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Summary of Futures

Mar 25 Corn closed at $4.3725/bushel, down $0.0625 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Wheat closed at $5.4125/bushel, down $0.0375 from yesterday's close...

Sino-Ag Developments

EconomyLeaders gather this month for the annual Central Economic Work Conference with the view of another sub-par year ahead and the need for bold action t...

Transatlantic Dynamic; Doubling Down

Transatlantic DynamicThose in U.S. agricultural trade policy agree with Donald Trump that the EU treats America badly.  The large U.S. agricultural tr...

Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 9 – 13 December 2024Russian grain markets remained relatively stable but, in some areas, especially export platform, prices were bea...

Dissecting the Retail Sales Report

Retail sales rose 0.7 percent in November; this was slightly higher than the consensus expectations. There are a few nuances to consider, however. First, t...

Summary of Futures

Mar 25 Corn closed at $4.435/bushel, down $0.015 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Wheat closed at $5.45/bushel, down $0.05 from yesterday's close. ...

Tear it Up II; Splitting GM Wheat; DOFE

Tear it Up IICanada’s finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, resigned and President-elect Donald Trump is being blamed. That is an over-simplification and sh...

Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa Regional Analysis

MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGIONEgypt is rumored to be considering further devaluation of its currency against the U.S. dollar. T...

Livestock Industry Margins

Pork packers were the only sector of the livestock industry to see significant improvement in profit margins last week. In contrast, beef packers saw margi...

Mercosur Regional Analysis

Wheat Argentina’s wheat harvest recorded a week-on-week progress of 15.8 percentage points and reached 63.9 percent of the total area. Yields remain g...

Summary of Futures

Mar 25 Corn closed at $4.45/bushel, up $0.03 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Wheat closed at $5.5/bushel, down $0.0225 from yesterday's close. Jan...

European Market Analysis

Regional News Last week, a vessel rammed a lock on the Moselle River in Germany, which led Euronext to suspend delivery at French delivery ports on th...

Trump’s War on American Agriculture

American agriculture is already facing a less affluent future. Commodity prices have softened, and South America now dominates the global export market. Th...

CFTC COT Report Analysis

The major theme of the latest CFTC report is that funds continued to build length in the corn market on strong export demand and added length to seasonal r...

Market Commentary: Dithering Through the Holidays

There is no way to make this sexy. This is a market mostly perceived to be at equilibrium. Perceptions can be wrong but with nothing else to go on, volume...

Argentina’s Economy One Year after Milei

A look at Argentina’s fiscal and economic policy is instructive on two levels. First, understanding its impact for Argentina’s position in ag commodity tra...

Summary of Futures

Mar 25 Corn closed at $4.42/bushel, down $0.015 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Wheat closed at $5.5225/bushel, down $0.0625 from yesterday's close.&nb...

Near-Term Beef and Cattle Market Outlook

The recent unexpected surge in physical fed cattle prices has created significant discussion about what the beef and cattle price environment will be headi...

Livestock Roundup: Bullish WASDE 2025 Outlook

This week’s WASDE held steady the price outlook for 2024 fed steers and broilers and increased hog prices slightly. The fed cattle price has generally been...

Food Fight Ahead; UPF Boogeyman

Food Fight AheadThere are two committee confirmation hearings that aggies will be watching intently early next year: the Senate Committee on Health, Educat...

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