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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 51,655, +478 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $91.66, +0.40. Dollar Index settled at 102.23, +0.31. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 2,917, -231. Corn December futures settled at $4.79¾, -18¢ 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 51,177, -652 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $91.26, -1.18. Dollar Index settled at 101.92, +0.88. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 3,148, -278. Corn December futures settled at $4.97¾, -30½¢ 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 51,829, +146 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $92.44, -7.86. Dollar Index settled at 101.04, +0.83. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 3,426, +56. Corn December futures settled at $5.28¼, +¾¢ 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

Tidbits With so many world leaders at the UN in New York this week, there are many news reports about plans to end the two wars. All that “peace by Christmas talk” is having a negative impact on the price of corn and especially wheat. Louis Dreyfus Company has nearly completed the construction of its soybean processing plant in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The facility will have oil blending and packaging capabilities and will distribute a variety of vegetable oils and food ingredie

Tidbits Brazilian farmers had planted 1.2% of the expected area for their 2026/27 soybean crop, ahead of last year’s pace. First corn crop planting reached 27% in the center-south region, compared with 22% a week earlier and 25% a year ago. Despite the strong pace, low temperatures have constrained progress in some areas, with isolated corn fields hit by frost over the past two weeks, AgRural said. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ​said on Monday that Uruguay had

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 51,683, -891 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $100.3, +0.31. Dollar Index settled at 100.21, +1.12. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 3,370, -137. Corn December futures settled at $5.27½, -2¾¢ for the week. Basis (Z =

Tidbits All indications are the XI/Trump meeting for Thursday are still on schedule. Q&A: Urea Price From Russ: "Looked at spring urea. This late summer was 460. Two weeks ago 570. Now 620. Every time they told us to wait - CHS has not taken a position on spring tons yet. Missing the boat?" China resumed urea exports in late May 2026, with the main export window and significant shipments beginning in July 2026. Producing nitrogen fertilizer takes a tremendous amount of heat.

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 52,573, -841 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $99.99, +8.77. Dollar Index settled at 99.09, -0.07. Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 3,507, -121. Corn December futures settled at $5.30¼, -6½¢ for the week. Basis (Z = D

Tidbits Flash Sales: The USDA announced yesterday the sale of 264,000 mts of old crop corn to Mexico. Soy Crush & Exports: The total volume of soybean processing in the U.S., Argentina, and Brazil during the September–August 2025/26 marketing year reached a record high of 176.7 million mts, 5.2% higher from the previous year’s 167.9 million, according to Oil World from Germany. The U.S. crushed 72.1 million mts and 8.4% more compared to a year ago, Brazil at 61.76 million and

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