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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

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

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for December 13, 2025

Сurrency & Prices We mentioned on Saturday that the Brazilian currency was sharply lower on Friday, making Brazil’s products cheaper to buy for foreign buyers compared to U.S. products. Susan Stroud of No Bull Ag reported Brazil’s currency lost 2.3% versus the dollar on Friday. Despite CBOT January soybeans settling 14¼¢ lower on Friday, Brazil’s soybeans gained about 11¢. Here is the math:   If soybeans were $11 a bushel in the U.S. on Friday and the exchange rate of Brazil’

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for December 6, 2025

Tidbits Ukraine:  U.S. Sec. of State Rubio led U.S. negotiations with Ukrainian officials in Florida yesterday. Both sides said the talks were productive about a peace deal with Russia with Rubio expressing optimism about the progress. Rubio said the aim is to create a pathway that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent.   Venezuela:  Yesterday, Venezuela's President Maduro was requesting a conversation with President Trump according to multiple news sources. Sunday evening

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for November 29, 2025

Tidbits Ukraine:  On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio led the talks in Geneva with a high-level Ukrainian delegation after Ukraine and its European allies rejected the U.S. peace plan because of the major concessions to Russia.   Rubio said significant progress was made on crafting a plan to end the war in Ukraine during the talks, but no agreement was reached on how to guarantee Kyiv's security amid concerns about the threat posed by Russia.   European officials j

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for November 22, 2025

Tidbits During the 43 days the U.S. government was shut down, December spring wheat gained 6¢, Hard Red Winter December wheat gained 42¢, Soft Red Winter December wheat gained 47¢, December corn gained 28¢ and January beans gained $1.30, new highs not only for the year, but higher than any time since June 2024.   There has been a lot of talk over the years that farm commodities are the only products in the U.S. that everyone is told what production was in the past and expecte

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for November 15, 2025

Tidbits Inflation: Two weeks ago, the U.S. inflation rate for the past 12 months was reported to be 3%, way above the Federal Reserve’s stated goal of 2%. Three days later, the Fed reduced the Fed Fund Rate. Chairman Jerome Powell said, “Inflation has eased significantly from its highs in mid-2022 but remains somewhat elevated relative to our 2 percent longer-run goal."   In August 1971, the U.S. annual inflation rate reached an "intolerable" 3% and all financial “experts” pr

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for November 8, 2025

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for November 1, 2025

Tidbits Tariffs:  Yesterday, President Trump signed trade deals with Thailand, Malaysia, and Cambodia. Tariffs on most of their exports to the U.S. will remain at 19%. Thailand and Malaysia will increase exports of rare earth minerals to the U.S. while allowing increased access of U.S. products to all three countries' markets.   At the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, President Lula of Brazil and Trump talked for nearly an hour yesterday and indica

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for October 25, 2025

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for October 11, 2025

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for October 4, 2025

Tidbits The Quarterly Grain Stocks Report  will be issued tomorrow at 11 AM Central. This September stocks report includes a look back at the last three marketing years to see if the current inventory is reasonable given the crop production and consumption numbers of each of those years. Once every 10 or so years, there is a huge surprise in September. However, during the past six years, USDA has made some adjustments “out-of-schedule” for past marketing years.   The most rec