A Blue Tsunami
Morning Summary: I turned in early last night, thinking the US mid-term election would take days, if not weeks, to be decided. But I had trouble sleeping, so got up [...]
I Guess He’d Rather Be in Colorado
Afternoon Summary: I debated what title and picture to use for today’s Afternoon Commentary, the choices being “Find a Happy Place” and using one of my pictures from a local [...]
National Sandwich Day
Morning Summary: A topic that often comes up when visiting with my longtime friend and host of RFD-TV’s Market Day Report Tony St. James is “What Day is Today”. What [...]
Soybean Crush: September 2026
The September 2026 Oilseed Crushings report from USDA/NASS was released on Monday, November 2. 199 mb (5.96 million tons) of soybeans were reportedly crushed during September (30 days) as compared [...]
Reading the Markets
Afternoon Summary: Over the decades, I’ve said countless times that if we want to understand what the market is saying all we have to do is focus on what it [...]
The Red Wedding
Afternoon Summary: This is one of those days when one asks, “Where do you start?” For me it begins with a story: I saw one scene of one episode of [...]
CFTC Commitments of Traders
Net Positions as of Tuesday, October 27 (Legacy, Futures Only) Corn: Net-long 201,272 contracts (a decrease of 85,417 contracts) HRW Wheat: Net-short 4,861 contracts (a switch of 7,188 contracts) Soybeans: [...]
Trick? Or Treat?
Morning Summary: One of the markets I’ll be keeping a close eye on this last trading day of October, or All Hallows’ Eve Eve if you will, is the Nasdaq [...]
The End is In Sight
Afternoon Summary: Tomorrow at this time we will be closing the books on another month, heading into Halloween weekend that officially opens holiday season in the United States. It also [...]
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 398 mb (blue column) through Thursday, October 22, 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 349 mb (blue column) through Thursday, October 22, a point in the [...]
Soybean Meal Weekly Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026-2027 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 1,192.80 (1,000 st) (blue column) through Thursday, October 22, a point [...]
Soybean Oil Weekly Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026-2027 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean oil at 5.8 (1,000 mt) (blue column) through Thursday, October 22, a point [...]
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 2,026.3 (1,000 running bales) (blue column) through Thursday, October 22, 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, October 22, a point in the [...]
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 218 mb (blue column) through Thursday, October 22, a point in [...]