Monday Meh
Afternoon Summary: Outside of the Energies sector, Monday could be described as “meh” for the commodity complex in general. So, let’s talk about Energies. Anyone with half a brain knew [...]
A Day in the Life
As part of the annual Barchart Summer Road Show I took part in last week, some of the sales team has a skit promoting the latest tools available titled “The [...]
New Week, Same Markets
Morning Summary: Welcome to a new week with a look at the quote screen showing us the commodity complex is basically more of the same. For those addicted to government [...]
The Gamblers’ Secret 2026
At the Barchart Summer Road Show event in Shakopee, Minnesota, after the talking had ended and the horse racing began (the event was held at Canterbury Park, appropriately enough) a [...]
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 3,082 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 30, 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 1,445 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 30, 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 16,216.14 (1,000 st) (blue column) through Thursday, July 30, 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 354.0 (1,000 mt) (blue column) through Thursday, July 30, a point [...]
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 193 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 30, 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 110 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 30, 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 391.9 1,000 MT (blue column) through Thursday, July 30, 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 1,049.3 1,000 MT (blue column) through Thursday, July 30, a point in the [...]
US Drought Monitor
The latest weekly US Drought Monitor update, for the week ending Tuesday, August 4 (slide 1) showed little change from the previous week (slide 2). The latest map continued to [...]
CFTC Commitments of Traders
Net Positions as of Tuesday, August 04 (Legacy, Futures Only) Corn: Net-long 255,068 contracts (an increase of 748 contracts) HRW Wheat: Net-long 17,657 contracts (an increase of 1,699 contracts) Soybeans: [...]
Morning Commentary Update
I was unable to post Morning Commentary Wednesday morning due to a power outage over parts of west Omaha. We will see if power stays on long enough to do [...]
Another Tuesday Morning
*I will be attending the Barchart Summer Road Show meeting in Omaha Tuesday afternoon, so there won’t be Afternoon Commentary later today. Morning Summary: It’s another Tuesday morning, meaning the [...]
Weather or Not, That is the Question
Afternoon Summary: It was another interesting Monday, regardless of the commodity complex sector you were watching. After a volatile first couple hours trade Sunday evening, the Energies sector eroded with [...]
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
This past weekend, the folks running Barchart’s social media posted a recent piece from CNBC.com, written by CJ Haddad titled/summarized as, “Trump Media’s new paid data service goes live, giving [...]
Another Monday Morning
Morning Summary: I sat at my desk for quite a while pre-dawn Monday before opening my quote screen. Once I click that button, even though I looked at Sunday night’s [...]
CFTC Commitments of Traders
Net Positions as of Tuesday, July 28 (Legacy, Futures Only) Corn: Net-long 254,320 contracts (an increase of 67,670 contracts) HRW Wheat: Net-long 15,958 contracts (an increase of 1,658 contracts) Soybeans: [...]