A Time for Everything
Morning Summary: I wasn’t sure what to expect from markets early Wednesday morning, so I dawdled a bit over a second cup of coffee, checked the baseball box scores (Yes, [...]
Bright Eyes
Afternoon Summary: While Tuesday’s activity paled in comparison to what we saw during Big Monday, a number of markets did show signs of typical Turnaround trade. Let’s start out in [...]
Last Night
Morning Summary: “Do you remember, the 21st night of September?” This was the question asked by Earth, Wind, and Fire back in 1978. A look at the quote screen early [...]
Big Monday
Afternoon Summary: You’ve heard of Good Friday and Super Tuesday? Well, a look the quote screen this afternoon and we can add Big Monday into the mix. While Market Rule [...]
I Wonder What It Could Be
Morning Summary: As I watched the various sectors of the commodity complex open Sunday evening and night, a pattern started to develop. Both Metals and Energies were under pressure while [...]
CFTC Commitments of Traders
Net Positions as of Tuesday, September 15 (Legacy, Futures Only) Corn: Net-long 542,384 contracts (a decrease of 615 contracts) HRW Wheat: Net-long 30,335 contracts (a decrease of 5,052 contracts) Soybeans: [...]
2026: September 1 Cattle on Feed
USDA released its Cattle on Feed numbers for September 1, 2026 Friday afternoon. On Feed as of September 1: 11.163 million head (mh) Up fractionally from the August 1 number [...]
A Matter of Time
*I’m away from the studio Friday afternoon so there won’t be an audio version of Afternoon Commentary. Afternoon Summary: One of the stories I saw early Friday as I wrote [...]
Frantic or Not, It’s a Friday
Morning Summary: As I slowly made my way through the various sectors of the commodity complex Friday morning, things looked relatively calm. The US dollar index was showing a small [...]
For the Umpteenth Time
Afternoon Summary: I talked about it with during today’s Markets Now discussion with Michelle Rook. It doesn’t make any difference how markets trade overnight, how they open, if we see [...]
Corn Weekly Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026-2027 marketing year export shipments of U.S. Corn at 97 mb (blue column) through Thursday, September 10, a point in the [...]
Soybean Weekly Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026-2027 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 30 mb (blue column) through Thursday, September 10, a point in the [...]
Soybean Meal Weekly 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 17,983.03 (1,000 st) (blue column) through Thursday, September 10, a point [...]
Soybean Oil Weekly 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 363.3 (1,000 mt) (blue column) through Thursday, September 10, a point [...]
Wheat Weekly 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 217 mb (blue column) through Thursday, September 10, a point in [...]
Cotton Weekly 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 1,052.9 (1,000 running bales) (blue column) through Thursday, September 10, a [...]
Sorghum Weekly Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026-2027 marketing year export shipments of U.S. sorghum at 1 mb (blue column) through Thursday, September 10, a point in the [...]
Beef Weekly Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026 calendar-year export shipments of U.S. beef at 461.2 1,000 MT (blue column) through Thursday, September 10, a point in the [...]
Pork Weekly Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026 calendar-year export shipments of U.S. pork at 1,225.4 1,000 MT (blue column) through Thursday, September 10, a point in the [...]