The last US 3-day holiday weekend has come and gone, at least for now. Global markets were open Monday, and are trading again Monday night. US Treasury futures are in [...]

USDA announced sales of 250,600 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to unknown destinations.

USDA announced sales of 192,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to China.

USDA announced sales of 202,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to China.

USDA announced sales of 136,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to China.

USDA announced sales of 159,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to unknown destinations.

Ben was right. In a message immediately following the release of the latest Commitments of Traders report, I received a one word message from him, "Wow!" He was talking about [...]

USDA announced export sales Friday morning: 182,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to China 226,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to unknown destinations 100,000 mt of 2026-27 soybean cake and meal to [...]

Here are the links to Thursday’s Markets Now discussion with Michelle Rook: Farm Journal YouTube and Farm Journal TV: (LINK) Markets Now Audio Podcast: (LINK) Like Michelle, you might get [...]

USDA announced sales of 333,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to China.

USDA announced sales of 132,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to unknown destinations.

Big export sales announcements this morning. My Blink reaction is this was the 'why' to the 'what' of the strong rally in corn and soybeans earlier this week. USDA announced [...]

After posting Friday's Morning Commentary, my friend in the cattle industry messaged me with some Breaking News regarding the US president's latest attack in his War on US Beef Prices. [...]

USDA announced sales of 150,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to unknown destinations.

USDA announced sales of 136,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to China.

USDA announced sales of 136,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to China.

USDA announced sales of 125,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to China.

USDA announced sales of 244,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to China.

USDA announced export sales Tuesday morning: 136,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to China 180,000 mt of 2026-27 soybean cake and meal to the Philippines

USDA announced sales of 105,000 mt of 2026-27 corn to unknown destinations.

Sunday night's headlines: S&P 500 futures slip as traders (algorithms, DN) watch for Strait of Hormuz deal, inflation data (The US president) teased Iran deal that didn't come but markets [...]

As we make our way toward the end of the second weekend of August, the Dog Days of Summer, parts of the US Midwest are more wet dog than hot [...]

While I was out last week, USDA announced export sales. Thursday, August 6 USDA announced sales of 122,000 mt of 2026-27 soybeans to China. Friday, August 7 238,000 mt of [...]

We are back in the office. As always, I appreciate your patience while we were away. I will get to work on catching up with some of what I missed [...]

The lights have come back on long enough for me to tell you I am out of the office now until Saturday. I will keep an eye on markets as [...]