US Drought Monitor
The latest weekly US Drought Monitor update, for the week ending Tuesday, September 15 (slide 1) showed little change from the previous week (slide 2). The latest map continued to [...]
Ruffled Feathers
Morning Summary: A couple things went through my mind while watching Fed Chairman Warsh announce a 25-basis point rate hike Wednesday afternoon. What stood out to me was the vote [...]
More of the Same
Morning Summary: Wednesday’s theme, at least pre-dawn, seems to be “more of the same”. Yes, it is Fed Day, meaning this month’s 2-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee [...]
To Sur(charge) with Love
Afternoon Summary: As Tuesday unfolded, the most common topic of discussion was diesel fuel. To set the stage, the spot-month futures contract rallied as much as 32.25 cents, hitting a [...]
5% and Rising
Morning Summary: When I fired up the computer early Tuesday morning, the first page that came up was the last one I was watching Monday evening, the one showing me [...]
Manic and Turnaround, All in One
Afternoon Summary: Well, that was an interesting way to start the week. A day that would’ve been more fitting last week, with its US holiday, a Manic Monday and Turnaround [...]
A Mixed Manic Monday Morning
Morning Summary: I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for another 3-day holiday weekend. That way I wouldn’t have to try to make sense of markets pre-dawn Monday morning. [...]
CFTC Commitments of Traders
Net Positions as of Tuesday, September 08 (Legacy, Futures Only) Corn: Net-long 542,999 contracts (an increase of 6,256 contracts) HRW Wheat: Net-long 35,387 contracts (an increase of 3,637 contracts) Soybeans: [...]
WASDE: September 2026
Markets Dec26 corn dropped as much as 9.25 cents before the release of the report and was up 2.0 cents immediately after (slide 3) Nov26 soybeans dropped as much as [...]
Corn Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026-2027 marketing year export shipments of U.S. Corn at 31 mb (blue column) through Thursday, September 03, a point in the [...]
Soybean Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026-2027 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 7 mb (blue column) through Thursday, September 03, 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 17,643.46 (1,000 st) (blue column) through Thursday, September 03, 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 361.1 (1,000 mt) (blue column) through Thursday, September 03, a point [...]
Cotton 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 910.8 (1,000 running bales) (blue column) through Thursday, September 03, a [...]
Sorghum Export Sales and Shipments
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2026-2027 marketing year export shipments of U.S. sorghum at 0 mb (blue column) through Thursday, September 03, 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 198 mb (blue column) through Thursday, September 03, 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 451.3 1,000 MT (blue column) through Thursday, September 03, a point in the [...]