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Weekly Basis 3/15/26

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 46,558, -943 points for the week.

Crude oil settled at $99.31, +8.04.

Dollar Index settled at 100.5, +1.65.

Baltic Dry Index (a shipping freight-cost index) settled at 2,028, +18.


Corn


May futures settled at $4.67¼, +6¾¢ for the week.

December corn settled at $4.91½, +7¢ for the week.


Basis (K = May; e.g. 10K means 10¢ over May futures) (Futures price + Basis = Cash price)

  • The US national average basis was -41K, 2¢ weaker.

  • Dayton, Ohio Cargill’s spot basis was 10K, 5¢ weaker, $4.77 cash price.

  • Iowa Falls Poet’s spot basis was -30K, steady, $4.37 cash price.


COT Report (Commitment of Traders, chart below):

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