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World Grain FOB prices and Freight Rates 9/29/25

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for September 27, 2025

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Sep 28, 20251 min read

World Grain FOB prices and Freight Rates 9/22/25

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

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Sep 21, 20251 min read

Tidbits, Corn Acres, Contracts Roll, FOB 9/15/25

Tidbits Corn Acres: Zaner Ag Hedge Chief Analyst, Karen Braun, asked USDA/NASS via their chatline (paraphrased): Karen prepared state-by-state corn acres reported in June vs corn acres in September. Note the biggest acreage increases percentage wise were in Mississippi, North Dakota, Kansas, Arkansas, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, and Ohio. Together, Nebraska and Minnesota added 850,000 acres.

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Sep 15, 20254 min read

World Grain FOB prices and Freight Rates 9/15/25

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

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Sep 14, 20251 min read

Tidbits, Harvest, Crude Oil, Venezuela, FOB 9/8/25

Tidbits Harvest: There were many more areas in the Corn Belt than we expected that started harvest this weekend. The early yield results were reported to be less than expected, even areas where the weather was considered quite good, such as Northwest Iowa. Maybe the better-than-expected yields, if any, did not get reported. Of course, the worst yields for the 2025 crop will be the early harvest acres given the August weather. The Corn Belt weather for the next two we

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Sep 8, 20254 min read

World Grain FOB prices and Freight Rates 9/8/25

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

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Sep 7, 20251 min read

Tidbits, India & Pakistan, Fertilizers in Brazil, China's PMI, FOB 9/1/25

Tidbits Soybean crush: The USDA July soybean crush report will be issued tomorrow. It is expected to be up 7.2% from a year ago at 207.2 million bushels, the largest July crush on record and 5th largest of any month. India-Pakistan: More than a million people in Pakistan have been displaced in the Punjab province as the worst flooding there in four decades caused havoc in hundreds of villages and submerged vital grains crops. Torrential monsoon rain and neighboring India'

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Sep 1, 20254 min read