Another Day Older
Morning Summary: Early Thursday morning shows us no real surprises in the commodity complex. Overnight trade saw the Indices (US stock index futures) post a strong rally, led by the [...]
The Hump Day Blues
Afternoon Summary: Instead of titling today’s Afternoon Commentary “The Hump Day Blues”, maybe I should’ve gone with “The Hump Day Anything but Greens”. A look at the Barchart Futures Market [...]
More of the Same
Morning Summary: A look at the calendar shows that we passed the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and the official start of summer, last Sunday. However, maybe [...]
Another One Gone
Afternoon Summary: To summarize Tuesday’s session, I would say activity in the commodity complex was generally meaningless. Yes, it was the last day of the noncommercial positioning week and given [...]
A Polar Bear in a Blizzard
Morning Summary: After running through the various sectors of the commodity complex pre-dawn Tuesday, I turned to the piece of blank electronic typing paper to write today’s Morning Commentary. And [...]
CFTC Commitments of Traders
Net Positions as of Tuesday, June 16 (Legacy, Futures Only) Corn: Net-long 77,844 contracts (a decrease of 25,715 contracts) HRW Wheat: Net-short 9,238 contracts (a decrease of 12,025 contracts) Soybeans: [...]
The Only Price That Matters
Afternoon Summary: I would say I can only imagine the stress floor traders are under these days as they wait for the close – the only price that matters (according [...]
Well, It’s Monday
Morning Summary: Grab yourself another cup of coffee and settle in for today’s markets. Not that the cup of coffee will help make sense of things. The latest headline contradicts [...]
2026: June 1 Cattle on Feed
USDA released its Cattle on Feed numbers for June 1, 2026 Thursday afternoon. On Feed as of June 1: 11.682 million head (mh) Up 1% from the May 1 number [...]
It Was a Friday, Thursday
Afternoon Summary: After an initial running of the traps Thursday afternoon, my mind thought I had seen most sectors of the commodity complex in the red. I was prepared to [...]
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 2,611 mb (blue column) through Thursday, June 11, 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 1,343 mb (blue column) through Thursday, June 11, 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 13,691.61 (1,000 st) (blue column) through Thursday, June 11, 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 345.5 (1,000 mt) (blue column) through Thursday, June 11, 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 9,433.7 (1,000 running bales) (blue column) through Thursday, June 11, 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 177 mb (blue column) through Thursday, June 11, 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 21 mb (blue column) through Thursday, June 11, a point in [...]