This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, September 27 shows not a lot of change over the past week. However, if we want to break out the magnifying glass [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, September 23 was released Monday morning. Corn inspections came in at 517,539 mt (20.4 mb), up 28% from the previous week’s revised 403,422 mt (15.9 mb) Total marketing year inspections [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their corn net-long futures position by 6,867 contracts, putting it at a total of 265,501 contracts as of Tuesday, September 21. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long soybean futures position (blue line) by 4,701 contracts, putting it at 61,054 contracts as of Tuesday, September 21. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long Chicago wheat futures position (blue line) by 2,732 contracts to a total of 1,842 contracts as of Tuesday, September 21. Included in this was [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long cotton futures position (blue line) by 13,198 contracts, putting it at 95,025 contracts as of Tuesday, September 21. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders held a net-short futures posing of 716 contracts in feeder cattle futures as of Tuesday, September 14, a switch of 1,603 contracts from the previous week. Included [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long live cattle futures position (blue line) by 8,599 contracts, putting it at 44,556 contracts as of Tuesday, September 21. Included in this was a [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long lean hog futures position (blue line) by 6,871 contracts, putting it at 60,363 contracts as of Tuesday, September 21. Included in this was a [...]
USDA released its September 1 Cattle on Feed report Friday with the number coming in at 11.234 million head (mh, gold column). This was down 1% from the September 1, 2020 number of 11.394 mh but up 21% from last month’s [...]
USDA/NASS released its Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report for September 1, with the U.S. inventory number coming in at 75.4 million head (mh). This was down 4% from the previous September 1 number of 78.4 mh but up 1% from [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of U.S. corn at 19.1 mb (blue column) through Thursday, September 16, a point in the marketing year when a 5-year average of 4% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 19.6 mb (blue column) through Thursday, September 16, a point in the marketing year when a 5-year average of 4% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 11,190 thousand metric tons (blue columns) through Thursday, September 16, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of U.S. cotton at 1.395 million bales (blue column) through Thursday, September 16, a point in the marketing year when a 5-year average of 10% of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of all U.S. wheat at 251.3 mb (blue column) through Thursday, September 16, a point in the marketing year when a 5-year average of 30% of [...]
USDA/NASS released its Cold Storage report for August 31, 2021 Wednesday afternoon. As you know, I don't hold USDA reports out as gospel. However, a look at the most recent set of Cold Storage numbers and there are some items [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, September 20 shows the situation across the US Plains worsened this past week. Deficits increased from the Texas Panhandle north through Kansas, [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, September 16 was released Monday morning. Corn inspections came in at 403,104 mt (15.9 mb), up 152% from the previous week’s revised 159,429 mt (6.3 mb) Total marketing year inspections [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their corn net-long futures position by 9,143 contracts, putting it at a total of 258,634 contracts as of Tuesday, September 14. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long soybean futures position (blue line) by 4,482 contracts, putting it at 65,755 contracts as of Tuesday, September 14. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long Chicago wheat futures position (blue line) by 12,966 contracts to a total of 4,574 contracts as of Tuesday, September 14. Included in this was [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long cotton futures position (blue line) by 692 contracts, putting it at 108,223 contracts as of Tuesday, September 14. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long live cattle futures position (blue line) by 19,344 contracts, putting it at 53,155 contracts as of Tuesday, September 14. Included in this was a [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long feeder cattle futures position (blue line) by 4,365 contracts, putting it at 887 contracts as of Tuesday, September 14. Included in this was a [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long lean hog futures position (blue line) by 9,121 contracts, putting it at 67,234 contracts as of Tuesday, September 14. Included in this was a [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, September 13 is a solid illustration that even during harvest soil moisture deficits can worsen. The first thing that jumped out at [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, September 9 was released Monday morning. Corn inspections came in at 138,189 mt (5.4 mb), down 51% from the previous week’s revised 278,294 mt (11.0 mb) Total marketing year inspections [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their corn net-long futures position by 36,395 contracts, putting it at a total of 267,777 contracts as of Tuesday, September 7. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long soybean futures position (blue line) by 10,898 contracts, putting it at 70,237 contracts as of Tuesday, September 7. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long Chicago wheat futures position (blue line) by 5,265 contracts to a total of 17,540 contracts as of Tuesday, September 7. Included in this was [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long cotton futures position (blue line) by 2,201 contracts, putting it at 108,915 contracts as of Tuesday, September 7. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long feeder cattle futures position (blue line) by 3,002 contracts, putting it at 5,252 contracts as of Tuesday, September 7. Included in this was a [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long live cattle futures position (blue line) by 15,066 contracts, putting it at 72,499 contracts as of Tuesday, September 7. Included in this was a [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long lean hog futures position (blue line) by 1,869 contracts, putting it at 76,355 contracts as of Tuesday, September 7. Included in this was a [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, September 6 had me double-checking the official website. I first thought there was no way I could be seeing what I though [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, September 2 was released Tuesday morning. Corn inspections came in at 275,799 mt (10.9 mb), down 53% from the previous week’s revised 583,498 mt (23.0 mb). Grain sorghum (milo) inspections [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. corn at 2.626 bb (blue columns) through Thursday August 26, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 98% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 2.215 bb (blue columns) through Thursday, August 26, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 99% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 10,844 thousand metric tons (blue columns) through Thursday, August 26, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of U.S. cotton at 806,000 bales (blue column) through Thursday, August 26, a point in the marketing year when a 5-year average of 6% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of all U.S. wheat at 199.5 mb (blue column) through Thursday, August 26, a point in the marketing year when a 5-year average of 25% of [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, August 30 gives me the opportunity to say something I haven't for many months: The situation across parts of the US Northern [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, August 26 was released Monday morning. Corn inspections came in at 562,549 mt (22.1 mb), down 25% from the previous week’s revised 745,303 mt (29.3 mb). Total marketing year export [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their corn net-long futures position by 14,879 contracts, putting it at a total of 330,967 contracts as of Tuesday, August 24. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long soybean futures position (blue line) by 14,757 contracts, putting it at 101,647 contracts as of Tuesday, August 24. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long Chicago wheat futures position (blue line) by 11,746 contracts to a total of 35,048 contracts as of Tuesday, August 24. Included in this was [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long cotton futures position (blue line) by 1,278 contracts, putting it at 104,309 contracts as of Tuesday, August 24. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long feeder cattle futures position (blue line) by 1,953 contracts, putting it at 8,735 contracts as of Tuesday, August 24. Included in this was an [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long live cattle futures position (blue line) by 18,433 contracts, putting it at 96,218 contracts as of Tuesday, August 24. Included in this was an [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long lean hog futures position (blue line) by 905 contracts, putting it at 74,630 contracts as of Tuesday, August 24. Included in this was an [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. corn at 2.605 bb (blue columns) through Thursday August 13, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 97% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 2.203 bb (blue columns) through Thursday, August 19, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 97% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 10,655 thousand metric tons (blue columns) through Thursday, August 19, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of U.S. cotton at 632,000 bales (blue column) through Thursday, August 19, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 5% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of all U.S. wheat at 184.0 mb (blue column) through Thursday, August 19, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 22% of [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, August 16, shows the situation remains largely unchanged from the previous week’s map (right hand side). With meteorological summer set to come [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, August 19 was released Monday morning. Corn inspections came in at 724,784 mt (28.5 mb), down 7% from the previous week’s revised 782,528 mt (30.8 mb). Total marketing year export [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their corn net-long futures position by 24,287 contracts, putting it at a total of 345,846 contracts as of Tuesday, August 17. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long soybean futures position (blue line) by 5,992 contracts, putting it at 116,404 contracts as of Tuesday, August 17. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long Chicago wheat futures position (blue line) by 3,165 contracts to a total of 46,794 contracts as of Tuesday, August 17. Included in this was [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long cotton futures position (blue line) by 8,119 contracts, putting it at 103,031 contracts as of Tuesday, August 17. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long feeder cattle futures position (blue line) by 22 contracts, putting it at 6,782 contracts as of Tuesday, August 17. Included in this was an [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long live cattle futures position (blue line) by 2,709 contracts, putting it at 77,785 contracts as of Tuesday, August 17. Included in this was an [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long lean hog futures position (blue line) by 4,363 contracts, putting it at 73,725 contracts as of Tuesday, August 17. Included in this was a [...]
USDA released its August 1 Cattle on Feed report last Friday with the number coming in at 11.074 million head (mh, gold column), down 2% from the August 1, 2020 number of 11.285 mh and down 2% from last month’s [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. corn at 2.575 bb (blue columns) through Thursday August 12, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 95% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 2.194 bb (blue columns) through Thursday, August 12, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 95% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 10,416 thousand metric tons (blue columns) through Thursday, August 12, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of U.S. cotton at 423,000 bales (blue column) through Thursday, August 12, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 3% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of all U.S. wheat at 159.3 mb (blue column) through Thursday, August 12, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 20% of [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, August 16, shows the situation remains largely unchanged from the previous week’s map (right hand side). The bottom line is the Northern [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, August 12 was released Monday morning. Corn inspections came in at 754,929 mt (29.7 mb), up 1% from the previous week’s revised 744,934 mt (29.3 mb). Total marketing year export [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their corn net-long futures position by 3,516 contracts, putting it at a total of 321,559 contracts as of Tuesday, August 10. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long soybean futures position (blue line) by 6,593 contracts, putting it at 122,396 contracts as of Tuesday, August 10. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long Chicago wheat futures position (blue line) by 2,655 contracts to a total of 43,632 contracts as of Tuesday, August 10. Included in this was [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long cotton futures position (blue line) by 5,869 contracts, putting it at 94,912 contracts as of Tuesday, August 10. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long feeder cattle futures position (blue line) by 1,488 contracts, putting it at 6,760 contracts as of Tuesday, August 10. Included in this was an [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long live cattle futures position (blue line) by 5,425 contracts, putting it at 75,076 contracts as of Tuesday, August 10. Included in this was an [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long lean hog futures position (blue line) by 7,504 contracts, putting it at 78,088 contracts as of Tuesday, August 10. Included in this was a [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, August 9, shows the situation remains largely unchanged from the previous week's map (right hand side). Under the microscope, part of North [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, July 29 was released Monday morning. Corn inspections came in at 667,220 mt (26.3 mb), down 52%% from the previous week’s revised 1,397,406 mt (55.0 mb). Total marketing year export [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their corn net-long futures position by 11,366 contracts, putting it at a total of 318,043 contracts as of Tuesday, August 3. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long soybean futures position (blue line) by 9,858 contracts, putting it at 115,803 contracts as of Tuesday, August 3. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long Chicago wheat futures position (blue line) by 10,789 contracts to a total of 40,977 contracts as of Tuesday, August 3. Included in this was [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long cotton futures position (blue line) by 3,186 contracts, putting it at 89,043 contracts as of Tuesday, August 3. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long feeder cattle futures position (blue line) by 695 contracts, putting it at 5,272 contracts as of Tuesday, August 3. Included in this was an [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long live cattle futures position (blue line) by 1,287 contracts, putting it at 69,651 contracts as of Tuesday, August 3. Included in this was a [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long lean hog futures position (blue line) by 2,588 contracts, putting it at 85,592 contracts as of Tuesday, August 3. Included in this was an [...]
The July jobs data was released at 8:30 (ET) Friday morning, with the general consensus being both nonfarm payroll and the unemployment rate could be considered bullish: July nonfarm payroll came in at 943,000, an increase from the June number [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. corn at 2.501 bb (blue columns) through Thursday July 29, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 92% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 2.180 bb (blue columns) through Thursday, July 29, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 92% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 9,951 thousand metric tons (blue columns) through Thursday, July 29, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. cotton at 15.635 million bales (blue column) through Thursday, July 29, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 99% of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of all U.S. wheat at 114.5 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 29, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 16% of [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, August 2, shows another week has gone by with little change in soil moisture readings across the US. The dry Northern Plains [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, July 29 was released Monday morning. Corn inspections came in at 1,383,718 mt (54.5 mb), up 17% from the previous week’s revised 1,184,012 mt (46.6 mb). Total marketing year export [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their corn net-long futures position by 4,852 contracts, putting it at a total of 306,677 contracts as of Tuesday, July 27. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long soybean futures position (blue line) by 12,018 contracts, putting it at 125,661 contracts as of Tuesday, July 27. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long Chicago wheat futures position (blue line) by 3,419 contracts to a total of 30,188 contracts as of Tuesday, July 27. Included in this was [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long cotton futures position (blue line) by 8,544 contracts, putting it at 85,857 contracts as of Tuesday, July 27. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long feeder cattle futures position (blue line) by 1,627 contracts, putting it at 5,967 contracts as of Tuesday, July 27. Included in this was an [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long live cattle futures position (blue line) by 8,552 contracts, putting it at 70,938 contracts as of Tuesday, July 27. Included in this was an [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long lean hog futures position (blue line) by 9,985 contracts, putting it at 83,004 contracts as of Tuesday, July 27. Included in this was an [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. corn at 2.445 bb (blue columns) through Thursday July 22, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 90% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 2.172 bb (blue columns) through Thursday, July 22, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 91% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 9,762 thousand metric tons (blue columns) through Thursday, July 22, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. cotton at 15.347 million bales (blue column) through Thursday, July 22, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 97% of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of all U.S. wheat at 100.3 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 22, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 14% of [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, July 26, shows little has changed compared to two weeks ago (right hand map, because I goofed up last week's comparison). The [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, July 22 was released Monday morning. Corn inspections came in at 1,036,910 mt (40.8 mb), down 4% from the previous week’s revised 1,076,668 mt (42.4 mb). Total marketing year export [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their corn net-long futures position by 1,450 contracts, putting it at a total of 311,529 contracts as of Tuesday, July 20. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long soybean futures position (blue line) by 7,039 contracts, putting it at 137,679 contracts as of Tuesday, July 20. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long Chicago wheat futures position (blue line) by 17,649 contracts to a total of 26,769 contracts as of Tuesday, July 20. Included in this was [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long cotton futures position (blue line) by 3,720 contracts, putting it at 77,313 contracts as of Tuesday, July 20. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long feeder cattle futures position (blue line) by 1,465 contracts, putting it at 4,340 contracts as of Tuesday, July 20. Included in this was a [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long live cattle futures position (blue line) by 2,271 contracts, putting it at 62,386 contracts as of Tuesday, July 20. Included in this was an [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long lean hog futures position (blue line) by 3,548 contracts, putting it at 73,019 contracts as of Tuesday, July 20. Included in this was a [...]
USDA released its June 1 Cattle on Feed report last Friday with the number coming in at 11.290 million head (mh, gold column), down 1% from the June 1, 2020 number of 11.438 mh and down 3% from last month's [...]
USDA/NASS released its Cold Storage report for June 30, 2021 Thursday afternoon. As with most other studies, I’m going to focus on month-to-month changes rather than comparing back to 2020. Nearly every number from that year should come with an [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. corn at 2.392 bb (blue columns) through Thursday July 15, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 88% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 2.163 bb (blue columns) through Thursday, July 15, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 89% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 9,520 thousand metric tons (blue columns) through Thursday, July 15, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. cotton at 15.1 million bales (blue column) through Thursday, July 15, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 95% of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of all U.S. wheat at 87.6 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 15, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 12% of [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, July 19, shows the situation across the US Northern Plains and Upper Midwest refuses to improve, and given the forecast won't have [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, July 15 was released Monday morning. Corn inspections came in at 1,000,512 mt (39.4 mb), near even with the previous week’s revised 1,002,342 mt (39.5 mb). Total marketing year export [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their corn net-long futures position by 13,835 contracts, putting it at a total of 312,979 contracts as of Tuesday, July 13. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long soybean futures position (blue line) by 8,624 contracts, putting it at 130,640 contracts as of Tuesday, July 13. Included in this was a decrease [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long Chicago wheat futures position (blue line) by 7,477 contracts to a total of 9,120 contracts as of Tuesday, July 13. Included in this was [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders increased their net-long cotton futures position (blue line) by 4,055 contracts, putting it at 73,593 contracts as of Tuesday, July 13. Included in this was an increase [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long feeder cattle futures position (blue line) by 1,120 contracts, putting it at 5,805 contracts as of Tuesday, July 13. Included in this was a [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long live cattle futures position (blue line) by 7,469 contracts, putting it at 64,657 contracts as of Tuesday, July 13. Included in this was a [...]
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report (legacy, futures only) showed noncommercial traders decreased their net-long lean hog futures position (blue line) by 575 contracts, putting it at 69,471 contracts as of Tuesday, July 13. Included in this was a [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. corn at 2.352 bb (blue columns) through Thursday July 8, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 86% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 2.157 bb (blue columns) through Thursday, July 8, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 88% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 9,374 thousand metric tons (blue columns) through Thursday, July 8, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. cotton at 14.843 million bales (blue column) through Thursday, July 8, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 93% of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of all U.S. wheat at 70.3 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 8, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 10% of [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, July 12, shows only slight improvement the past week across the key growing area of the US Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. [...]
As I've talked about a number of times, one of things I like to keep an eye on is the 300 Consistency in USDA's corn stocks estimates. No, I'm not talking about a movie about the Spartans, they of the [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, July 8 was released Monday morning. Corn inspections came in at 993,974 mt (39.1 mb), down 20% from the previous week’s revised 1,236,243 mt (48.7 mb). Total marketing year export [...]
"Whistling past the graveyard" past the graveyard is one of my favorite sayings to describe an attempt to ignore the obvious. It is also a fitting way to explain USDA's reluctance to ever drop its US soybean ending stocks number [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. corn at 2.31 bb (blue columns) through Thursday July 1, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 85% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybeans at 2.149 bb (blue columns) through Thursday, July 1, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 87% of what [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. soybean meal at 9,121 thousand metric tons (blue columns) through Thursday, July 1, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2020-2021 marketing year export shipments of U.S. cotton at 14.654 million bales (blue column) through Thursday, July 1, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 91% of [...]
The latest weekly export sales and shipment update showed 2021-2022 marketing year export shipments of all U.S. wheat at 56.8 mb (blue column) through Thursday, July 1, a point in the marketing year when a 4-year average of 9% of [...]
This week’s soil moisture map (left hand side) from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, for Monday, July 5, shows the situation across much of the US didn’t change from the previous week (right hand side). Some observations of [...]
The weekly Export Inspections report for the week ending Thursday, July 1 was released Tuesday morning. Corn inspections came in at 1,235,931 mt (48.7 mb), up 20% from the previous week’s revised 1,033,703 mt (40.7 mb). Total marketing year export [...]
