The Cycle Continues
Afternoon Summary: If you are in the commodities complex, and your desk is starting to look like a well-stocked bar, I understand. The days of being able to use logic [...]
So Much for That
Morning Summary: When I turned in last night, the commodity complex was quiet. My thought at the time was that markets could stay that way given the US president was [...]
Not Your Typical Monday
Afternoon Summary: Let’s see, bombs and missiles were still flying between Israel and Iran, yet markets in the Energies sector struggled to hold gains over the course of Monday’s session. [...]
Remember When
Morning Summary: I remember when a weather radar map like what we see early this morning, the second Monday of meteorological summer, complete with rain falling over Chicago, would have [...]
CFTC Commitments of Traders
Net Positions as of Tuesday, June 02 (Legacy, Futures Only) Corn: Net-long 199,942 contracts (a decrease of 102,060 contracts) HRW Wheat: Net-short 9,002 contracts (an increase of 7,268 contracts) Soybeans: [...]
Like My Golf Game
Afternoon Summary: A look at Friday afternoon’s Barchart Futures Market Heat Map and the first thing that came to my mind was it looked a lot like my golf game. [...]
Seeing Red
Morning Summary: There wasn’t a lot of green in the commodity complex early Friday morning with the Barchart Futures Market Heat Map (slide 2) showing only 2 sectors not donning [...]
Find Your Happy Place
Afternoon Summary: Knowing most of you are in the Grains industry, I have two pieces of advice Thursday afternoon: First, turn off your screens for the day. It won’t do [...]
Wheat Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of all U.S. Wheat at 855 mb (blue column) through Thursday, May 28, a point in [...]
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 2,464 mb (blue column) through Thursday, May 28, a point in the [...]
Soybeans Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 1,307 mb (blue column) through Thursday, May 28, 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 13,102.22 (1,000 st) (blue column) through Thursday, May 28, 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 342.1 (1,000 mt) (blue column) through Thursday, May 28, a point [...]
Cotton Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2025-2026 marketing year export shipments of U.S. upland cotton at 8,882.7 (1,000 running bales) (blue column) through Thursday, May 28, 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 165 mb (blue column) through Thursday, May 28, a point in the [...]
Beef Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026 calendar-year export shipments of U.S. beef at 275.8 1,000 MT (blue column) through Thursday, May 28, 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 776.1 1,000 MT (blue column) through Thursday, May 28, a point in the [...]
US Drought Monitor
The latest weekly US Drought Monitor update, for the week ending Tuesday, June 2 (slide 1) showed some change this past week. Readings across the 3-I states (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana) [...]