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Market Commentary: Kremlin Drone Story Sparks CBOT Short-Covering Rally

The war in Ukraine continues to be a major influence for the CBOT trade with Russia’s overnight claims it shot down two Ukrainian drones near the Kremlin offering support for ag futures on Wednesday. Russia has described the event as a foiled assassination attempt on President Putin but there is no clear evidence or explanation as to what happened. Ukraine has denied involvement in the event and blamed it on Russia staging the event. The event, staged or not, increases the probability that Russia may leave or otherwise disrupt the Black Sea export corridor agreement, which helped put a bid under grain markets Wednesday.  The CBOT reacted to the Kremlin’s news with bullish shock and wheat and corn futures quickly embarked o...

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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 9 – 13 June 2025 The grains market saw no major changes especially with two days of holidays when the country celebrated Russia day. The new crop smell is in the air with annexed Crimea already harvesting. This season the crop in Crimea will be poor because the irri...

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Market Commentary: Grain Consolidation Begins while Cattle Correction Continues

With the notable exception of soyoil, the CBOT was mostly higher on Tuesday with funds covering shorts ahead of the midweek holiday amid a few bullish headlines. Wheat was the upside leader as harvest delays and quality concerns mount for the Southern Plains HRW crop amid persistent rains. Soyb...

One Big Beautiful Bill Unveiled in the Senate

The Senate Finance Committee and its chairman Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) have unveiled their tax bill as part of budget reconciliation to extend the 2017 Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. According to the Committee, the bill … prevents a more-than $4 trillion tax hike on American families a...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 9 – 13 June 2025 The grains market saw no major changes especially with two days of holidays when the country celebrated Russia day. The new crop smell is in the air with annexed Crimea already harvesting. This season the crop in Crimea will be poor because the irri...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Grain Consolidation Begins while Cattle Correction Continues

With the notable exception of soyoil, the CBOT was mostly higher on Tuesday with funds covering shorts ahead of the midweek holiday amid a few bullish headlines. Wheat was the upside leader as harvest delays and quality concerns mount for the Southern Plains HRW crop amid persistent rains. Soyb...

One Big Beautiful Bill Unveiled in the Senate

The Senate Finance Committee and its chairman Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) have unveiled their tax bill as part of budget reconciliation to extend the 2017 Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. According to the Committee, the bill … prevents a more-than $4 trillion tax hike on American families a...

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Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.315/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.49/bushel, up $0.125 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.74/bushel, up $0.0425 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $285.1/short ton, up $1.4 from...

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Forecasting developments in production agriculture

On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.

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