Market Commentary: South American Weather, Profit Tanking Sink CBOT
Grains and oilseeds nearly all traded lower to start the week with profit taking driving most of the action as the CBOT enters another holiday-shortened week. The only market to finish higher was soyoil, where a geopolitical tension driving bounce in crude oil helped support the vegoil. Improve...
Grinch Close for 2025
According to stock market statisticians, the S&P 500 stock index historically makes an average of 1.3 to 1.4 percent gains during the last five days of December and the first two days of January. The so-called Santa Clause rally has happened nearly 80 percent of the time, with analysts attr...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.4225/bushel, down $0.0775 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.13/bushel, down $0.06 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.635/bushel, down $0.09 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $303.3/short ton, down $4.1...
Market Commentary: Grains Give up Gains while Cattle Turn Higher on Cash Trade
The CBOT saw its typical low-volume post-Christmas trading session on Friday, but low trading volume didn’t stop the markets from making some notable technical moves. The first of which, on a broad scale, is that early strength in corn, the soy complex, and to a lesser extent wheat, all f...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.5/bushel, down $0.01 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.19/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.725/bushel, down $0.04 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $307.4/short ton, down $0.7 fro...
Holiday Schedule
Financial markets will be closed on Thursday, 25 December for the Christmas holiday. As a result, there will be no Ag Perspectives report on Thursday. WPI wishes everyone a joyous and safe holiday. WPI will resume operations on Friday, 26 December. Note that Ag Perspectives will be providing ma...
Market Commentary: Exports, Conflict, Dry Weather Boost CBOT Before Holiday
The CBOT was mostly higher before the Christmas holiday with grains in the lead, though with each market seeing a different fundamental driver. Wheat futures rallied on the once-again-escalating tensions in the Black Sea and dry weather in the U.S. southern plains that has left the wheat crop v...
FOB Prices and Freight Rates App (Updated 24 December)
WPI Grain Prices and Freight Rate App Note: you can also visit the app directly by clicking here. Supplemental Information The section below offers a concise view of the options available in the current version of the WPI FOB Price and Freight Rate app, along with a short “How To”...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.51/bushel, up $0.035 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.2175/bushel, up $0.0475 from yesterday's close. Jan 26 Soybeans closed at $10.6325/bushel, up $0.1175 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $308.1/short ton, up $3.9 from...
CFTC COT Report Analysis
Friday’s CFTC report showed managed money traders paring back long positions across the ag space as technical conditions quickly deteriorated for the soy complex and corn. Funds shed nearly 170,000 contracts from their all-ags position last week, with about 90 percent of that coming from...
Market Commentary: The Tempo not the Quantum
Everyone knows the volume traded this week will be lower, but there is no break in the directional adjustments. The corn market still had to continue its march higher, worries about wheat supplies moving out of Ukraine and even volume was not totally lower with soymeal and lean hog trading keep...
Market Commentary: South American Weather, Profit Tanking Sink CBOT
Grains and oilseeds nearly all traded lower to start the week with profit taking driving most of the action as the CBOT enters another holiday-shortened week. The only market to finish higher was soyoil, where a geopolitical tension driving bounce in crude oil helped support the vegoil. Improve...
Grinch Close for 2025
According to stock market statisticians, the S&P 500 stock index historically makes an average of 1.3 to 1.4 percent gains during the last five days of December and the first two days of January. The so-called Santa Clause rally has happened nearly 80 percent of the time, with analysts attr...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.4225/bushel, down $0.0775 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.13/bushel, down $0.06 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.635/bushel, down $0.09 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $303.3/short ton, down $4.1...
Market Commentary: Grains Give up Gains while Cattle Turn Higher on Cash Trade
The CBOT saw its typical low-volume post-Christmas trading session on Friday, but low trading volume didn’t stop the markets from making some notable technical moves. The first of which, on a broad scale, is that early strength in corn, the soy complex, and to a lesser extent wheat, all f...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.5/bushel, down $0.01 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.19/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.725/bushel, down $0.04 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $307.4/short ton, down $0.7 fro...
Holiday Schedule
Financial markets will be closed on Thursday, 25 December for the Christmas holiday. As a result, there will be no Ag Perspectives report on Thursday. WPI wishes everyone a joyous and safe holiday. WPI will resume operations on Friday, 26 December. Note that Ag Perspectives will be providing ma...
Market Commentary: Exports, Conflict, Dry Weather Boost CBOT Before Holiday
The CBOT was mostly higher before the Christmas holiday with grains in the lead, though with each market seeing a different fundamental driver. Wheat futures rallied on the once-again-escalating tensions in the Black Sea and dry weather in the U.S. southern plains that has left the wheat crop v...
FOB Prices and Freight Rates App (Updated 24 December)
WPI Grain Prices and Freight Rate App Note: you can also visit the app directly by clicking here. Supplemental Information The section below offers a concise view of the options available in the current version of the WPI FOB Price and Freight Rate app, along with a short “How To”...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.51/bushel, up $0.035 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.2175/bushel, up $0.0475 from yesterday's close. Jan 26 Soybeans closed at $10.6325/bushel, up $0.1175 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $308.1/short ton, up $3.9 from...
CFTC COT Report Analysis
Friday’s CFTC report showed managed money traders paring back long positions across the ag space as technical conditions quickly deteriorated for the soy complex and corn. Funds shed nearly 170,000 contracts from their all-ags position last week, with about 90 percent of that coming from...
Market Commentary: The Tempo not the Quantum
Everyone knows the volume traded this week will be lower, but there is no break in the directional adjustments. The corn market still had to continue its march higher, worries about wheat supplies moving out of Ukraine and even volume was not totally lower with soymeal and lean hog trading keep...