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World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for October 31, 2026

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for October 24, 2026

Tidbits Rumors and broader fears focused on escalations in ongoing wars (especially Ukraine-Russia and Saudi-Houthi/Yemen), settler violence in the West Bank, and significant civil unrest in France, and on potential further expansion of violence in the Mid-East (tied to Iran related dynamics). Ukraine conducted one of its largest drone attacks of the conflict overnight into Sunday, launching more than 1,000 drones. Strikes hit the St. Petersburg/Leningrad region, setting the

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for October 17, 2026

Tidbits Russia-Ukraine: On Saturday, President Trump called for Ukrainian President Zelensky to be replaced, accusing him of repeatedly rejecting opportunities to end the war with Russia and defying his warning against striking Russian oil infrastructure. Early yesterday, Trump stated on Truth Social: Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it! There has been no confirmation from Russia

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

Tidbits This week is pivotal as the corn and soybean markets shift from a mix of old and new crop fundamentals to strictly new crop fundamental factors. Each day, the weather, harvest progress, actual yields, etc., the Crop Progress this afternoon, and the Crop Production with S&D on Friday and all the estimates between now and Friday will impact prices. The crop news will have a back-drop of shifting geo-political issues that will impact decisions we all need to make about b

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for October 3, 2026

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for September 26, 2026

Tidbits Early harvest corn yields: We have received 7 feedbacks that include harvested yields from mid-size farmers from Indiana to Western Iowa. They uniformly say corn yields are not bad, but 20 bushels less than last year Early harvested acres are usually the worst yielding in dry areas. However, most of these disappointing yields are blamed on poor pollination, not dry weather. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng yesterday a

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for September 19, 2026

Tidbits The three-day 18th BRICS Summit held in New Delhi, India concluded yesterday. Chinese President Xi Jinping urged member nations to help end the war in the Middle East, positioning the BRICS bloc as a force for global stability. Russian business envoy Kirill Dmitriev confirmed an agreement on the BRICS payment system has been reached to bring a financial clearing system within trading partners. However, other issues of financial cooperation are also in focus. According

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for September 12, 2026

Tidbits After meeting with President Putin Saturday, American negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy and other top Ukrainian officials in Kyiv. Zelenskiy, who believes Washington will be key to ⁠any peace deal, has said a window of opportunity to make peace exists before the U.S. begins focusing on its next presidential election. "Security guarantees are needed. A dignified post-war peace is needed. Our proposals have been drawn u

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for September 5, 2026

Tidbits Turkey is discussing a plan to create a new grain corridor in the Black Sea. According to local media, Turkey has intensified diplomatic contacts with Russia and Ukraine. The Chamber of Maritime Commerce of Turkey confirmed that it held meetings at the Ministry of Transport, where they spoke of "intense discussions" regarding a new grain deal. However, no specific deadlines have been mentioned. We do not see any way this grain corridor will be created any time soon, b

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for August 29, 2026

Tidbits Market Comment: December corn opened 2 to 4¢ higher last evening and then proceeded to move 13¢ higher in the first two hours of trading. Wheat was a follower gaining 2¢ less than the corn. Soybeans were down 4 to 7¢ as the Pro Farmers yield numbers were more than a half bushel above the USDA’s. The next USDA crop production report is 11 September, 14 trading days away. A lot can happen between now and 11 September. Keep in mind, StoneX put the corn yield at 184.8 and

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for August 15, 2026

Tidbits Weekend Comments from AgrInvest Commodities in Brazil: The fertilizer market ended the week with strong downward pressure on nitrogen fertilizers, especially after the results of the Indian tender and the expansion of urea export quotas by China. Urea fell to the US$410–415/t CFR Brazil range, approaching the year's lows and increasing expectations of a demand recovery if prices break the US$400/t level. Ammonium sulfate followed the downward trend, giving back much