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Mercosur Regional Analysis

Corn Argentina Last week’s heatwave in Argentina was as bad with temperatures above 40C (104F) and strong winds in many places. By the week’s end, however, the weather pattern changed, and rains fell over nearly all the agricultural area with total precipitation amounts varying greatly.  For the early crop, the rains came about 10 days too late to do much good. Most of the crop has passed through the critical yield-defining stages when moisture was needed to achieve heavy grain fill and large yields. Yields will certainly be affected, and last week’s rains did little other than to stop further losses.  The late crop, which represents about 60 percent of the planted area, is still in vegetative stages and ha...

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Export Sales and Shipments for January 16-22, 2026  Wheat: Net sales of 558,200 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were down 10 percent from the previous week, but up noticeably from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 378,800 MT were up 2 percent from the previous week and 19 percen...

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Market Commentary: Weather Impacts as Commodities Move Their Own Way

Markets traded higher overnight and opened that way this morning, but the soy complex quickly gave way. Weather threatens shipments down the Mississippi, yields in Argentina and southern Brazil, Ukraine, and other places as well. But it is still a buyers’ market.  A decent USDA Expor...

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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Export Sales and Shipments for January 16-22, 2026  Wheat: Net sales of 558,200 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were down 10 percent from the previous week, but up noticeably from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 378,800 MT were up 2 percent from the previous week and 19 percen...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Weather Impacts as Commodities Move Their Own Way

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.3075/bushel, up $0.0075 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.415/bushel, up $0.055 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.7225/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $296/short ton, down $1.8 f...

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