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Sep Wheat - Steady to 0.50 Higher Dec Corn - 1.25 Higher to 0.75 Lower Dec Bean Oil - Steady Nov Beans - 1.50 to 2.00 Higher September...

Tidbits Corn: Karen Braun was correct when she reported yesterday that U.S. corn stocks-to-use ratio at 13.3%, is the lowest for an August USDA projection in three years despite a yield 9.8 bushels above the previous record on the largest corn acreage since 1936. That is quite a testament to the magnitude of the corn demand.      Ukraine: Reuters reported last evening that European leaders and Ukraine's President Zelenskiy spoke with Trump in a last-ditch call hosted by Germa

Sep Wheat - 0.25 Lower Dec Corn - 0.75 Higher to 0.50 Lower Dec Bean Oil - .01 Higher Nov Beans - 2.00 to 3.00 Lower September Crude Oil...

Grain market summary of price outlook, seasonal situation, fundamental & technical analysis with our recommendations for corn , soybeans and wheat (Soft Red Winter, Hard Red Winter & Spring), fuel and fertilizer for past week Wednesday to Tuesday. Read about our approach to this report here . We provide three different marketing plans (in order of decreasing our preference). The marketing decision is yours to make, obviously you can mix those plans, change the sales size or

S&D Report Comment The biggest surprise on yesterday’s USDA S&D was the 2.1 million increase in corn planted acres and the decrease of 2.5 million acres of soybeans. The adjustment was made primarily as a result of the FSA certified acreage totals being available. This is the third consecutive year the FSA had the certified acreage paperwork completed before the August S&D. Always before, the certified acreage numbers were not available until September.   There is probably no

Sep Wheat - Steady Dec Corn - 0.50 Higher to 0.50 Lower Dec Bean Oil - Steady Nov Beans - Steady to 1.00 Lower September Crude Oil marked...

The numbers were:   Bearish Corn Yield was 188.8. That was higher than the highest estimate Corn acres were increased 2.1 million Bullish...

Tidbits S&D: Today at 11AM Central time the USDA will release its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, which is known as WASDE or just S&D and includes U.S. estimates. The key numbers will be corn and soybean yields for the 2025 crops and changes in demand for old and new crops. The market expects record corn yield by more than 5 bushels per acre and a record bean yield by almost a full bushel. Most market analysts say soybeans were sharply higher ye

Sep Wheat - Steady to 0.75 Lower Dec Corn - Steady to 1.00 Lower Dec Bean Oil - 0.02 Lower Nov Beans - 0.25 to 1.25 Lower September Crude...

Tidbits Export Markets by Eduardo Vanin of AgrInvest Commodities Saturday 9 August 2025: Soybean Premiums (basis)  Continue to Rise, Brazilian Corn Can't Compete   This past week the soybean market was marked by intense demand from China, which purchased more than 40 vessels. This strong demand is driving up premiums for Brazilian soybeans, making them increasingly expensive and difficult to trade, not only due to rising prices but also due to logistical challenges and a lack

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for August 9, 2025

Sep Wheat - 0.50 Higher Dec Corn - Steady to 0.50 Lower Dec Bean Oil - 0.37 Higher Nov Beans - 0.50 to 1.00 Lower Crude price - 63.58,...

September Crude Oil marked it's low 3 ticks below the 62.80 support level, then rallied almost 1.30 from the low to the high. support -...

It's our weekly US grain market prices analysis and outlook for corn, soybeans and wheat. Dow Jones  Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 44,176, +587 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $63.35, -3.91. Dollar Index  settled at 98.27, -0.42. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 2,051, +33. Corn September futures  settled at $3.82¾, -6¾¢ for the week. December futures settled at $4.05½, -5¼¢ for the week. Basis   (U = September; e.g. 10N

Tidbits Trade estimates for USDA's August S&D on Tuesday: President Trump  will meet President Putin  in Alaska this Friday to discuss tariffs, sanctions, ending the war, etc.   Baker Hughes  reported there were 539 oil and gas drilling rigs in operation last week in the USA. That is 1 less than a week ago and 49 fewer than a year ago. Canada had 180 rigs drilling this past week, 3 more than the previous week, but 37 fewer than a year ago.

Tidbits Yesterday morning the USDA announced the sale of 125,000 mts of new crop corn to unknown. Relationship of the U.S. dollar exchange rate and grain prices Conventional wisdom is the exchange rate of the dollar is a major factor in the sale of U.S. products to foreign buyers and it most certainly is. For example, Japan used to be the number one importer of U.S. agricultural products for decades before the emergence of China, Mexico, and Canada as big buyers, but Japan is

Tidbits Corn: The corn market got two news items yesterday morning to encourage some serious buying of corn futures. USDA weekly export sales report yesterday morning showed corn sales were fifth highest weekly sales of all time. Three of the four higher weekly corn sales included large quantities sold to China in the fall of 2021. Soybean and wheat export sales were also above the top of the range of pre-report estimates.  That takes the total new crop sales to 11.777 millio

Sep Wheat - 0.75 Higher to 0.25 Lower Dec Corn - 0.50 Higher to 1.00 Lower Dec Bean Oil - 0.10 Higher Nov Beans - 0.50 Higher to 0.75...

Tidbits Basis: Delphos, Ohio Bunge soybean crush plant weakened their fall delivery basis by 5¢ to -35X (35¢ under November futures) on Monday or Tuesday. Producers Ag’s Canton, Kansas facility weakened their fall delivery corn basis by 5¢ to -35Z (35¢ under December) yesterday as did Cargill at its corn syrup plant in Dayton, Ohio to -25Z.   If you have not made a decision about setting fall delivery basis, make it today. That does not mean you should blindly set the basis o

Sep Wheat - 0.50 Higher to 0.50 Lower Dec Corn - 0.25 Higher to 0.75 Lower Dec Bean Oil - 0.04 Higher Nov Beans - Steady to 1.00 Higher...