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WASDE Soybeans - September 2026

USDA’s September WASDE outlook for 2026/27 U.S. soybeans is for reduced ending stocks by 10 million bushels to 310 million. The U.S. season-average soybean price is forecast at $12.00 per bushel, up $0.60 from last month: Soybean meal price is increased $30 to $340 per short ton, and the...

feed-grains

WASDE Corn - September 2026

USDA’s September WASDE outlook for 2026/27 U.S. corn is for reduced ending stocks by 86 million bushels to 1.567 billion. The season-average U.S. farm price is increased $0.30 per bushel to $4.80. Foreign corn ending stocks are reduced, mostly reflecting a reduction for India, that was pa...

wheat

WASDE Wheat - September 2026

USDA’s September WASDE outlook for 2026/27 is unchanged for total U.S. wheat, but there were a few adjustments in wheat types. The season-average U.S. farm price is increased $0.20 per bushel to $6.40. This month’s global wheat outlook is for ending stocks to increase 3.0 million me...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $5.3025/bushel, down $0.035 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $7.2525/bushel, down $0.16 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.965/bushel, down $0.3575 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $352.8/short ton, down $4...

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Market Commentary: September WASDE Leaves Grain Outlook Largely Intact

What You Need to Know Today:  Corn and soybean yields in the September WASDE report were close to pre-report expectations. The corn yield came in at 178.5 bushels per acre, compared with an average analyst estimate of 178.1, while the soybean yield was 52.8 bushels per acre, slightly abov...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds

The Risk Isn’t Over for Corn and Soy Yields

Commodity markets – being composed primarily of human beings – reflect the impatience and forever forward-looking nature of humans. In the present case, this means that while the September WASDE offered some much-needed and much-desired updates, markets are now focused on that etern...

equities energy

CPI, PPI, Jobs Report Adding Up to Rate Hike from FOMC

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported this morning that August’s rate of inflation was 0.4 percent, holding steady at 3.4 percent for the year. That matched analysts’ pre-report expectations and was even with July’s rate of 3.4 percent. For the year, food was up 2.7 pe...

feed-grains biofuel softs

USDA and Sugar: An Arranged Marriage

USDA and sugar have been married since 1934. With such an old marriage, there are all manner of promises, obligations and compromises. There are disagreements and arguments, and occasional calls for divorce, but they lack real conviction. We outsiders find it all so difficult to understand. The...

soy-oilseeds

AP Quant: WASDE Vegoils

WPI offers the following PDF of key supply and demand tables and charts relating to the USDA’s latest WASDE report. This is not an all-inclusive compilation of relevant market factors, only those which we feel are of top priority. WPI will seek to expand the offerings in this report and w...

wheat

AP Quant: WASDE Wheat

WPI offers the following PDF of key supply and demand tables and charts relating to the USDA’s latest WASDE report. This is not an all-inclusive compilation of relevant market factors, only those which we feel are of top priority. WPI will seek to expand the offerings in this report and w...

soy-oilseeds

AP Quant: WASDE Soybeans

WPI offers the following PDF of key supply and demand tables and charts relating to the USDA’s latest WASDE report. This is not an all-inclusive compilation of relevant market factors, only those which we feel are of top priority. WPI will seek to expand the offerings in this report and w...

feed-grains

AP Quant: WASDE Corn

WPI offers the following PDF of key supply and demand tables and charts relating to the USDA’s latest WASDE report. This is not an all-inclusive compilation of relevant market factors, only those which we feel are of top priority. WPI will seek to expand the offerings in this report and w...

soy-oilseeds

WASDE Soybeans - September 2026

USDA’s September WASDE outlook for 2026/27 U.S. soybeans is for reduced ending stocks by 10 million bushels to 310 million. The U.S. season-average soybean price is forecast at $12.00 per bushel, up $0.60 from last month: Soybean meal price is increased $30 to $340 per short ton, and the...

feed-grains

WASDE Corn - September 2026

USDA’s September WASDE outlook for 2026/27 U.S. corn is for reduced ending stocks by 86 million bushels to 1.567 billion. The season-average U.S. farm price is increased $0.30 per bushel to $4.80. Foreign corn ending stocks are reduced, mostly reflecting a reduction for India, that was pa...

wheat

WASDE Wheat - September 2026

USDA’s September WASDE outlook for 2026/27 is unchanged for total U.S. wheat, but there were a few adjustments in wheat types. The season-average U.S. farm price is increased $0.20 per bushel to $6.40. This month’s global wheat outlook is for ending stocks to increase 3.0 million me...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 26 Corn closed at $5.3025/bushel, down $0.035 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Wheat closed at $7.2525/bushel, down $0.16 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $12.965/bushel, down $0.3575 from yesterday's close.  Dec 26 Soymeal closed at $352.8/short ton, down $4...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: September WASDE Leaves Grain Outlook Largely Intact

What You Need to Know Today:  Corn and soybean yields in the September WASDE report were close to pre-report expectations. The corn yield came in at 178.5 bushels per acre, compared with an average analyst estimate of 178.1, while the soybean yield was 52.8 bushels per acre, slightly abov...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds

The Risk Isn’t Over for Corn and Soy Yields

Commodity markets – being composed primarily of human beings – reflect the impatience and forever forward-looking nature of humans. In the present case, this means that while the September WASDE offered some much-needed and much-desired updates, markets are now focused on that etern...

equities energy

CPI, PPI, Jobs Report Adding Up to Rate Hike from FOMC

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported this morning that August’s rate of inflation was 0.4 percent, holding steady at 3.4 percent for the year. That matched analysts’ pre-report expectations and was even with July’s rate of 3.4 percent. For the year, food was up 2.7 pe...

feed-grains biofuel softs

USDA and Sugar: An Arranged Marriage

USDA and sugar have been married since 1934. With such an old marriage, there are all manner of promises, obligations and compromises. There are disagreements and arguments, and occasional calls for divorce, but they lack real conviction. We outsiders find it all so difficult to understand. The...

soy-oilseeds

AP Quant: WASDE Vegoils

WPI offers the following PDF of key supply and demand tables and charts relating to the USDA’s latest WASDE report. This is not an all-inclusive compilation of relevant market factors, only those which we feel are of top priority. WPI will seek to expand the offerings in this report and w...

wheat

AP Quant: WASDE Wheat

WPI offers the following PDF of key supply and demand tables and charts relating to the USDA’s latest WASDE report. This is not an all-inclusive compilation of relevant market factors, only those which we feel are of top priority. WPI will seek to expand the offerings in this report and w...

soy-oilseeds

AP Quant: WASDE Soybeans

WPI offers the following PDF of key supply and demand tables and charts relating to the USDA’s latest WASDE report. This is not an all-inclusive compilation of relevant market factors, only those which we feel are of top priority. WPI will seek to expand the offerings in this report and w...

feed-grains

AP Quant: WASDE Corn

WPI offers the following PDF of key supply and demand tables and charts relating to the USDA’s latest WASDE report. This is not an all-inclusive compilation of relevant market factors, only those which we feel are of top priority. WPI will seek to expand the offerings in this report and w...

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