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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 46,247, -68 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $65.19, +2.47. Dollar Index  settled at 98.182, +0.53. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 2,259, +56. Corn December futures settled at $4.22, -2¢ for the week. Basis   (Z = December; e.g. 10Z means 10¢ over Dec futures) (Futures price + Basis = Cash p

Tidbits Ag support:  Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke L. Rollins announced last week an aggressive three-point plan that will support American agricultural producers and exporters. “President Trump is putting American agriculture first by negotiating fair, reciprocal deals that benefit U.S. producers, farmers, and ranchers,”  said Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke J. Lindberg. “Secretary Rollins is focused on expanding market access, enforcing tr

November Crude Oil marked it's high price 37 cents above the 66.05 resistance level, in what appears to be a blow off high. 66.00 to...

Tidbits Yield report  from a NE Kansas County adjacent to Nebraska: "Yields are variable depending on farming practices. APH at 150, our yields are 200, last year 211, but if you skipped on fungicide or fertilizer, around 175."   Thanks, Ron      Crude oil:  The purpose of the meeting on Tuesday of the military top brass called by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been described as a forum for Hegseth to explain the credo of "warrior ethos" (a warrior mentality) which includ

Tidbits October CBOT agriculture options expire today. The September quarterly grain stocks report will be released next Tuesday, September 30. U.S. Defense  Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned senior U.S. military officers from around the world to a meeting in Quantico, Virginia on Tuesday. It is not known why Hegseth has ordered top military brass to meet on such short notice, but the news rallied crude oil futures from 65¢ lower to 36¢ higher before settling down 1¢ yester

Dec Wheat - 0.75 Lower Dec Corn - 0.25 Lower Dec Bean Oil - 0.06 Higher Nov Beans - 0.50 Lower November Crude Oil marked its high price...

Tidbits Additional financial aid  to American farmers will soon be provided by the Trump administration as Agriculture Secretary Rollins said an announcement could come “perhaps in the next couple of weeks." The USDA  will lead a trade mission to Taipei, Taiwan , to expand trade opportunities for U.S. companies and boost U.S. agricultural exports. The mission takes place from September 29 to October 1 and includes 39 agribusinesses, trade organizations, and representatives fr

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

Tidbits Mexican Corn: The USDA attaché to Mexico sees their 2025/26 corn crop up 8% from last year at 25 million mts (USDA 24.8). Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 100,593 mts of 2025 crop corn and 22,354 mts of 2026 crop corn to Mexico. PMIs: Composite (Manufacturing & Services) Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was reported for: USA at 53.6 vs 54.1 expected Europe at 51.2 vs 51.1 expected Great Britain at 51.0 vs 52.9 expected Australia at 52.1 vs 50.4 expect

Dec Wheat - 0.25 Higher Dec Corn - 1.00 Lower Dec Bean Oil - Steady Nov Beans - 0.50 Higher November Crude Oil gained 1.35 for the day at...

Tidbits Flash sale: Yesterday morning the USDA announced the sale of 320,068 mts of 2025 crop corn sold to Mexico. Screwworm: Mexico confirmed a new case of New World Screwworm less than 70 miles from the U.S. border, the nearest detection to date. This species of screwworm is so dangerous because its maggots eat living flesh whereas other maggots eat only dead flesh. Argentina has removed export taxes on all grains until October 31, plus beef and poultry, to boost foreign sa

Dec Wheat - 0.50 Higher Dec Corn - Steady Dec Bean Oil - Steady Nov Beans - Steady November Crude Oil marked it's low 16 cents above the...

Q&A: SAF & Biofuel Question from a client: "19 Sept 2025 Good morning, Roger,          Which is the best way to produce SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel), corn, soybeans or crop residue?    Just a few miles away they keep talking about building a SAF plant that will use crop residue, bad idea in my opinion. This is not environmentally friendly or sustainable. Removing crop residue also removes nutrients of which you must replace, and that is just for starters, the negatives go

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for September 20, 2025

Dec Wheat - Steady Dec Corn - Steady to 0.75 Lower Dec Bean Oil - Steady Nov Beans - Steady Crude price - 62.52, up 0.12 S&P price -...

November Crude Oil marked its low at the 62.20 support level after selling off more than a Dollar from the high to the low. 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 46,315, +481 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $62.72, +0.12. Dollar Index  settled at 97.647, +0.03. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 2,203, +77. Corn December futures settled at $4.24, -6¢ for the week. Basis   (Z = December; e.g. 10Z means 10¢ over Dec futures) (Futures price + Basis = Cash

Tidbits Conservation Reserve Program:  On Wednesday, the USDA announced acceptance of 1.78 million acres into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). About 25.8 million acres are currently enrolled in CRP, which is in its 40th year. FSA received offers on more than 2.6 million acres. The program’s total acreage is capped at 27 million acres for fiscal year 2025. About 955,795 acres are expiring on September 30 this year. Producers submitted re-enrollment offers for just over

Tidbits Trade talks:  President Trump did talk yesterday morning with China’s President Xi. This is what Trump had to say after the call:  The soybean market was not impressed. November beans settled 12¢ lower yesterday and at the lowest closing price since 11 August.   Flash sale:  Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 206,460 mts of 2025 crop corn to unknown.   Also yesterday, Sec. of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins announced Taiwan agreed to purchase $10 billion wo