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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. Dow Jones  Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 49,504, +1,122 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $58.78, +1.45. Dollar Index  settled at 99.14, +0.71. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 1,688, -194. Corn March futures settled at $4.45¾, +8¼¢ for the

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 here . 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, cha

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. Dow Jones  Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 48,382, -329 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $57.33, +0.40. Dollar Index  settled at 98.43, +0.38. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 1,882, +5. Corn March futures settled at $4.37½, -12½¢ for the we

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 here . 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, cha

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. Dow Jones  Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 48,711, +576 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $56.93, +0.39. Dollar Index  settled at 98.05, -0.67. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 1,877, -146. Corn March futures settled at $4.50, +6¼¢ for the we

Wheat & Put Options On 27 May 2022, September Soft Red Winter Wheat futures settled at $11.66 after trading to $12.85 on 17 May.    Here is the daily price chart for September 2022 CBOT wheat June through August 2022: On 27 May 2022, September Soft Red Winter Wheat futures settled at $11.66 after trading to $12.85 on 17 May.    Here is the daily price chart for September 2022 CBOT wheat June through August 2022:

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 here . 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, cha

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. Dow Jones  Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 48,135, -323 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $56.54, -0.99. Dollar Index  settled at 98.72, +0.33. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 2,023, -182. Corn March futures settled at $4.43¾, +3¢ for the we

Tidbits Flash sale: Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 114,000 of old crop soybeans to unknown. The Consumer Price Index  (CPI) measures inflation at the retail level. Yesterday’s U.S. CPI number of 2.7% annual inflation rate surprised the markets, which expected an annual inflation rate of 3.1%. Lower inflation increases the probability of lower interest rates which is good for all working-class people and businesses, but it also reduces demand for U.S. dollar

Tidbits Technically, March corn is looking good after testing its 100 day moving average the past three days and then settled up 4¢ yesterday. March beans traded 6¢ higher early yesterday, then 7¢ lower later before settling down 2¾¢, about 10¢ below its 100 day moving average and a little below the bottom of the gap from 27 October. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is 21.36 is quite supportive. Fundamentally, the market is talking about Brazil’s “bigger than ever” bean crop

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 here . 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, cha

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. Dow Jones  Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 48,458, +503 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $57.53, -2.61. Dollar Index  settled at 98.39, -0.60. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 2,205, -522. Corn March futures settled at $4.40¾, -4¢ for the we

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 here . 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, cha

Tidbits December S&D  will be released by the USDA today at 10 AM Mountain Time. In past years, the USDA never changed the yields on the December report, but some analysts expect there may be a yield adjustment this year because of the government shutdown. We doubt it, but it would be logical to have an adjustment since we did not get one in October. Farm aid: USDA announced that $11 billion of “bridge money” will be paid to farmers no later than 28 February 2026 and farmers

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. Dow Jones  Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 47,955, +239 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $60.14, +1.66. Dollar Index  settled at 98.99, -0.49. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 2,727, +167. Corn March futures settled at $4.44¾, -3¢ for the we

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 here . 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, cha

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. Dow Jones  Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 47,716, +1,471 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $58.48, +0.50. Dollar Index  settled at 99.48, -0.72. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 2,560, +285. Corn December futures settled at $4.47¾, +10¼¢ for

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 here . 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, cha

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. Dow Jones  Industrial Average Index settled on Friday at 46,245, -902 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $57.98, -1.97. Dollar Index  settled at 100.2, +0.93. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 2,275, +150. Corn December futures settled at $4.25½, -4¾¢ for th

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 here . 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, cha