The EU reported that 237,000 MT of soft wheat were exported last week as the total since the campaign started remains notably lower than a year ago. Meanwh...

A new milk pricing regulation implemented in Canada on 1 April has the U.S. dairy industry calling for the Trump administration to take action against that...

Wheat, corn and soybean markets were steady to a bit higher at the start of trading Sunday night. That trend continued through the night and into today’s o...

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping created a U.S.-China Comprehensive Dialogue that has 100 days to show progress or all hell breaks loose. Trump made a wise dipl...

USDA will release its April WASDE report with supply/demand revisions tomorrow, but it is almost impossible to make a case for why any of those numbers wil...

Grain and oilseed markets were unaffected by the events in the Middle East. Corn, wheat and soybeans all finished the night session within a penny of uncha...

Ethanol stocks have hit a record high, while production is still exceeding 1 million barrels/day despite the seasonal slowdown.Ethanol production dropped s...

The most notable outcome of the meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents is the lack of fireworks. Meanwhile, business groups developed a wish list...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

The 31 March USDA planting intentions report confirmed what most analysts expected. The big question is whether the acreage reduction will be enough to app...

Following the landslide victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh, there is hope that the government will be able to move forward with p...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

 Open interest in corn, soybeans and wheat futures were all higher following yesterday’s activity, which suggests that noncommercials were adding to s...

The U.S. Senate is now scheduled to vote on the nominations for USDA secretary and USTR after returning from the Easter recess. Notably, support for the la...

While U.S. relations with China are tense, due in no small part to President Trump’s harsh rhetoric and threats, U.S. grain and soybean producers have quit...

USDA released its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report, which showed the swine herd was still larger than a year ago despite a small drop during the December 201...

U.S. corn exports deviation from historic patterns has implications for what exports will be in the rest of the marketing year. Analysis of unshipped corn...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

After closing out 2016 with a solid November and a record December, U.S. sorghum exports to China began 2017 by setting a new record for the month of Janua...

Aside from higher Asian futures levels and Chinese buyers’ rush to extend their coverage of Brazilian soybeans, a few troubling weather trends also brought...

Russia's grain prices continued to fall due to domestic factors as well as Turkey’s introduction of an import duty, but Ukraine's grain  prices remain...

Donald Trump will be tempted to raise the issue of currency manipulation when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but he would be barking up the wr...

Just a year after country-of-origin-labeling (COOL) was repealed, beef and pork producers are seeing plans to revive it come from the Trump administration...

The westward movement of soybeans in the U.S. has been occurring for many years as hardier, shorter-season varieties have been developed. That is expected...

Turkey and Russia are expected to hold discussions soon regarding the rescinding of duty-free status for certain imports from the latter. The loss of those...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Grain and soy markets struggled to find enough traction for a rally overnight and today. Corn, soybeans and wheat all traded above Monday’s closes at some...

It is hard to recall when the soybean market has been so battered by an avalanche of bearish news and inputs over the course of a month’s time. However, th...

Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau warned New York business leaders at a World Economic Forum event against a proposed U.S. border adjustment tax. Mean...

The Federal Reserve has made clear that it recognizes the need to address its balance sheet. How it does this, though, remains the question.New York Federa...

A pro-active liberalization agenda in Geneva by Russia would be out of character, and so its proposal on foreign investment is underwhelming, yet still uni...

Corn, wheat and soybean futures all started 2-3 cents higher Sunday evening and basically held at those levels for the balance of the night session. Chicag...

Rains delayed soybean and corn harvest progress in South America last week, creating the possibility of significant market impacts later. The rally in CBOT...

South Korea purchased 125,000 MT of optional origin feed wheat for July/August shipment at an average price of $188.50/MT CNF, reflecting about $160/MT FOB...

Last Friday’s USDA soybean quarterly stocks and planting intentions numbers were bearish, but there are several variables in the projections for next year...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

The Trump administration has prepared a draft letter notifying Congress of its intent to renegotiate NAFTA, which spells out the objectives while pledging...

European Court of Justice Advocate General Michal Bobek had some difficult-to-swallow guidance for member states when it comes to GMOs – use science. High...

The bearish acreage number for soybeans in today's USDA reports wasn't helped by the 1 March quarterly stocks estimate. Meanwhile, corn and wheat markets s...

The government of India (GOI) addressed several trade matters as it issued decisions regarding import duties on wheat, pulses and sunflower seeds as well a...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

The morning trade reflected the expectations for today's USDA reports with corn and wheat continuing higher and soybeans lower. The amplitude of the market...

Grain and soy prices were lower overnight, receiving no help from Asian markets with Dalian meal and corn futures both weaker and Malaysian palm oil plungi...

Crackdowns on unlicensed abattoirs (slaughterhouses) that had been slaughtering cattle have caused a widespread shortage of meat in several Indian states...

A draft text of Trump administration negotiating objectives for modernizing NAFTA reflects an undramatic change from the Obama administration’s trade polic...

The concept of establishing a futures position that was equal but opposite to a position in the cash commodity, first practiced by buyers and sellers of gr...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Last month's feeder calf placements data points to a changing supply situation for the beef market next quarter. Similarly, feedlots' fed cattle marketings...

New shipment arrivals have helped restore the drop-off in imported soybean stocks that occurred through the first three weeks of March. As with soymeal inv...

Turkey's introduction of import duties on certain goods from Russia has driven the latter to a nearby, alternate source for sunflower oil. Meanwhile, Ukrai...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

As might be expected with major USDA reports due mid-session Friday, trading was muted today with slow volume and small price changes. If there was a marke...

EU chief negotiator on Brexit Michel Barnier says there will be no trade deal with Britain if London decides to impose weaker regulations than the Continen...

Given the market volatility that often follows the Prospective Plantings report, several options strategies exist to profit from extreme market movements...

Russian Grain Markets: 20-24 March 2017Market TrendsPrices continued to fall due to domestic factors as well as Turkey’s introduction of import duties for...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and U.S. biodiesel producers last week filed an antidumping petition with the Department of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S...

Egypt has advised that the maximum allowable moisture level of 13.5 percent for imported wheat will be maintained until November 2017, at which time it wil...

It was a very dull day of trading in which commercials were largely hands off and funds were net buyers of minor quantities. Collectively, managed funds ha...

This Friday’s USDA reports are an important influence on grain and soy price action for the next three months, but there are other factors looming that can...

While the effects of the Brazilian meat scandal are still unfolding, following are some perspectives on its impacts.While the effects of the Brazilian meat...

U.S. catfish farmers have spent years attacking the imported competition as being produced with harmful and illegal chemicals. Now a recent finding that ha...

Sonny Perdue’s confirmation hearing focused on budgets, crop insurance and trade, but it may still be some time before he’s finally confirmed and longer st...

Although Russian wheat prices continued to erode, the overall effects were tempered by a firmer ruble. Bulgarian farmers have started planting corn, but th...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

The selling pressure continued across the wheat markets, and the soybean market was underwater all day today as the downtrend continues to gain some moment...

U.S. agriculture and industry hope to claw back the market access that they had come close to gaining in Japan with the TPP by negotiating the same terms i...

Corn has been the favorite of the South American market for the second week in a row with large volumes traded. The Argentine harvest advanced to 16 percen...

Laurel & Hardy originally posed the question, “What do we do now, Ollie?” However, it remains relevant today for participants in the grain markets. Giv...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

India is facing a possible tight sugar supply situation with lower-than-expected production and higher-than-expected demand. India is considering import du...

The biodiesel industry filed an antidumping and countervailing duty petition against Argentina and Indonesia, just as the EU did in 2013, and is now recons...

Despite a prolonged struggle to gain higher prices, DDGS merchandisers are reporting significant buying interest when FOB prices near $150/MT. WPI’s econom...

Reducing greenhouse gas emission while concurrently growing economically is difficult, thus encouraging cheating or changing the rules. Elsewhere, green gr...

Corn and soy complex markets were weaker to finish the week as fund selling continued. Chicago wheat gained on fund buying relating to improving export pro...

With enough corn and soybeans committed for export thus far in the marketing year to account for 98.5 and 83 percent of USDA’s projections, respectively, U...

Different policy impacts of different cabinet appointments create outsized contrasts to confirmation hearings. Elsewhere, the KC Fed focuses on agribusines...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

A meat inspection bribery scandal has taken one of the world’s largest meat exporters out of the global market – the same exporter who gained when the U.S...

In spite of bullish Export Sales report numbers for corn and soybeans, lack of commercial support left grains and oilseeds market drifting lower. Today’s r...

Whether the search for a suitable risk management tool for Black Sea wheat will ever exist is unclear, though the competition to create such an instrument...

China’s estimated soymeal inventory totaled 773,300 MT as of 10 March, a significant drop from the previous week and even more so from a year ago. Lo...

While most Ukrainian feed grain prices remained stable, feed barley and corn prices moved in different directions. However, Russian grain prices continued...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Mexico is threatening to retaliate against adverse trade measures adopted by the Trump administration, and U.S. agriculture is justifiably concerned. Mexic...

Technical support helped soybean futures prices bounce off of session lows by 4-5 cents as they traded both sides before closing. Meanwhile, wheat futures...

WPI Agribusiness Subsector OutlookWPI Bull/Bear Leanings for Agribusiness in 2017 A summary and graphical depictions of WPI’s expectations for future...

Turkey's imports of Russian wheat are no longer considered to be duty-free, according to some sources, which could lead to a 130 percent tariff. Meanwhile,...

The U.S. and the EU argued in Geneva that they should not be required to treat China as a market economy despite a commitment to do so back when it initial...

Soybeans traded slightly lower overnight as did corn and wheat. After trading resumed in the day session, commercial buying of soyoil futures sparked a ral...

The Federal Open Market Committee moved to raise the federal funds rate at its most recent meeting, but everything else remained status quo.Following up on...

The period between the March WASDE and 31 March stock/acreage reports often finds markets struggling to find anything approaching excitement. One might rea...

The American Chamber of Commerce in China complained this week about the government’s slow approval process regarding new biotech crops, which most notably...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Black Sea wheat prices were lower last week on farmer selling and lack of export demand. Soyoil is now priced at a discount to sunflower oil, ending an ext...

Hot, dry weekend weather drove the wheat market higher in the overnight session, though more moderate weather forecasts issued today pulled the market back...

Despite bearish prices and long-term weather forecasts for U.S. crops, farmers’ attitudes are not bad. Re-energized with a focus on basic farm management a...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

There is no such thing as free trade but Germany and Japan are calling for a concerted effort to defend it. Elsewhere, the U.S. considers joining the EU, Z...

Argentina’s corn market was active this week and the advancing harvest pressured FOB prices where premiums for 15-March fell to $0.46K. The soybean harvest...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Ethanol exports are starting the year strong, but there is some uncertainty in major markets.The March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASD...

The Trump budget plan for USDA is long on cuts and short on specifics.The Trump administration sent a partial budget proposal to Capitol Hill yesterday, wh...

Markets are now in the midst of a two-three week “dead” zone as there is simply very little to inspire trade movement in either direction. There are, thoug...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

Markets were steady to slightly lower overnight in light trading volume, and that pattern didn’t change much during today’s session. Soybeans were 3-4 cent...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made clear at the G-20 meeting that the Trump administration does not want a trade war and merely seeks fairness in...

India's wheat prices dropped at the start of this year's harvest, gradually increased and then stabilized at about Rs.17,000/MT ($250/MT) at the spot marke...

Grain and soy prices traded a bit higher overnight in sort of a delayed reaction to the U.S. dollar’s weakness surrounding the Fed’s announcement Wednesday...

Commodity Analytics shows the most recent data for grain export sales and shipments along with historic patterns. Current deviations from historic norms po...

Europe’s anti-chemical warriors are aghast that the European Chemicals Agency gave glyphosate a clean bill of health – it is not carcinogenic to consumers...

Pursuit of now-President Trump’s policy agenda seemed to promise that the rate of inflation, essentially stagnant since 2009, would very likely begin to ri...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

The president’s budget and the HPAI situation both have good news and bad news for the industry. Budget to Trim Statistical Capabilities of USDA The White...

U.S. farmers were happy this week with word that China had bought significant quantities of their corn. However, it involves a slight bit of substitution...

Under the influence of world market trends, Ukraine's soybean prices showed a significant change last week. Meanwhile, the proximity of the next planting s...

Grain and soybeans traded slightly higher overnight for the most part, and trading volume was modest. Those trends carried over into the day session as the...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

A combination of low commodity prices and an early Chinese New Year helped U.S. agricultural exports to China reach new heights in January. Meanwhile, Chin...

Despite all the turmoil in the MENA region over the past two decades, soymeal consumption there has continued to rise. This is largely attributable to one...

Fearing Trump-induced trade wars and being sacrificed in favor of factory jobs, U.S. agriculture groups primed Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Ro...

Soybean futures prices weakened again under pressure from the harvesting of a record Brazilian crop and clear evidence that buyers are focusing on that ori...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

If U.S. wheat futures prices and cash values are higher during the forthcoming wheat year because of the small domestic crop, will world wheat traders and...

A recent report in South Africa indicated that the poultry industry needs expanded production of feed maize and soybeans in order to help control prices. W...

President Trump will send his proposed budget to Capitol Hill on Thursday of this week, setting the stage for a potential government shutdown in April.The...

A rate hike resulting from this week’s Federal Reserve meeting is almost a foregone conclusion, but there is more to look for from the Fed’s actions.It wil...

Markets were lower to start this week and seem firmly entrenched in last week’s pattern. Prices were slightly down overnight, but wheat turned sharply lowe...

After three months of constantly rising prices, the Black Sea milling wheat market has finally turned lower for several reasons. Meanwhile, Bulgarian feed...

Activity in Argentina's FOB corn market is totally focused on nearby shipments (March, April and May). Prices for April shipment heated up as many of those...

U.S. winter wheat acres will be the smallest in 107 years, and conditions in two key states suggest no reason to expect improvement in production numbers a...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

The renegotiation of NAFTA is going well. Mexican Minister of the Economy Ildefonso Guardardo Villarreal says all three countries will be ready to sit down...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

In economic-speak, National Trade Council Advisor Peter Navarro is genuinely paranoid. The view he expressed to a group in Washington is analogous to the p...

Although the market can now put the South American soybean crop in the rearview mirror, one potential problem remains. Meanwhile, the U.S. southern Plains...

Markets were easier overnight and today following Thursday’s slightly bearish USDA report, good South American harvest weather and a poor technical outlook...

The revival in Indian protein meal exports has had a positive impact on the domestuc soymeal price. It was $342/MT on 9 March 2017, a 29.77 percent drop fr...

Farm bill proposals are emerging from producer groups and legislators alike, but there are questions. Will USDA put forth a farm bill plan? Will acreage id...

Grain and soy futures were lower overnight in lackluster, low volume trade. Then today’s USDA WASDE with its larger Brazilian and Argentine production, lar...

House Ag Committee Chairman Michael Conaway (R-Texas) outlined the key areas for the next farm bill at the recent Commodity Classic and indicated the indus...

The trade expected a more-or-less bearish tone from USDA’s March WASDE, and that is what it got. However, the overall tone is probably louder than most ant...

USDA made relatively few major changes in its supply and distribution estimates for oilseeds today, but a couple were quite significant. Meanwhile, two oth...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Eastern European members complaining that food companies sell inferior products in their part of the EU should be informed by the American experience. Diss...

Russian grain prices started falling, more noticeably when expressed in USD due to weakening of the ruble. Meanwhile, Ukraine's grain market saw prices mos...

From the limited price action, it is clear that the market is not expecting big changes from tomorrow’s March WASDE. There is some sentiment that USDA migh...

North Korea is ignoring Beijing by firing off missiles and holding Malaysians hostage after being caught red-handed in an assassination in their country. T...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

China’s corn market showed some signs of recovery last week as the average domestic price rose RMB 18/MT ($2.61/MT) to RMB 1,505/MT ($218.43/MT). It...

It has been reported that Russia is experiencing a shortage of soymeal that is likely to worsen in the future. This is a result of  certain government...

Grain and soy prices eased back into the red during the early morning hours. Those weaker prices then carried over to the day session when the market’s att...

Despite the large fund investment in the soybean market, soybean futures prices have stayed in a trading range during the past two months that reflects the...

While there has been much focus on manufactured goods and agriculture, there is one sector of North American trade that has been largely overlooked in term...

Activist groups in Europe are upset about new reports that reveal high levels of acrylamides in biscuits and French fries. Fortunately, there is a solution...

Egypt advises that a new project to establish a database of all poultry production in the country, covering as many as 250 million birds, is intended to ai...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

The trade is interested in buying Bulgarian/Romanian feed wheat for July/August at €157/MT ($167/MT) FOB. While Ukrainian origin might be available at the...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

In a rare Sunday public statement, USDA’s APHIS yesterday announced the discovery of a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on a commercial b...

Activity in Brazil’s soybean market remains concentrated in the spot, but the Chinese are placing bids on March, April and, eventually, part of May positio...

Wheat actually led the grains complex higher as soybeans and corn turned lower. The KC-Chicago wheat spread remains strong with higher values likely given...

There is plenty of division as EU agriculture ministers began debate today on the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy. Farmers want simplification and no...

While soybean production continues to expand rapidly in the Dakotas, the only processing plant located in either state is in Volga, South Dakota. However,...

A comparison of today’s calculations with those of  2011 provides insight into one of the driving forces behind the rapid escalation in land values du...

Corn traded mostly steady today with light volume. PNW corn export basis was up 15 cents overnight with most of that likely the result of logistics issues...

With Brazil now aggressively exporting new crop soybeans, yesterday’s USDA report indicated U.S. export sales of soy continued at the expected pace. Meanwh...

Wheat prices have softened quite a bit in the past five weeks as imports have been good. While there has been no official announcement yet, it is being spe...

This week agricultural trade specialists gathered in Washington to lament the current atmosphere created by the Trump presidency and its risk to the sector...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

RFS reform is gaining congressional attention, if not momentum.As Gary Blumenthal wrote this week (see Ag Perspectives, 1 March), Representative John Shimk...

Newly-installed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has indicated that Congress will be officially notified on 15 March that a renegotiation of NAFTA is being s...

With market attention soon shifting to prospects for the new crop year, it is worth noting some of the “big picture” fundamental similarities and differenc...

Year-to date-pork production is down from expectations, and chicken production is off to a fast start. Where’s the Pork? Pork packer margins have dropped p...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Prices continued to slide lower during the day session. Fund buying largely subsided, and some of the light-footed funds were selling back limited amounts...

Despite a decline in the landed price of imported soybeans to $425/MT last week from $435/MT the previous week, the crush margin remained under significant...

Funds were active buyers again today. The ethanol situation grabbed the headlines, but there were a few other bullish straws in the wind to help support th...

Donald Trump is pulling the U.S. back from its international commitments, and the result is that it is strengthening the roles of other countries and regio...

Russian Agriculture Minister Aleksandr Tkachov has forecast the country’s MY 2016/17 grain exports at about 37 MMT,  a drop from the ministry’s previo...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Markets raged higher on rumors of biofuels regulation reform from the White House, while large deliveries were noted against many grain futures contracts...

The European Feed Manufacturers Association (FEFAC) indicates compound feed production in the EU-28 declined 1 percent in 2016 to 153.4 MMT, largely becaus...

Erroneous news leaks regarding biofuels policies sent commodity markets on a wild ride and prompted a rebuttal from the American Petroleum Institute. Amid...

2016 Agribusiness Performance Recap and 2017 OutlookWPI Bull/Bear Leanings for Agribusiness in 2017 A summary and graphical depictions of WPI’s expec...

A recent Rabobank report says the poultry industry will grow more than 60 percent over the next 20 years, but the expansion will be far greater percentage-...

WPI releases its first forecast for the 2017/18 U.S. corn crop with planted area and yield above USDA estimates. Ending stocks are forecast...In conjunctio...

The U.S. maritime industry needs to start supporting national defense and stop hiding behind it while the WTO needs to educate its poorer members – and Don...

The U.S. farm sector is nervous about Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal laborers. Those workers may account for half the labor in sectors such as dairy...

One of North Dakota’s largest farmers filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition recently. Most will blame the collapse on the downturn in commodity prices. Whi...

Farmers in Bulgaria and Romania will start planting corn in a few weeks. They will probably reduce that acreage after suffering from low yields during the...

After the corn harvest delays of last year, most Argentine exporters cut their programs for March shipment in order to reduce high demurrage rates should t...

China's so-called Number 1 Document has been released, which is focused on agriculture and rural policy. While reaffirming some key policies already in pla...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Tomorrow is first notice for delivery against the March futures contracts, and markets are expecting heavy deliveries in Chicago wheat and soyoil. It is al...

The market was particularly interested in USDA's 2017/18 U.S. supply and demand estimates of today, which have to be considered at least somewhat price pos...

OPEC members, especially Saudi Arabia and Iraq, actually increased production in advance of  the 1 January 2017 implementation of their agreement to r...

Markets were mixed overnight with corn and wheat slightly lower and soybeans slightly higher. That trend continued today, but the losses in one market acce...

India's production of milk, egg and poultry meat continues to grow, but most of that is consumed by a simultaneously expanding population. However, its buf...

A WTO appellate panel unsurprisingly ruled against Russia and its total prohibition of EU pork and pigs due to localized outbreaks of swine fever. The juri...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

USDA always holds its annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in late February. Among other things, there has been great interest in learning its latest views on...

Trading overnight saw grain and soy prices drift lower with expectations of bearish projections from USDA. The day session produced more of the same, which...

Last month's feeder calf placements data points to a changing supply situation for the beef market next quarter. Similarly, feedlots' fed cattle marketings...

U.S. Ambassador to China nominee and Iowa Governor Terry Branstad was not expected to say anything about China when he made a keynote address today at USDA...

The United Soybean Board, the national soybean checkoff organization, has approved a new five-year strategic plan aimed at increasing the value and competi...

A combination of certain factors continued to push down China's wholesale hog prices in February. Other developments are having an impact on the structure...

So-called experts and analysts are fighting with contradictory analyses over a proposed border adjustment tax (BAT) in the U.S., and how currency exchange...

Overnight trading volumes in grain and soy were lower than recent evening sessions. One reason for the diminished volume likely stemmed from less active an...

Ukraine's milling wheat prices kept rising due to active demand from traders and exporters as well as limited offer of tradable lots from producers. Meanwh...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

While several recent articles have cited officials in Mexico arguing that the country should shift away from the U.S. as its main supplier of soybeans and...

Without a pipeline into the thinking of fund managers who have decided to re-enter the long side of the agricultural futures market in a major way, even af...

Maize and sorghum prices in eastern Africa are at record levels due to last year’s severe drought. Meanwhile, one organization has warned of an infestation...

What will continued low crop prices and debt accumulation mean for production and policy?Macroeconomic factors in 2016 (i.e., uneven global economic growth...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

India is seeking a WTO dispute settlement panel to rule against subsidy and local content requirements for renewable energy in some American states. The U...

Trading volume last evening was good, especially for soybeans as the complex responded to higher soymeal prices traded at China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Corn followed the soybean market lower with fund selling the primary ingredient. The market wasn’t willing to extend long bets ahead of this three-day week...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

GOI released the second Agricultural Production Advance Estimates this week, which indicated an approximate 8.11 percent increase in farm output versus las...

A planned work boycott by immigrant employees had an impact on the meat-packing sector.Immigration policy has been a contentious issue for years, but agric...

The wheat markets have been solidly bearish for what seems like an eternity. Although the world has produced four consecutive record wheat crops, that is s...

Noted China agriculture analyst Fred Gale observes that Beijing’s latest policy for the sector is to renationalize food and seek world domination, which is...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

As it does each year in advance of its annual Outlook Forum in February, USDA today released a report that outlines the numerous assumptions used to constr...

Overnight trading saw prices ease back from yesterday’s rally levels, but that session’s results did not prepare the market for today’s wave of long liquid...

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Democrats complain that after a meeting yesterday with White House Trade Council Director Peter Navarro, they still don’t kno...

Both the beef and swine herds are in expansion mode, but cattle and hogs are looking at different price forecasts compared with last year.Cattle prices end...

The Brazilian finance minister indicated yesterday that the government will make an announcement in the next 30 days regarding changes to its laws governin...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe was out of the bromance embrace of Donald Trump when his finance minister, Taro Aso, let the truth slip about currency m...

CME prices started to drift a bit lower overnight in slowing volume as concerns about the growing avian flu problem in China caused Dalian prices for corn...

From mid-January through the end of the month, China’s estimated soymeal inventories fell sharply due to a combination of factors. Meanwhile, the ave...

The Russian Ministry of Agriculture reported that 23.088 MMT of grain had been exported as of 8 February and from the beginning of MY 2016/17, down slightl...

After a much-improved soybean crop in 2016, India has returned to being a significant soymeal exporter. USDA is forecasting it will export 1.8 MMT in 2016/...

Markets had a softer tone overnight, but trading volume did remain quite heavy for the evening session. The big fund buying that has been present the past...

The market has been assuming U.S. producers will boost soybean plantings by at least 4 million acres and perhaps as much as 5 or 6 million. While the reaso...

The annual inflation rate in Egypt jumped to 24.3 percent in December, the highest it has been in seven years and more than double the 2015 level. This was...

A Trump administration agriculture official addressed a meeting of private sector industry representatives today and made several notable points. Trump Ag...

President Trump has promised or threatened, depending on one’s perspective, to renegotiate NAFTA. However, most U.S. ag groups have communicated their rese...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

The market in Bulgaria and Romania is firm in sympathy with the MATIF rally. Both countries still have about 10 percent of the total surplus, and the cheap...

While one expected things to go well between Trump and the UK’s Theresa May, his bromance this past weekend with Shinzō Abe remains a mystery to many tryin...

FOB prices were steady this week, while corn became the commodity with movement as several trades were reported. Asian consumers and trading houses are ver...

The fact that the notable reductions of world stocks estimates in the February WASDE are still not enough to prevent record-large levels seems to underline...

The lower CME prices overnight ran counter to price trends at China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange. As day trading commenced, fund bids put a floor under pric...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

 President Mauricio Macri began his efforts to encourage innovation in agriculture, increase exports and boost rural economies upon assuming office in...

U.S. trade policy is being developed to reduce the national trade deficit, but there is one factor more important to consider than the trade balance.As dis...

While too early to know whether India’s oil meal exports are rebounding, domestic demand is growing, especially for de-oiled rice bran (DORB).That open mar...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

U.S. Wheat Associates and the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association ought to view each other as competitors and thus show little willingness to help t...

Markets were slightly firmer in the night session with soybeans resuming the lead higher. The markets then opened at new highs when the day session got rol...

The economic plight of farmers across the southern Plains simply doesn't exists throughout U.S. production agriculture. In fact, the sector’s overall finan...

Generally, traders expected a less-than-bullish February WASDE from USDA today. Perhaps that is why two unexpected changes seemed to generate an outsized r...

USDA data confirmed last year’s beef, pork and poultry exports all increased over 2015, and one category showed exceptional growth. Meanwhile, U.S. produce...

The large soymeal export sales of the past two weeks were made possible by lower prices that were partially caused by a glut of DDGS in the domestic market...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

A petition has been launched in Europe that would require the European Commission to consider a complete ban on the use of glyphosate as well as mandatory...

February WASDEs are seldom described as market-changing, and today’s release was no exception. However, it did contain a number of adjustments of interest...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) needs another big economy within the trade pact since the U.S. dropped out, and the Australians solicited the Chinese t...

Traders holding short soybean positions before tomorrow’s USDA WASDE report should not be overly concerned by today’s bullish price action.Comparing the fo...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

U.S. pork shipments to China in December helped push the total volume for all of 2016 to 363,121 MT at a total value near $715 million. Meanwhile, the outl...

Sunflower seed prices on Ukraine's domestic market kept growing because of several factors as FOB offers were stable. Meanwhile, Vietnam has recently becom...

Soybean futures continued to show strength as they ended overnight trade about 8 cents higher. That rally persisted during the day session while the grains...

It would not be fair or accurate to call wheat a minor U.S. crop, but it seems headed in that direction due to wheat prices that have been low enough to de...

After uninspiring overnight trade, grain and soy prices did manage to climb higher soon after the day session began. Soybeans and meal were supported by fu...

The well-publicized feud between U.S. President Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto over trade and immigration has received the attention of Arg...

A recent British report on the maize-damaging fall armyworm in Africa states that the entire continent could suffer from outbreaks within a very few years...

There is federal budget pressure on the 2018 Farm Bill. Unlike with most past farm bills, though, it could be real this time.Since 1977 when the then-named...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Last week’s policy proclamations by the National Farmers Union in the U.S. proved that the organization is persistent and consistent in its decades-long ad...

Brazil has good soybean demand for deferred positions, partially driven by certain issues in the U.S. PNW. However, it is difficult to obtain offers. Some...

Corn and wheat futures traded slightly lower last night, and that same pattern held true throughout today. Meanwhile, there were several reasons cited for...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

European leaders are on edge over the prospect that Donald Trump’s intention to block refugees from certain countries will increase the numbers heading ins...

President Trump has issued an executive order that requires every agency adopting a new regulation to identify two existing ones to be eliminated. This cou...

While U.S. farmland values soared during the big bull market that lasted from 2006 through 2013, all good things must end. However, the overall declines ha...

Offers of feed wheat are very difficult to find in Ukraine, and none are available in Romania and Bulgaria. The only available origin in the Black Sea is R...

Donald Trump will reportedly push for a bilateral trade deal with Japan when he meets next week with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, but the idea may not be war...

Presenting a roundup of those political issues of interest to agriculture...Following is an end-of-the-week roundup of some of the politic issues of intere...

Markets were mixed overnight. The soy complex then joined wheat and corn when this morning's session opened by trading lower. Although there again wasn't a...

India's 2017/18 budget was released early and includes several notable provisions that will help the agriculture sector. Left out, however, was any signifi...

Pulses have been around for thousands of years and are the staple food in India. These crops have been grown in very small parts of the U.S. since the 1950...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

The EU’s Agriculture Commission will reportedly present five options next week for revising the Common Agricultural Policy. Among them is a focus on...

Today’s USDA export sales report brought some good news to the U.S. soy sector in the form of larger-than-expected soymeal export sales last week. Meanwhil...

It may have seemed that grain and soy futures markets took the day off. While prices veered very slightly lower overnight, they then traded both sides duri...

USDA released its annual Cattle Inventory report this week, which showed the cattle herd expanded enough in 2016 to impact beef production through 2018. Me...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

A new and different market environment will face grain futures market fundamentalists and technical traders alike as the Trump administration seems likely...

Wth 13.1 percent more grain stocks as of 1 January than a year ago, the forecast for Russia's MY 2016/17 grain exports has been increased again. Meanwhile,...

Until the Trump era, the U.S. served as the world’s leader in promoting free trade. Now it is being treated like a pariah for suggesting the playing field...

Overnight trade saw moderate volume and some modest weakening of grain and soy prices. The weaker prices prevailed at the resumption of trade this morning...

China’s corn overhang coupled with its removal of state support wreaked havoc on U.S. exports of both DDGS and sorghum throughout 2016. However, the...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

Drivers of U.S. soybean, corn, wheat, soymeal and sorghum export opportunities are discussed with a view toward the long run.While large export volumes sur...

South Africa’s Crop Estimates Committee has forecast that maize plantings will increase 31 percent in 2017 with those of white maize up by 53.5 perce...

Activity in the Chicago SRW wheat market spilled over into those for HRW and HRS wheat futures. Changes in the soybean, soyoil, and soymeal futures point t...

It is worth taking a fresh look at the fundamental U.S. supply/demand outlook for 2016/17 since what happens throughout the balance of this year will have...

The EIA’s January Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts Brent Crude oil prices will be steady through 2018 and unable to break the $60 ceiling.The U.S. Energ...

The question going into last night’s trading session was whether the soy complex and grains could mount some sort of turnaround from yesterday’s sharp decl...

The National Biodiesel Board believes reinstatement of the $1/gallon biodiesel tax credit and issuing payments to producers instead of blenders will allow...

Scott Pruitt, nominated to be EPA administrator, was pressed to provide more substantive answers regarding the RFS by senators who will eventually be votin...

The European Union’s commissioners will consider a change this Wednesday in the rules as to how GMOs are considered for approval; there is great frustratio...

Despite Argentina's current corn prices ($150-155/MT) along with a record production (35-36 MMT) forecast and expectations that the exchange rate will not...

There are currently no signs of significant winterkill in Eastern Europe, and the soil moisture is adequate in most of the region. If there is no serious w...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Numerous sources north of the border suggest Canadian farmers’ 2017 planting intentions could involve a shift similar to what may occur in the U.S. Numerou...

Markets opened lower Sunday evening, and soybean futures were down more than a dime overnight. The soy complex then suffered the brunt of today’s generally...

WPI provides a summary of the week's futures price activity and the gains/losses experiences by grain, oilseed, and livestock markets. Additionally, today'...

Fireworks may be the key feature of the Chinese New Year celebration, but they were not present at the CBOT today. Trading today was largely “low and slow,...

The corn price for delivery to a starch plant in Gujarat is currently $226/MT, and availability is poor. While starch manufacturers could ensure receipt of...

The level of U.S. economic growth in the third quarter of 2016 and first two months of the fourth quarter have been attributed to the level of the country'...

The U.S. Department of Energy is beginning to award contracts for sales of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which will continue for th...

Soybeans clearly surpass every other cropping choice based on current new crop prices, but there are many so-called minor crops that will also be impacted...

There is much lamenting in Europe over Donald Trump’s decision to end the U.S. leadership on trade liberalization, mostly because it exposes Europe’s limit...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

It seems clear that President Trump’s view of trade mostly involves manufactured products and the raw materials needed for manufacturing. Publicly, he has...

While corn prices drifted lower amid fears that trade with Mexico might be disrupted by tariffs on Mexican imports to pay for the border wall President Tru...

The biggest drawdown of pork stocks in cold storage of any December has spurred producers to reiterate the importance of trade. Meanwhile, a forecast of U...

Despite the choppy markets and what appears to be a pause in the slow upward price trends, quite a few noncommercial fund managers seem comfortable, at lea...

With the landed price of imported soybeans climbing for the second consecutive week to an average $443/MT, the crushing margin fell to RMB 235/MT ($34.64/M...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

A Chinese newspaper reported that Beijing will block imports of U.S. grain should the American government impose a 35 percent tariff on imports as threaten...

While soybean prices dropped in Russia, they grew on both the domestic and export markets in Ukraine because of increasing offer. During the next two weeks...

Attention on Capitol Hill has already turned toward the 2018 Farm Bill, and a new paper from a conservative think tank takes a look at farm policy from the...

Today's closing prices for the first six listed futures contracts for major grain, oilseed, and livestock contracts are shown along with their price change...

Government and industry officials in Brazil believe that country will be a big winner as a result of the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from t...

Donald Trump contends that bilateral trade agreements are better for the U.S., presumably because there is no dilution of America’s leverage from being the...

Big crops and low prices have been a fact of market life for so long that it is worth pointing out something of a change in the early weeks of 2017.Beginni...

Grain traders in Europe are saying that Germany, Poland and the Baltic states will be replacing France as the major exporters of wheat to North Africa and...

As the day session opened, the soybean market seemed poised to continue the overnight technical rally, but it was not to be. Concerns over President Trump’...

President Trump’s non-traditional early agenda, ranging from his pick for agriculture secretary to selection of his first official international meeting, i...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Demand-induced nervousness is causing Argentina’s wheat prices to rise, while higher flat prices for corn will soon encourage farmer selling. Soybeans Arge...

The Trump trade policy agenda has ramped up discussions in Washington this week at think tanks and embassies, and there are at least six public meetings on...

Corn tenaciously remained unchanged today even as the soy complex promptly retreated on improving weather in Argentina. U.S. corn basis is still competitiv...

Rarely has there been a period of time in grain markets when one commodity has dominated the market action as soybeans recently have, both in terms of pric...

Chickpeas are a popular source of protein in India. However, prices of the whole chickpea and the split dal (pulse) are on the rise. As a result, many cons...

On a day when the world was watching Washington, DC, unusual activity in the wheat spreads was noted, and Argentina’s soybean production forecast was revis...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Hugely successful writer Malcom Gladwell focuses on explaining the unexpected or explaining the unexpected out of the usual. Donald Trump’s inaugural speec...

After Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president at noon (EST) today, a team of temporary political appointees moved to fill a number of jobs in the n...

The market chatter for much of this week concerned the many guesses coming out of Argentina on lost acres and possible final production. Meanwhile, two fac...

Whether or not corn can develop a livelier story that might stimulate market activity is an active question with the answer yet to be determined. That answ...

If recent forecasts are to be believed, Brazil’s 2017 soybean crop will apparently not only be a record, it will be huge. As optimistic as those projection...

The grain and soy markets remain in a consolidating mood after the recent price gains and seem to be seeking some sort of a comfort level. Argentine weathe...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

After three days of congressional hearings and other public musings, the actual trade policy approach of the incoming Trump administration is becoming clea...

The Obama administration yesterday released a controversial final rule on organic livestock/poultry production and welfare practices, and there will be fin...

Ukraine's milling wheat and feed wheat prices grew on the domestic market because of three factors. Meanwhile, the country reported record productions of b...

The overnight session saw grain and soy prices trade both sides of Tuesday’s closes in much lighter volume, and that arried over into the day session witho...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

U.S. food and agricultural exports to China in November 2016 reached the third-highest volume for that month at 8.72 MMT. The total was up 8 percent versus...

Testimony on Capitol Hill by top nominees in the Trump administration is adding context to what policy can be expected. Wilbur Ross is anticipated to have...

South American weather is bringing back memories of last year's production losses and raising the chances that there could be similar unexpected demand thr...

House Agriculture Committee Ranking Minority Member Collin Peterson (D-Minnesota) announced the new Democratic members of the House Agriculture Committee o...

Although Argentina clearly has a big problem with its soybean crop, record production is expected in neighboring Paraguay and Uruguay. Meanwhile, the Amagg...

While South Africa's total wheat consumption is about 3.2 MMT, its local production has dropped from 2.43 MMT in 2000 to only 1.4 MMT in 2015/16. Experts s...

Traders responded last evening to the South American weather situation by pushing soybean and soymeal futures prices sharply higher in heavy trading volume...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump managed to upset both Europe and the U.S. dollar over the past 24 hours. He said the U.S. dollar was too strong and quest...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

After being stable until the third week of December 2016, sugar prices are moving up faster than expected in this current sugar season as there is higher d...

Yesterday’s explosive reaction to the WASDE failed to carry over into the overnight session. Then as the market opened the day trading session, weakness wa...

The one sure thing about the January USDA reports is that they generated more interest than the market has seen in a long time. However, what USDA didn’t d...

Republicans in the U.S. House passed a bill that would cap the budget of the CFTC for five years and require more substantial analysis before the agency is...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway (R-Texas) has announced the six new Republican members of the House Agriculture Committee for the 115t...

More sow farrowings and fewer females in the 2016 annual cattle slaughter mean strong red meat production again in 2017. Meanwhile, the Georgia Department...

There is no question that the tone of today’s USDA reports is at least mildly bullish, and markets have reacted accordingly. However, it is worth asking wh...

Commodity Analytics shows the most recent data for grain export sales and shipments along with historic patterns. Current deviations from historic norms po...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The soybean market helped preserve the reputation held by USDA’s January reports for triggering a strong price reaction in the immediate wake of their rele...

The corporate leaders for Monsanto and Bayer met with President-elect Donald Trump this week, and it is said the focus was not on the proposed merger of th...

Meat from slow-growing poultry is now the marketing rage with its perceived welfare benefits to the birds, but there are conflicts similar to those found i...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The beginning of 2017 brought virtually no relief to China’s domestic corn market as the average price dropped in all major provinces except for Shan...

Although Russia's overall grain exports are down somewhat in MY 2016/17 as of 28 December 2016 versus a year ago, its corn exports showed a notable change...

While the Chinese announcement that the punitive antidumping duties on U.S. DDGS would now go into effect caused the inverted Dalian meal futures to rally...

In the past, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) was structured as an honest broker between federal agencies seeking to find consensus on difficult trade...

Expanded ethanol production and a bullish outlook mean higher corn grind for this industry in 2017.The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) indicat...

Yesterday Bunge announced plans to build a new soybean processing facility at an undisclosed location in either Indiana or Ohio, and adding additional soyb...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

With Egypt expected to need 11.2 MMT of imported wheat this year, private grain importers there are saying that banks are forcing them into bankruptcy beca...

Today’s lackadaisical futures trade seemed to reflect pre-report expectations, namely that USDA’s corn numbers may be bearish, the soybean numbers may be b...

Commodity prices are notoriously cyclical, and those who follow grain and oilseed markets may not fully appreciate the broader rally they had in 2016. Now...

Recent developments impacting the U.S. energy sector have changed the dynamic of the global market. This will likely lead to the U.S. becoming a net export...

After a very active November and December, the soybean market came to a standstill toward the end of the year and has started 2017 with very little movemen...

USDA will release its January series of reports on 12 January. They will include a plethora of numbers, but there are several key ones that the market will...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Markets started the Sunday night session just fractionally higher, but wheat led them throughout the night with gains of 2-3 cents. It wasn’t the price tha...

The Black Sea market remained about unchanged during the past three weeks. The Russian wheat balance sheet looks heavy on paper, but two factors are preven...

South Korea has agreed to allow the importation of fresh eggs from the U.S. after being previously banned, but it is doing so only after a severe domestic...

Contradicting President-elect Donald Trump, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) announced this week on a radio program that there will be no border...

Markets were soft overnight, led by weakness in the soy complex, and a small weekly export sales number this morning pushed prices lower. Wheat, though, sh...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

During the demonetization period that began in November 2016, the price of cottonseed oil cake, a major source of protein for livestock in India, continued...

Weather may be having an impact on U.S. hard red winter wheat, but another factor will also influence production in 2017. Meanwhile, Argentina's soybean an...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

A pending issue before U.S. FDA is whether plant-based foods such as soy milk, almond milk and rice milk can be called “milk,” and a similar fight is occur...

Grain and soy futures trade overnight was mostly in the direction of lower prices with volume about average. The day session proved to be more active with...

Russia and China are two significant export markets for the meat and poultry sector, and they have the potential to be even more so in the future. However,...

Many of the soybeans that were inundated by the floods in Argentina will not survive, and it is almost too late to replant. While the situation is differen...

The potentially murkiest policy questions facing the new Trump administration concern trade, an area where U.S agriculture has a very large stake. At its f...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The landed price of imported soybeans was $422/MT last week, up $3/MT from the week before, and that combined with amother factor to bring domestic crush m...

Traders may have paid limited attention to South American weather Tuesday as they returned from the long weekend, but it was front and center today. The re...

President-elect Donald Trump says he is going to stop China from “taking our jobs” and has hired a bevy of fellow China-bashers to execute the plan. Beijin...

While grain exports from Russian seaports grew to 24.3 MMT in 2016 against 22.9 MMT the previous year, those from Ukrainian seaports were significantly hig...

A recent National Restaurant Association survey of chefs shows protein demand is likely to grow and change toward more specialty items. Could the evolution...

It is a new year, according to the calendar, but it would appear that grain and soy futures markets have transited seamlessly from the last one. However, a...

Politicians try all kinds of ways to benefit special interests, particularly domestic ones. Nationalism and localism are common and tend to distort trade...

The government of Argentina issued a decree yesterday that reaffirmed an earlier decision regarding the export taxes on soybeans and soy products, and this...

There has been quite a bit of comment that the new design of the Saudi Grains Organization (SGO) could greatly benefit foreign investors in Saudi Arabia’s...

Apparently, of more interest to traders than South American weather is the imminent rebalancing of index funds. Thus, Inter-market spreading was the story...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Prior to GOI’s elimination of the import duty in early December, wheat prices had reached a high of $354/MT in the New Delhi spot market. They have eased c...

While Donald Trump has now been housed for many days at the Mar-a-Lago complex in Florida, the next three months are critical to the shape and substance of...

Dairy producers are challenging use of the term “milk” for products such as soy milk, almond milk, rice milk, etc., and the plant-based beverage makers' ar...

The U.S. Grains Council just released its 2016/17 Corn Harvest Quality Report, and the analysis of the 2016 U.S. crop goes quite far toward explaining how...

Markets were mixed at the start of the last trading day for 2016. As of the close today, the soybean futures market was up almost $1.50/bushel for the year...

Corn futures prices closed slightly higher in what was for the most part directionless, low volume trading, and wheat put in a rare performance as the mark...

Russia’s cyber interference in the U.S. election was wrong, but removing some diplomats and blocking access to some buildings in the U.S. is hardly punishm...

Commodities have become attractive to investors again, although not for reasons of portfolio diversification. Of the several factors that have combined to...

The decades-old U.S./EU beef trade dispute is back on the front burner as the U.S. decides to retaliate. Meanwhile, a USDA report, which showed meat and po...