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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 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

Tidbits Soy Meal: A 30,000 mts cargo of Argentine soybean meal has cleared Chinese customs, marking the first shipment since Beijing allowed imports in 2019 and signaling a new trade channel with the world’s top soymeal exporter.   USDA’s Crop Progress  for the week ending November 16 had corn harvested at 91% (vs 94% five-year avg; 98% last year) and soybeans harvested at 95% (vs 96% five-year avg; 98% last year). Winter wheat is 92% planted (95% five-year avg; 94% last year

Tidbits December CBOT options expire Friday. Soybean futures were supported Sunday night and yesterday morning by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s weekend comment that he expects a trade deal with China to be signed perhaps by Thanksgiving and expressed confidence China would buy U.S. soybeans, just a little later than we were told in late October. Then just before noon, the NOPA reported its soybean crush for October. It was 227.647 million bushels, 18 million more bushels

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 47,147, +160 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $59.95, +0.11. Dollar Index  settled at 99.27, -0.29. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 2,125, +21. Corn December futures settled at $4.30¼, +3¢ for the

Tidbits Soybean Outlook We were concerned before Friday’s USDA numbers were released that the soybean rally would soon end because soybean exports are not meeting expectations.   China had never confirmed the purchase of any U.S. soybeans the Trump administration reported.  On Friday, USDA confirmed the sale of 332,000 mts of soybeans sold during the shutdown to China, which is about 100,000 mts less than what the rumor mill and the Trump administration had reported. It is po

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 46,987, -576 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $59.84, -1.04. Dollar Index  settled at 99.56, -0.16. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 2,104, +138. Corn December futures settled at $4.27¼, -4¼¢ 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

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 47,563, +356 points for the week. Crude oil  settled at $60.88, -0.56. Dollar Index  settled at 99.72, +0.78. Baltic Dry Index  (a shipping freight-cost index)  settled at 1,966, -25. Corn December futures settled at $4.31½, +8¼¢ for the

Tidbits The government shutdown has reached day 30, approaching the record. The longest shutdown in U.S. history of 35 days occurred during Donald Trump's first presidency in 2019. The ongoing one has already cost the U.S. economy $7-14 billion, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Medicine:  Farmers and ranchers could face a major premium hike as expanded Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits expire at year’s end unless Congress acts. W

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), 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, change the sales size or

Tidbits We have added pricing comments for soybeans & fuel to the Weekly Summary & Recommendations, make sure to take a look. U.S.-China: President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Thursday in Asia. That means they will talk while Americans are sleeping. The Wall Street Journal reports the U.S. and China have agreed to reduce port fees on vessels over 80,000 mts, which was a major point of contention. Most grain is shipped in Panamax vessels which gross 55,000