CFTC Commitments of Traders
Net Positions as of Tuesday, September 01 (Legacy, Futures Only) Corn: Net-long 536,743 contracts (an increase of 95,828 contracts) HRW Wheat: Net-long 31,750 contracts (an increase of 9,605 contracts) Soybeans: [...]
It Had to Be
Afternoon Summary: We can close the books on this week’s trade, mostly, and head to the local watering hole to either relive or attempt to forget all that has happened. [...]
August Jobs Report
Friday morning's Comic Relief has been released in the form of the August jobs numbers. Let's have some fun: The August number came in at 162,000 as compared to the [...]
Good For a Laugh
Morning Summary: After a week like this one, and ahead of what is expected to be a volatile US 3-day holiday weekend, it’s good pre-dawn headlines can provide some comic [...]
The Wisdom of Gary and Bob
Afternoon Summary: As we reach the end of another Thirsty Thursday, it’s appropriate to quote my late friend and longtime CBOT floor reporter Gary Wilhelmi again. Gary told me many [...]
Corn Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of U.S. Corn at 3,349 mb (blue column) through Thursday, August 27, a point in the [...]
Soybean Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 1,498 mb (blue column) through Thursday, August 27, a point in the [...]
Soybean Meal Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 17,369.71 (1,000 st) (blue column) through Thursday, August 27, a point [...]
Soybean Oil Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean oil at 360.3 (1,000 mt) (blue column) through Thursday, August 27, a point [...]
Cotton Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026-2027 marketing year export shipments of U.S. upland cotton at 733.0 (1,000 running bales) (blue column) through Thursday, August 27, a [...]
Sorghum Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of U.S. sorghum at 200 mb (blue column) through Thursday, August 27, a point in the [...]
Wheat 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 180 mb (blue column) through Thursday, August 27, a point in [...]
Beef Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026 calendar-year export shipments of U.S. beef at 439.8 1,000 MT (blue column) through Thursday, August 27, a point in the [...]
Pork Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026 calendar-year export shipments of U.S. pork at 1,167.6 1,000 MT (blue column) through Thursday, August 27, a point in the [...]
US Drought Monitor
The latest weekly US Drought Monitor update, for the week ending Tuesday, September 1 (slide 1) showed little change from the previous week (slide 2). The latest map continued to [...]
Morning Bracer
Morning Summary: It surely is a sign of the times that the first thing I think about nearly every day is a morning bracer to prepare me for a look [...]
It Was a Wednesday
Afternoon Summary: On the normal weekly calendar, Wednesday has a number of nicknames including Watson (for the beginning of the new noncommercial positioning week), Wheat (because Wednesday can be a [...]
It’s a Wednesday
Morning Summary: If I was a newbie in the world of watching markets, a look at the quote screen pre-dawn Wednesday might’ve created a Blink reaction thinking things had changed [...]