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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

Tidbits Russian President Putin held more than three hours of "highly useful" talks on Saturday with Americans Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner seeking a deal to end the Ukraine war, a Kremlin aide said, but he gave no indication ‌of any breakthrough. Witkoff and Kushner are in Kyiv today to continue the discussion with Ukrainian authorities. Q&A: Marketing Strategy for Soybeans Jake asked on September first: With the rapid rise in crop prices over the last few weeks, I’m left

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 =

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 53,277, -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

Tidbits Pro Farmer Crop Tour and USDA corn yield comparison: The Pro Farmer corn yield is obviously supportive for corn prices, but until the USDA prints a similar yield, the market’s reaction will be subdued. Given pollination problems which have been confirmed in August, it is reasonable to expect USDA to reduce their corn yield in the coming months. S&D Possible Changes and Comparisons:

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

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

Tidbits Wheat: A Ukrainian drone strike on Thursday inflicted “significant damage” on Russia’s grain export terminal at Taman on the Kerch Strait, a facility Reuters put at 5 million mts of capacity, where shipping through the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait has been halted since 10 July. That corridor handled roughly a quarter of Russian grain exports. Before the strike, Taman Port loaded 374,000 mts of wheat for export the week ending Thursday, down from 513,000 from the

Tidbits Flash Sales: Yesterday, the USDA announced the sale of 252,000 mts of new crop soybeans to unknown. China's Soybean Auctions: China's Sinograin auctioned 504,000 metric tons (18.5 million bushels) of imported soybeans on Friday. They sold roughly half of the offered volume in its largest reserve auction since January. Sold beans moved into commercial channels, and Sinograin has scheduled another auction of 501,158 metric tons for Wednesday, involving soybeans produced

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 The Strait of Hormuz status is disputed: Iran claims it is closed, while the United States insists it remains open. Actual traffic through the strait is severely reduced to a fraction of normal capacity as hundreds of vessels wait or are bypassing standard tracking amid expensive war-risk insurance premiums. Crude Oil was sharply lower early Monday after the U.S. paused its bombing campaign against Iran over the weekend. On Sunday, Iran said it will halt its own ​atta

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