Spinning Wheel
Morning Summary: The US president’s friends and political allies in the petroleum industry, including Vlad the Invader, had a good night last night. Thanks to Secretary of State Rubio’s well-timed [...]
Technically Speaking Turnaround Tuesday
Afternoon Summary: As I settled in to write today’s Afternoon Commentary, I was in a bit of a quandary[i]. Having checked on the various markets over the course of the [...]
November Soybeans Daily Chart
Do I think classic technical patterns matter in this day and age of algorithm-driven trade? No. But let's pretend for a moment it's 40 years ago, and technical analysts still [...]
Evolution in Progress
Morning Summary: It wasn’t all that long ago when overnight markets were easy to figure out. For example, if a look at the pre-dawn quote screen showed the Energies sector [...]
Times Have Changed
Afternoon Summary: After I posted Monday’s Morning Commentary, a friend from southwest Kansas called and asked what today’s weather forecast was. It was at that moment I realized I had [...]
Brought To You By the Letter ‘W’
Morning Summary: What a Way to start the Week. As I ran the traps of the various sectors of the commodity complex pre-dawn Monday, the first thing that jumped out [...]
The Cattle Conundrum
As Forrest Gump told us, “Shrimping is tough.” The same could be said for the US cattle/beef industry, particularly after it fell into the crosshairs of the US president late [...]
CFTC Commitments of Traders
Net Positions as of Tuesday, July 14 (Legacy, Futures Only) Corn: Net-long 131,463 contracts (an increase of 30,483 contracts) HRW Wheat: Net-long 1,769 contracts (a switch of 7,782 contracts) Soybeans: [...]
It Ain’t Easy Being Green
Afternoon Summary: As Kermit the Frog told us long, long ago, “It ain’t easy being green”. However, given recent developments, maybe it is. If we dig past all the headlines [...]
Have Another Cup
Morning Summary: If you haven’t already, help yourself to a second cup of coffee this morning. A look at the quote screen pre-dawn Friday tells us all things are possible, [...]
A Real Throwaway Thursday
Afternoon Summary: After Thursday’s close, I visited with my good friend Tony St. James on the Rural Radio Commodity Wrap program. He asked me how I would describe Thursday’s activity, [...]
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 2,876 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 09, 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 1,403 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 09, 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 15,293.69 (1,000 st) (blue column) through Thursday, July 09, 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 351.4 (1,000 mt) (blue column) through Thursday, July 09, 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 10,397.6 (1,000 running bales) (blue column) through Thursday, July 09, 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 185 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 09, a point in the [...]