US Soil Moisture

2023-09-05T09:35:24-05:00September 5th, 2023|Commentary, Report Commentary|

The latest weekly comparison of US Soil Moisture anomaly maps, Sunday through Sunday, shows the situation worsened across parts of the US upper Midwest (slide 1). Hardest hit was Iowa and Minnesota, again, though we also see deeper red spreading [...]

US Soil Moisture

2023-08-28T10:57:08-05:00August 28th, 2023|Commentary, Report Commentary|

The latest weekly comparison of US Soil Moisture anomaly maps, Sunday through Sunday, shows the situation worsened across parts of the US Plains and upper Midwest. This was expected, given the recent run of above normal temperatures and below normal [...]

US Soil Moisture

2023-08-14T12:14:32-05:00August 14th, 2023|Commentary, Report Commentary|

The latest weekly comparison of US Soil Moisture anomaly maps shows some improvement much of the upper and lower Midwest, particularly from northern Minnesota through Missouri. Additionally, most of Illinois and Indiana are now showing near normal soil moisture readings. [...]

US Soil Moisture

2023-07-24T10:32:11-05:00July 24th, 2023|Commentary, Report Commentary|

This weekly update of the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center shows the soil moisture situation actually worsened a bit over Iowa and Minnesota the week ending Sunday, July 22 (left hand map). On the other side of the Missouri [...]

US Soil Moisture

2023-07-17T10:23:33-05:00July 17th, 2023|Commentary, Report Commentary|

This weekly update of the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center shows the soil moisture situation improved slightly across the US Midwest the week ending Sunday, July 16 (left hand map). Parts of Iowa and eastern Nebraska continue to show [...]

US Soil Moisture

2023-07-10T09:38:11-05:00July 10th, 2023|Commentary, Report Commentary|

This weekly update of the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center shows the soil moisture situation improved across the US Midwest the week ending Sunday, July 9 (left hand map). However, much of Iowa and eastern Nebraska continue to show [...]

CFTC CoT: Corn

2023-06-26T09:52:57-05:00June 26th, 2023|Commentary, Report Commentary|

The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders held a net-long corn futures position of 118,703 contracts (blue line) as of Tuesday, June 20. This was an increase of 73,681  contracts from the previous week [...]

CFTC CoT: Soybeans

2023-06-26T09:45:33-05:00June 26th, 2023|Commentary, Report Commentary|

The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders held a net-long soybean futures position of 88,532 contracts (blue line) as of Tuesday, June 20. This was an increase of 25,583 contracts from the previous week [...]

CFTC CoT: Corn

2023-06-20T09:33:57-05:00June 20th, 2023|Commentary, Report Commentary|

The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders moved to a net-long corn futures position of 45,092 contracts (blue line) as of Tuesday, June 13. This was a switch of 59,863 contracts from the previous [...]

CFTC CoT: Soybeans

2023-06-20T09:26:47-05:00June 20th, 2023|Commentary, Report Commentary|

The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders held a net-long soybean futures position of 62,949 contracts (blue line) as of Tuesday, June 13. This was an increase of 23,794 contracts from the previous week [...]

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