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Tidbits Ag Futures will not trade Sunday night to Monday afternoon morning due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Grain futures will reopen Monday evening at normal times. Exports: Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 136,000 mts of old crop corn to South Korea and 334,000 mts of old crop soybeans to China. Chinese customs data showed they imported 8.044 million mts of beans from all sources in December 2025, up 1.2% from December 2024. Total imports in 2025 at 111.8

March Wheat - Steady to 0.50 Higher March Corn - Steady to 1.00 Lower March Bean Oil - 0.06 Higher March Beans - Steady to 0.50 Lower Roll to March Crude: February Crude Oil marked its low price 3 ticks below the 59.80 support level, after selling off about 2.50 bucks from 14 cents below the 62.50 resistance number, at the time of this writing. March support - 59.55, 59.15, 58.35 March resistance - 61.00, 62.20 March Soybeans marked the high price 2.25 cents above the 1047.00

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), also for inputs like 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, cha

Tidbits President Trump announced that he will immediately impose a 25% tariff on any country that does any business with Iran. According to the most recent World Bank data, Iran, an OPEC member, exported goods to 147 countries in 2022. Its largest trading partners are China, certain East Asian countries, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Germany. The price of crude oil rose by another $1.50. The Supreme Court is expected to issue their ruling on Trump’s tariffs tod

March Wheat - Steady March Corn - 0.50 Higher to 0.25 Lower March Bean Oil - 0.03 Higher March Beans - Steady to 0.75 Lower February Crude Oil marked its high price 20 cents above the 61.30 resistance number, after rallying about 2.00 bucks from the previous evening's low print. support - 60.15, 59.80 resistance - 62.50, 62.95 March Soybeans marked the low price 3 ticks above the 1337.00 support level, after selling off about 15.00 cents from last night's swing high. support

USDA's S&D Highlights The highlights of yesterday’s USDA data were: Corn yield: 186.5, 1.2 bushels above the highest  pre-report estimate.     Corn production was 294 million bushels more than the highest  estimate. Corn harvested acres: 900,000 more than the highest estimate with an increase of 1.22 million in January after an increase of 1.38 million in September after a 1.93 million increase  in August. Corn world carryover was 7.91 million mts more than the highest estima

March Wheat - 0.75 to 1.00 Higher March Corn - 0.50 Higher to 0.50 Lower March Bean Oil - 0.15 Higher March Beans - Steady to 1.00 Higher February Crude Oil marked its high price 16 cents above the 59.75 resistance level, after rallying about 1.40 bucks from the early morning low price print. support - 58.45, 58.00, 57.60 resistance - 60.50, 61.30 March Soybeans marked the high price 3 ticks above the 1070.50 resistance number, then sold off about 23.00 cents into the noon ho

The numbers were bearish for corn, wheat and beans.   CBOT 20 Minutes After Report Mar corn -17 Mar beans -14 July CBOT wheat -8 July KC wheat -9 Sept Spring wheat -1    Do not panic sell. If anything, buy some futures to offset previous cash sales. There will not be any worse news than this and users will be buying ahead. The market is not going to believe these corn production numbers.

Corn Outlook & Tidbits At 11 AM Central Time today USDA will release its final 2025 crop production reports, monthly S&D for the U.S. and the world, as well actual planted acres for winter wheat. We will send you the numbers as quickly as we can.   Corn prices:  Yesterday afternoon Teucrium Investments reminded its clients that seasonal studies show that corn frequently finds a post-harvest low in early autumn before stabilizing and pushing higher into year-end and beyond. Th

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for January 10, 2026

March Wheat - 0.75 Higher March Corn - Steady to 1.00 Lower March Bean Oil - 0.02 to 0.05 Lower March Beans - 0.25 to 1.00 Lower Crude price - 59.42, up 0.30 S&P price - 6798.00, up 19.75 Ukraine’s soil is very fertile and very deep, often more than 12 feet. During WW II, freight trains transporting war supplies to the German armies deep into the Soviet Union, were ordered by Hitler to load the empty cars with topsoil from Ukraine on the return trip to Germany. For pertinent

February Crude Oil marked its high price 12 cents above the 59.65 resistance level, after rallying about 2.15 bucks from the overnight low. support - 57.60, 57.60 resistance - 59.75, 60.50 March Soybeans marked the high price 1.50 below the 1070.50 resistance number, after rallying about 7.50 cents from the overnight low print. support - 1060.50, 1055.00 resistance - 1070.50, 1079.00 March Corn marked its high price 2 ticks beneath the 448.00 resistance price, after moving up

It's our weekly U.S. grain market analysis and outlook for corn, soybeans and wheat, including traders positioning, basis bids tracking, crush margins, weekly news wrap-up and comments. Dow Jones  Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 49,504, +1,122 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $58.78, +1.45. Dollar Index  settled at 99.14, +0.71. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 1,688, -194. Corn March futures settled at $4.45¾, +8¼¢ for the

Tidbits Iran:  The ongoing protests in Iran escalated the past two days. The Iranian government cut internet access and telephone service in the major cities on Thursday. The demonstrations now span all 31 Iranian provinces. The protests began as a protest against an economy in freefall but soon broadened to demand the overthrow of the government. Rebels report they have complete control of two major Iranian cities. The Human Rights Activist News Agency, which tallies only vi

Tidbits Flash sale:  Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 198,000 mts of old crop soybeans to unknown.   The U.S. Supreme Court  did not issue a ruling yesterday on President Trump’s global tariffs.   The U.S. unemployment  rate edged down to 4.4% in December 2025, from a revised 4.5% in November, which had marked the highest level since October 2021. The reading also came in slightly below market expectations of 4.5%. The economy added 50,000 non-farm payrolls i

Tidbits Tariffs: The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to announce later this morning their decision on the legality of Trump’s tariffs. The administration faces the possibility of having to refund nearly $150 billion paid in tariffs to importers if the court declares that the sweeping duties Trump has imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are illegal. Venezuela: The U.S. Senate voted yesterday to advance a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump

March Wheat - Steady to 0.50 Higher March Corn - Steady March Bean Oil - 0.50 Higher March Beans - 0.75 Higher to 0.50 Lower Review for Wednesday's trade, new numbers for tomorrow. February Crude Oil marked its low 14 cents below the 56.00 support level, after selling off about 1.30 bucks from the high. support - 56.70, 55.80 resistance - 58.85-58.95 - breakout higher point, 59.65, 60.40 March Soybeans marked the high price 2.50 cents above the 1068.00 resistance number, afte

Tidbits On Monday at 11 AM Central Time, the USDA will issue its revised estimates for domestic and world Supply and Demand (S&D), the final 2025 U.S. crop production and yield numbers, the Quarterly Stocks (inventory) of commodities as of 1 December 2025, Winter Wheat and Canola seedings, and Cotton Ginnings. The January USDA reports are one of the top three major report days of every year for grain producers and users. The market action of March futures for the day of & the

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), also for inputs like 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, cha

Tidbits Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 336,000 mts of old crop soybeans to China. China’s state stockpiler Sinograin purchased 10 U.S. soybean cargoes this week, totaling about 600,000 mts for March–May shipment, the total U.S. crop purchases are now estimated at 8.5–10 million mts, up to 80% of the 12 million mts Secretary Scott Bessent said China pledged to buy by end-February. Venezuela’s Stock Market was up 17% on Monday and 50% yesterday after Nicolás