Sorghum Weekly Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026-2027 marketing year export shipments of U.S. sorghum at 1 mb (blue column) through Thursday, October 01, a point in the [...]
Wheat Weekly Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026-2027 marketing year export shipments of all U.S. Wheat at 251 mb (blue column) through Thursday, October 01, a point in [...]
Beef Weekly Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026 calendar-year export shipments of U.S. beef at 497.8 1,000 MT (blue column) through Thursday, October 01, a point in the [...]
Pork Weekly Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026 calendar-year export shipments of U.S. pork at 1,325.1 1,000 MT (blue column) through Thursday, October 01, a point in the [...]
US Drought Monitor
The latest weekly US Drought Monitor update, for the week ending Tuesday, October 6 (slide 1) showed only slight improvement from the previous week (slide 2), particularly in northwest Kansas. [...]
Things to Think About Thursday
Morning Summary: When I fired up the old quote screen Thursday morning, the first thing I saw was spot-month diesel sitting 19.5 cents higher. So, I flipped to my Energies [...]
Over the Hump
Afternoon Summary: As markets across the commodity complex move toward a close Wednesday, we get closer to being over the Hump (as in Day) this week. This means we are [...]
Dec Live Cattle Daily Close Only
There is a lot going on with December live cattle these days, so let's take a look at a few interest aspects from a technical point of view. Dec closed [...]
Diesel Fuel Daily
Shortly after I posted Tuesday's Morning Commentary (Dumb Decisions and Dyed Diesel) a friend from central Nebraska sent this message, "I think I should top off my tank. That (the [...]
Welcome to a Watson Wednesday
Morning Summary: The first thing that jumped out at me pre-dawn Wednesday was the US dollar index had firmed overnight, adding as much as 0.50 and was sitting near its [...]
A Real Green Day
Afternoon Summary: You don't see this often, so when I noticed it, I thought it would be fun to share. A look at Tuesday afternoon's Barchart Futures Market Heat Map [...]
December Corn Daily
As discussed in this past weekend's Weekly Analysis, December Corn is a mix of trends. Major (long-term) is down following the bearish spike reversal at the end of September Secondary [...]
Dumb Decisions and Dyed Diesel
Morning Summary: The lead headline Tuesday morning read, “(The US president) allows cheaper, dyed diesel on highways to blunt historic fuel-cost spike ahead of midterms”. Digging into the piece, and [...]
December Cotton Daily
I want to put the spotlight on a market that usually lurks in the shadows: Cotton. As mentioned in Monday's Afternoon Commentary, the December contract gained as much as 2.12 [...]
Monday Monday
Afternoon Summary: The classic song (Monday Monday) from The Mamas & the Papas said it well, “Monday, Monday, you can’t trust that day. Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out [...]
Export Sales Announcement
USDA announced export sales Monday morning: 123,540 mt of 2026-27 corn to Mexico 104,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to unknown destinations There is a strong likelihood this is some of [...]
Another Monday Morning
Morning Summary: Welcome to another week everyone, the first full week of October. A look at the quote screen and we see the commodity complex is – well – it’s [...]