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Market Commentary: Grains Consolidate; Cattle Follow Through on Bearish Reversal

The CBOT saw a mostly quiet day to start the week with grains and the oilseed complex trading mostly sideways as traders await shifts in demand or any updates on the trade policy front. Markets are in a holding pattern right now with the U.S. and Northern Hemisphere planting effort still a few weeks away and the South American weather and soybean harvest offering little reason to dramatically adjust positions. Most of the day’s excitement came from the livestock markets, where cattle futures followed through on Friday’s bearish key reversals and sank lower for the second straight day. While grains are marching sideways, the cattle markets look to be retreating from their recent, all-time highs and WPI looks for funds to remain b...

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Market Commentary: Corn Posts Bullish Reversal while Soy, Wheat Slip Lower

Monday’s trade at the CBOT was interesting with corn, soybeans, and wheat all rallying off fresh contract or selloff lows overnight, but only corn holding onto those gains by the closing bell. For corn futures, the market seemed to be more focused on the USDA’s ending stocks figure...

States’ Rights and Hypocrisy; Purple Hair, Not Purple Food

States’ Rights and Hypocrisy Texas has become the seventh state to prohibit food products cultured from animal cells. Another half dozen states are considering legislative restrictions on these products, often at the behest of the agriculture sector. Bloomberg produced the map below on st...

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Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.18/bushel, up $0.0575 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.415/bushel, down $0.035 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.07/bushel, down $0.0025 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $281.7/short ton, down $1.9 f...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Corn Posts Bullish Reversal while Soy, Wheat Slip Lower

Monday’s trade at the CBOT was interesting with corn, soybeans, and wheat all rallying off fresh contract or selloff lows overnight, but only corn holding onto those gains by the closing bell. For corn futures, the market seemed to be more focused on the USDA’s ending stocks figure...

States’ Rights and Hypocrisy; Purple Hair, Not Purple Food

States’ Rights and Hypocrisy Texas has become the seventh state to prohibit food products cultured from animal cells. Another half dozen states are considering legislative restrictions on these products, often at the behest of the agriculture sector. Bloomberg produced the map below on st...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.18/bushel, up $0.0575 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.415/bushel, down $0.035 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.07/bushel, down $0.0025 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $281.7/short ton, down $1.9 f...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

WPI Crop Progress and Conditions App (Updated 14 July)

Update for 28 April 2025: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where o...

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