., Argentine, and Brazilian soyoil export situation, combined with changes to China's and Southeast Asia's import forecast, hold i...

If there is a surprising market reaction to the September WASDE, it can be found in Chicago and KC wheat futures that mostly closed around 7 cents higher d...

There were some significant changes in today's WASDE estimates for the soybean sector, and flooding in a key province of Argentina will likely impact plant...

USDA and other international agencies are working in Pakistan to address an issue with the wheat crop there. Meanwhile, a recent study indicates maize-prod...

For the second month in a row, the 2017 U.S. corn and soybean yield/production estimates from USDA/NASS surprised the great majority of private analysts an...

Updates to the U.S., Argentine, and Brazilian soyoil export situation, combined with USDA's changes to China's and Southeast Asia's import forecast, hold i...

The U.S. wheat export picture is changing again with the USDA's latest figures. The agency's updates to the U.S. and world wheat balance sheets offer impor...

USDA's latest supply/demand estimates for the world's most prevalent feed grain are analyzed and the most pertinent results shown in graphical form. Histor...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Grain and oilseed markets started mostly steady Sunday evening, but wheat prices weakened throughout the night and continued that trend this morning. Trade...

For corn, Argentina still needs to put on program for October and December, but demand is not ready to buy at the current premiums. If this continues, it c...

Many in the trade are still skeptical that the corn and soybean yields can be as big as the August estimates and pre-report estimates for the September rep...

Crop insurance is under fire after making up for the losses of a few years ago - just in time for a record hurricane season to hit.As last reported (see Ag...

The prospects for a WTO agreement on further capping domestic agricultural supports at this December’s ministerial meeting are quite slim. Meanwhile, the p...

The milling wheat market in Romania and Bulgaria is notably quiet as farmers prefer to keep the rest of their production in hope of higher prices later. Ho...

 Market/trade reports indicate India's soybean crop this year could be 10 percent less because of the smaller planted area as well as the water damage...

Neutral is an interesting word that means nothing’s happening, which aptly describes this week's futures market action. Next Tuesday’s USDA reports could i...

Corn futures traded slightly higher much of the day, but there was zero excitement with relatively light volume. All three wheat markets were also higher m...

The House followed the Senate in passing a bill that funded the government, provided hurricane relief and addressed the debt limit. However, this is only a...

U.S. ethanol groups are hugely upset that Brazil has imposed import safeguards against their products and that China has gotten into large-scale production...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Pork slaughter capacity grew this week more than in any previous single year as the pace of pork exports is trending differently than in 2016. Meanwhile, t...

Those consternated over the EU’s Greenpeace-driven GMO policy should note the current slippery slope experience in Brussels over biofuel policy. Socially A...

The U.S. Trade Representative’s office indicates the government of Vietnam has addressed the issue of U.S. DDGS imports, and the EU is taking action on the...

Overnight trading saw firmer prices in the soy complex as short covering continued. Grain prices stayed close to unchanged. Early in the day session, buyin...

For now, it is a waiting game for the fall harvests. However, there can be (and are) plenty of differing opinions concerning the status of crops in the U.S...

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed its conservative grain production forecast as the harvest in some regions may be impacted by certain conditio...

Prices across the board retreated a modest 1-3 cents overnight from yesterday’s higher closes, and trading seemed equally subdued after it resumed in the d...

There are complaints that Canada’s increasing demands in the NAFTA renegotiations will drag the talks into 2018, an election year in both the U.S. and Mexi...

The nationwide domestic corn price rose just RMB 1/MT ($0.15/MT) to RMB 1,664/MT ($252.47/MT) last week. Meanwhile, the estimated average utilization rate...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Egypt has released an announcement regarding the allowance of 13.5 percent moisture in wheat instead of 13 percent that had been put in place to allow Fren...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

The government of Bolivia has reached an agreement with China that is aimed at boosting its exports to that country. However, it faces one certain challeng...

The U.S. agriculture sector was in crisis mode over the Labor Day holiday weekend after Donald Trump said he would decide quickly on his inclination to wit...

Congress is back after recess and facing a daunting schedule through December, which could even include the 2018 Farm Bill.After the traditional August rec...

Trading in grain and soy complex futures resumed Monday evening, and prices began to firm after a hesitant start. More of the same prevailed during the day...

Aside from seasonal considerations, there are plenty of other outside influences in play that can move grain and soy futures prices, mainly higher in the s...

According to a recent report, India’s broiler industry is on a growth path in 2017/18. However, it is also under immense pressure from various sources as n...

Some members of the European Parliament are expressing concern that the adoption of precision agriculture and other new technologies will widen the divide...

Corn struggled to hold even minor gains overnight and today, and it was under the most pressure, probably due to the release of two private crop estimates...

There were several developments and stories in the news this week that could have future market implications. Stats Canada released its initial production...

The comment period is closed for the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumes, and the EPA must consider the results of a trade case against biodiesel im...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

In contrast to the French goal of being leader on environmental matters, U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt made a short genuflection to the agriculture s...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

U.S. corn exports deviation from historic patterns has implications for what exports will be in the rest of the marketing year. Analysis of unshipped corn...

Now would appear to be a good time for the Trump administration to consider offering Argentina a deal to avert imposition of the CVDs by agreeing to take a...

It will take quite some time to determine the impact of Hurricane Harvey on cattle as well as that of U.S. beef exports to China. Meanwhile, USDA has chang...

Well, it finally happened! There was a broad-based rally of grain and soy prices across the board with one exception. Overnight trade was slow with low vol...

Donald Trump has threatened three times this week to pull the U.S. out of NAFTA, but the Mexicans have a rebuttal. Separately, there are now undesired cons...

One particular price development helped hold the crushing margin in China relatively steady last week as the average return came in at RMB 76/MT ($11.40/MT...

Trading overnight and again during the day session were similar, while flooding from the heaviest storm-related rainfall ever to hit the continental U.S. h...

Prices for all crops on the Russian grain market plummeted with one exception. Meanwhile, Ukrainian milling wheat and feed grain prices followed global mar...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

When summertime grain markets are weak due to perceptions of large crops and abundant supplies, they typically find seasonal lows during the last days of A...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

A Saudi consortium is said to be investing as much as $500 million in the redevelopment of 25,000 acres in one country along with what is said will be the...

If smaller U.S. supplies and a smaller carryout cannot stop the long-term U.S. wheat markets’ bearishness, it is fair to ask what can. Some potentially imp...

Could the policy response to the energy market disruptions caused by Hurricane Harvey include E15, at least temporarily?Hurricane Harvey will be the first...

Mark Twain famously said, “If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed.” Spin forward to today, and t...

Flooding once again threatens Argentine agriculture as it has slowed the harvesting and  planting of two different crops, but another could also be af...

Hurricane Harvey is creating export challenges, but robust yield estimates keep pressuring grain and oilseed futures. The cattle and hog markets took diver...

The federal crop insurance program is coming under fire as a new GAO study and a filed amendment for the pending ag appropriations bill both propose cuts t...

Donald Trump has made clear that he wants to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border, but today the U.S. and Mexican dairy industries decided that one need...

South American soybean prices moved lower last week, prompting U.S. exporters to take steps to remain competitive. Meanwhile, Argentine corn exporters are...

Several factors were responsible for the corn market's August meltdown as funds were caught leaning the wrong way. Farmers and others who had been at least...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

In the past two years, India's poultry sector has had limited growth for reasons such as higher input prices (feed), low live chicken prices and overproduc...

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, speaking at the U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual policy meeting in Jackson Hole, gave warning against protection...

It seems like a very long time since U.S. wheat, particularly hard red winter (HRW), was competitive in world markets, and there are many reasons why. Howe...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

There has been a great deal of news coverage as well as tweeting about the debt limit and what is at stake before the end of September when the situation w...

This was somewhat of a strange trading day, much like one before a USDA report. The market wanted to see the Farm Journal (Pro Farmer) Crop Tour’s corn and...

Grain and soybean futures were slightly firmer in quiet and choppy overnight trading, and price action during the day session was mixed. The changes in ope...

Commodity Analytics shows the most recent data for grain export sales and shipments along with historic patterns. Current deviations from historic norms po...

It may be appropriate and relatively easy to distinguish between investors and speculators in financial markets. However, no matter how the terms are defin...

President Trump is peculiarly threatening a shutdown to extort funding out of Congress for his wall on the border with Mexico. However, that threat is flaw...

Last month's feeder calf placements data points to a changing supply situation for the beef market next quarter. Similarly, feedlots' fed cattle marketings...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Donald Trump proclaiming this week that he doubts a good NAFTA update can be negotiated and that he’ll “end up probably terminating” the agreement is a sha...

The U.S. Commerce Dept.'s announcement late yesterday of countervailing duties against biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia was the dominant news...

With the new harvest quickly approaching, the market for previous years’ corn continues to experience downward pressure. However, there is also anoth...

Russia's rapeseed exports showed a notable change in MY 2016/17. Meanwhile, Ukrainian milling wheat prices began to fall, mainly because of the revised USD...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

The DOC ruling puts pressure on U.S. biodiesel production for the remainder of the year.Today the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its prelimina...

The Egyptian Company for Agriculture and Rural Development (ECARD), a government agency, will restart its contract growing program with the main focus on o...

If there was one area of agreement for nearly all crop watchers, it would be that this year’s mixed-up and adverse weather made it very unlikely that 2017...

As the EU pursues a public comment period on the fairness of the food value chain, there are plenty of pitfalls ahead. Food Fairness As the EU pursues a pu...

The drought that has substantially impacted the Dakotas and Montana this year has also been severe elsewhere. Now there is growing concern that output of a...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

U.S. wheat supplies for 2017/18 may be down 25 percent or more, but USDA’s August forecast that world ending 2017/18 wheat supplies will climb to more than...

EU wheat farmers from the Baltic States to Romania and Bulgaria refuse to sell at the equivalent of Russian and Ukrainian price levels in hope of doing so...

Nearly every global scientific organization has endorsed the safety of agricultural biotechnology. When activists invented scare stories, though, the EU wa...

Looking at the ethanol sector, it is the classic good news/bad news scenario with the former coming in the short term and the latter occurring over the nex...

The wheat, corn and soybeans found no support to start the week with all three markets starting lower Sunday evening. Yield reports from Russia continue to...

Brazilian soybeans traded at $1.70X CNF for September at the beginning of the week and moved as high as $1.81X for the same position. On the FOB market, Br...

Corn, soybean and wheat futures markets continued in full retreat today to start the fourth consecutive week of lower prices. All of this bearishness has l...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Changes in U.S. market share for global soyoil exports, along with those of soymeal, are analyzed. Results offer insight into the opportunities U.S. export...

December corn futures got within a nickel of last August’s (2016) low. Some technical traders see that as the final downside objective. Meanwhile, the mark...

The sowing of some key commodities is down, and the major crops affected include pulses, coarse cereals and corn. There are two reasons for this, and it wi...

It is difficult to offset the loss of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to U.S. agriculture, but this week showed several successful outcomes from the Tr...

This week the National Organic Standards Board discussed emerging ag production systems and their role in organic agriculture – just as they have since 200...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

The spring wheat harvest is quickly winding down, and a large farmer from eastern Montana recently sent some comments about his crop and what he (and his n...

Weather has returned as the driver for soybean futures prices since recent rains missed the very dry parts of Iowa and central Illinois. Meabwhile, funds c...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Exports helped both beef and pork maintain strong prices so far in 2017 despite supply increases, and the EPA-proposed biofuel rule hints at potential chan...

The truth is, there is nothing unique about the U.S.-Chile FTA. Trade agreements affect trade flows, but they cannot fully explain trade balances. Fake FTA...

In the U.S., there have been winners and losers under NAFTA, much as there have been in Mexico and Canada. That is the nature of trade. Perhaps the biggest...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Two developments last week caused China's estimated average crush margin to rise sharply to RMB 108/MT ($16.20/MT), an improvement of RMB 111/MT ($16.66/MT...

Many of those starting up small and local farms are first-time farmers, but it is a fad that is unlikely to last for economic and labor reasons. NAFTA Real...

Follow-through selling pushed grain and soy prices slightly lower early in the overnight session, but enough buying returned to the technically oversold ma...

 Its grain exports are higher than a year ago as Russia completes a project in the Kerch Straight that will limit the size of vessels transporting car...

Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has announced that field trials for GM maize and cotton will start in October 2017, which is contrary to the eff...

Reverberations from last Thursday’s bearish WASDE together with the since-added prospects for rain over a good portion of the central U.S., including the v...

Officials in Argentina have determined the average protein content of the country’s 2017 soybean crop is below the 20-year average for the fourth year in a...

As NAFTA renegotiations get underway this week, there is plenty of eye poking occurring. Meanwhile, the GAO investigated the compliance of U.S. food aid pr...

The fact that the August WASDE pictured crop prospects in the U.S. and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere as being generally better than private analysts...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Last week the Trump administration announced it would investigate aluminum imports, and today it added China’s relative protection of intellectual property...

The quality of  French milling wheat is higher than normal with average protein around 12 percent, but exports are lagging quite a bit this year becau...

The crop revenue insurance guarantees are a very important part of a farmer’s decision-making process, and the collapse in wheat futures markets in August...

The corn markets are still having some harvest pressure. Prices didn't move downward as expected, and exporters are still paying 2,500 ARS/MT (above $140/M...

The downdraft in wheat, corn and soybean prices continued Sunday evening and into today. The 10 August bearish USDA production estimates and the bearish te...

Farm income data shows that cotton has been a volatile market, and the industry is pressing to get back into Title I of the next farm bill.While the farm b...

As the GM food debate in India continues, the supply and demand gap, especially of vegetable oil, is widening, and farmers are losing money due to pest att...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

Kim Jong-Un doesn’t place much faith in capitalism or markets, but those markets’ performance this week indicate their own view of North Korea’s emerging n...

European food makers are finding out what some American brands like Sunkist learned many years ago – the Chinese will steal the names of your products. Dea...

The lesson from yesterday is one that keeps being repeated, which is that USDA reports can be very humbling. Most were left scratching their heads in disbe...

The markets stabilized overnight on decent volume following yesterday’s bearish USDA reports and subsequent price collapse. The Minneapolis wheat market th...

This month’s WASDE has maintained the August edition’s well-earned reputation for producing market-moving surprises.In a market sense, bullish and bearish...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed Arcadia Biosciences and Bioceres S.A. that it has completed review of the HB4 stress-tolerant soybean,...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Today’s WASDE report shows overall animal protein production revised upward for the year, and Japan imposes safeguard tariffs on frozen beef for the first...

U.S. exports of ethanol to Brazil are up 80 percent, and industry groups there have been demanding a tax be placed on the imports from America. Washington...

Overnight trade was quiet (as expected) with corn and wheat prices near unchanged, while soybean prices crept a few cents higher in low volume. A quick gla...

With the corn harvest season in its southern region around the corner and downstream demand flagging, the average domestic corn price in China fell RMB 11/...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

The Trump administration talks a tough game on trade. When it comes to protectionism, though, it is other countries that are taking real action. Water vers...

Grain and soy futures trading during both the overnight and day sessions was muted by a lack of any enthusiasm and very low trading volume. Part of the mar...

While Russia's corn prices were on the rise, Ukraine's remained steady. Meanwhile, Ukrainian sunflower oil exports to one country have been notably higher...

Egypt reports that the country’s foreign exchange reserves are at the highest level since before the 2011 Arab Spring, reaching $36.0 billion, and that the...

It has been largely overlooked amidst all the focus on the U.S. corn and soybean crop prospects, but the August WASDE is likely to also contain some other...

Trading was subdued with the August WASDE looming Thursday at noon (EDT). There is a general sense that traders are seeking to lower risk exposure going in...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

U.S. soybean exports via containers have been exceptionally strong this year, almost all destined to Asia with the key markets being Taiwan, Indonesia, Tha...

In an effort to stall participation in a “special session” with the U.S. over the terms of the current free trade agreement, South Korea is arguing that it...

The Brazilian Foreign Trade Council (Camex) may place a TRQ on ethanol imports in the next two weeks that will impact U.S. ethanol producers.It is nothing...

The Dicamba soybean is the latest (and hoped to be the next greatest) soybean seed/chemical combination, resistant to the broadleaf killer of the same name...

The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) has a nice ring to its name. Like so much else in politics, though, its goal is quite to the contrary. Misna...

August is usually slow in the nation’s capital as lawmakers all leave town for the traditional recess. This year the schedule for the month is focused on t...

Markets started Sunday evening with small gains, and that’s the way they traded the entire night session in light volume. Wheat was then a reluctant follow...

There were no trades on the Argentine soybean market last week, but offers remained around 40sX for September FOB and traded just today at +44sX FOB. Local...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Last year the EPA denied a petition to change the point of obligation on biofuels compliance but opened a comment period to consider the issue further. In...