Recently, a WPI client asked if we could summarize the major factors that have driven commodity markets over the past several months. The goal is to succinctly describe how markets have ended up in their current state and examine the next major trend(s) that are likely to develop. This report, then, attempts to tell the “big picture” story of what factors drove grain markets to their current levels and what developments might shape markets in the future. Corn  Bearish sentiment has dominated global corn markets over the past 10 months starting with the confirmation of the large U.S. crop in 2023/24 and year-over-year gains in South American production. Recently, favorable weather forecasts for the U.S. have reassured trad...

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