Grain Marketing Education, News & Strategies

Tidbits Yesterday's price weakness for corn, wheat, and beans was a function of residual talk about a deal to get wheat out of Russia and Ukraine (all show, no doubt), fear of Friday’s USDA S&D (normal), and some long position holders taking profit. Early yesterday, soybean export trader with AgrInvest, Eduardo Vanin, said rumors that China had bought a million mts of U.S. soybeans. Later, USDA announced 440,000 mts of beans were booked for export. Maybe another big sale of b

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. 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 s

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. The Dow Jones Index settled on Friday at 53,414, -146 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $91.22, +7.78. Dollar Index settled at 99.16, -0.52. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 3,628, +442. Corn December futures settled at $5.36¾, +¼¢ for the week. Basis (Z = De

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. 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 s

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. The Dow Jones Index settled on Friday at 53,560, +283 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $83.44, -3.20. Dollar Index settled at 99.68, +0.84. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 3,186, +345. Corn December futures settled at $5.36½, +27¾¢ for the week. Basis (Z =

Tidbits Corn was not nearly as strong yesterday as soybeans and wheat were for the first time in many weeks. Soybeans and wheat made new highs by substantial margins. September and December corn both made new highs, but not by much. It is simply the first sign of a market that may be nearing a top or it simply needs some new bullish news to propel the price higher. China buying U.S. corn or confirmation that the corn yield will be near the Pro Farmer number (173.2) rather tha

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. 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 s

Tidbits Flash Sales: The USDA reported yesterday sales of 132,000 mts of new crop soybeans to unknown. Iran & China: U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent announced “Operation Economic Outcast” yesterday, saying “If (countries) facilitate transactions and are part of the ecosystem that turns Iranian oil into money, into repression, they will be targeted.” This includes any country that participates in Iran’s aviation, shipping, and technology sectors. Bessent said that China will n

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. The Dow Jones Index settled on Friday at 53,277, -455 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $86.64, +4.24. Dollar Index settled at 98.84, -0.80. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 2,841, -3. Corn September futures settled at $4.83¾, +24¾¢ for the week. December cor

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. 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 s

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. The Dow Jones Index settled on Friday at 53,732, -305 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $82.4, +5.32. Dollar Index settled at 99.64, +0.04. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 2,844, -245. Corn September futures settled at $4.59, +20¢ for the week. December corn

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. 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 s

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. The Dow Jones Index settled on Friday at 54,037, +1,552 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $77.08, -9.72. Dollar Index settled at 99.6, -0.20. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 3,089, +357. Corn September futures settled at $4.39, -1¾¢ for the week. December co

Tidbits Flash Sales: Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sales of 238,000 mts of new crop soybeans to China 29,808 mts of new crop corn and 256,289 mts of 2027 crop corn to Mexico. One has to wonder why Mexico is committing to buy so much 2027 corn this far in advance. What do they know that we do not know? Their expected demand for corn in the 2027-28 marketing year. Russian drones damaged two vessels on Friday per multiple reports, one of them carrying wheat. Andrey S

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. 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 s

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. The Dow Jones Index settled on Friday at 52,485, +538 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $86.8, -3.67. Dollar Index settled at 99.8, -1.66. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 2,732, -11. Corn September futures settled at $4.40¾, -23½¢ for the week. December corn

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. 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 s

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. The Dow Jones Index settled on Friday at 51,947, -199 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $90.47, +8.00. Dollar Index settled at 101.46, +0.71. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 2,743, -9. Corn September futures settled at $4.64¼, +19½¢ for the week. December co

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. 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 s

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. The Dow Jones Index settled on Friday at 52,146, -491 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $82.47, +10.96. Dollar Index settled at 100.75, -0.21. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 2,752, -192. Corn September futures settled at $4.44¾, +5¼¢ for the week. December