What on Earth (Day)
Afternoon Summary: I apologize to those of you who celebrate the time honored[i] Earth Day each April 22, as I forgot to mention it in today’s Morning Commentary. So, here’s [...]
More of the Same
Morning Summary: If we are honest with ourselves, we can admit the situation has gone beyond silly at this point. When I fired up the quote screen early Wednesday morning [...]
Winds of Change
Afternoon Summary: I’m sure you are familiar with the old saying, “If you don’t like the weather in (insert name of state here), wait five minutes and it will change”. [...]
The Same, But Different
Morning Summary: It’s a Tuesday morning, meaning we are all familiar with the routine. What was down to start the week is generally higher early this morning and vice versa. [...]
General Galimatias
Afternoon Summary: Judging by the title of today’s Afternoon Commentary (General Galimatias), you may be thinking I’m set to spin another of my yarns loosely related to markets, this one [...]
Not Necessarily The Onion
Morning Summary: How many of you are familiar with a “news” site called The Onion? If you aren’t, The Onion is where one goes to find ridiculous headlines and “news” [...]
2026: April 1 Cattle on Feed
USDA released its Cattle on Feed numbers for April 1, 2026 Friday afternoon. On Feed as of April 1: 11.576 million head (mh) Roughly the same as the March 1 [...]
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Afternoon Summary: Here in the US Midwest, it is difficult to have much empathy for the folks who live and work in New York, including what used to be the [...]
CFTC Commitments of Traders
Net Positions as of Tuesday, April 14 (Legacy, Futures Only) Corn: Net-long 248,881 contracts (a decrease of 41,938 contracts) HRW Wheat: Net-long 3,108 contracts (a decrease of 470 contracts) Soybeans: [...]
A Commodities Conflagration
Many years ago, while I still in the DTN Newsroom, I wrote a weekly On the Market column about what I called the Wider River Theory. This was back when [...]
More of the Same
Morning Summary: If you think the title (More of the Same) and picture used as an illustration for today’s Morning Commentary, you have a good eye and/or memory. They are [...]
And So It Begins
Afternoon Summary: As I mentioned in today’s Morning Commentary, and my latest piece for Barchart, the doors seem to have been opened to increased “trader” activity via predictive market websites[i]. [...]
Corn Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of U.S. Corn at 1,989 mb (blue column) through Thursday, April 09, a point in the [...]
Soybean Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 1,151 mb (blue column) through Thursday, April 09, a point in the [...]
Soybean Meal Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 10,570.97 (1,000 st) (blue column) through Thursday, April 09, a point [...]
Soybean Oil Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean oil at 323.3 (1,000 mt) (blue column) through Thursday, April 09, a point [...]