Recent Soy & Oilseeds Analysis
Market Commentary: New Year Looks Like Old Year
Traders closed out an overall lower week with more of the same. There was a new contract low in SRW, but a late rally pushed HRW slightly into the green for the day but not for the week. Traders brushed off increasing Russia-Ukraine hostilities and any risk of winterkill in wheat. It was a fift...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.375/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.065/bushel, down $0.005 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.4575/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $296/short ton, down $3...
New Bridge Payments Restore Profitability
On 31 December the USDA announced the per acre payment rates for the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program for producers hit by the ongoing tariffs. Cotton and rice will receive the highest payments. On 15 December WPI estimated the upcoming payments, with cotton and rice at the top of t...
Market Commentary: January WASDE is the Future
The pre-holiday risk-off, profit-taking mode continued on the last trading day of 2025. Traders closed out the calendar year with the expected low-level enthusiasm. Positions were tidied up with few fresh inputs as the past is the past and the future is now the USDA January WASDE report. ...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.4025/bushel, down $0.0025 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.07/bushel, down $0.0375 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.475/bushel, down $0.1475 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $299.4/short ton, down $...
Market Commentary: Export Sales Fail to Excite Soybeans; Corn, Wheat Down on Technical Trade
The CBOT traded mostly lower on Tuesday with funds remaining dedicated sellers. The motivation for their selling stems partially from pre-holiday risk-off trading and partially from the technical weakness enveloping the charts. Corn was the downside leader for the second straight day, though ob...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.405/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.1075/bushel, down $0.0225 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.6225/bushel, down $0.0125 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $302.3/short ton, down...
China Market Analysis
Grain Utilization Grain market prices have been cooling of late due to the prospects of a large South American crop, but China is also cited as an influence. Sinograin has been auctioning soybeans and it may also be releasing some of its reserves of corn into the market. Corn and wheat are bein...
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: New Year Looks Like Old Year
Traders closed out an overall lower week with more of the same. There was a new contract low in SRW, but a late rally pushed HRW slightly into the green for the day but not for the week. Traders brushed off increasing Russia-Ukraine hostilities and any risk of winterkill in wheat. It was a fift...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.375/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.065/bushel, down $0.005 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.4575/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $296/short ton, down $3...
New Bridge Payments Restore Profitability
On 31 December the USDA announced the per acre payment rates for the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program for producers hit by the ongoing tariffs. Cotton and rice will receive the highest payments. On 15 December WPI estimated the upcoming payments, with cotton and rice at the top of t...
Market Commentary: January WASDE is the Future
The pre-holiday risk-off, profit-taking mode continued on the last trading day of 2025. Traders closed out the calendar year with the expected low-level enthusiasm. Positions were tidied up with few fresh inputs as the past is the past and the future is now the USDA January WASDE report. ...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.4025/bushel, down $0.0025 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.07/bushel, down $0.0375 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.475/bushel, down $0.1475 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $299.4/short ton, down $...
Market Commentary: Export Sales Fail to Excite Soybeans; Corn, Wheat Down on Technical Trade
The CBOT traded mostly lower on Tuesday with funds remaining dedicated sellers. The motivation for their selling stems partially from pre-holiday risk-off trading and partially from the technical weakness enveloping the charts. Corn was the downside leader for the second straight day, though ob...
Summary of Futures
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.405/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.1075/bushel, down $0.0225 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.6225/bushel, down $0.0125 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $302.3/short ton, down...
China Market Analysis
Grain Utilization Grain market prices have been cooling of late due to the prospects of a large South American crop, but China is also cited as an influence. Sinograin has been auctioning soybeans and it may also be releasing some of its reserves of corn into the market. Corn and wheat are bein...
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...