Soybeans are trading with Tuesday midday losses of 13 to 17 cents. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price is down 16 1/4 cents at $9.52 1/2. Soymeal futures are down $1.30/ton. Soy Oil futures are in freefall mode, with losses of 216 points. Malaysian palm oil futures were weaker...

Corn futures are holding up at midday, considering the grain counterparts, with contracts down 2 to 4 cents. An export sale may be helping the bulls out. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is down 2 cents at $4.02 1/4 per bu. USDA reported a private export sale...

Jim's Weatherwise Wisdom on Wheat

Was Today The Calm Before The Storm?

Grain markets were uniformly weaker to start the week but are mixed this morning with corn higher, beans, lower, and wheat near unchanged. What’s in store for today’s trade?

Soybeans are trading with Tuesday AM losses of 3 to 5 cents. They fell back on Monday with contracts down 7 1/4 to 8 1/4 cents across the board, as soon to expire (Thursday) November was down 5 cents on light OI. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was...

Wheat is mixed on Tuesday morning across the three exchanges, with SRW and HRS the strongest. The wheat complex posted losses on Monday, as contracts did pull off the lows into the close. Chicago SRW futures were down 3 ¼ to 7 cents in the nearbys on Monday. KC HRW...

Corn futures are showing 1 to 3 cent gains so far on Tuesday morning. Following the strength from last week, the corn market felt pressure from outside and a weaker wheat market on Monday, as contracts were 1 to 3 ½ cents lower. Preliminary open interest was up 33,838 contracts...

1 | Trade war, schmade war Here is the real issue: 2 | Missing the forest for the trees Now, I am not saying another trade war won’t have implications, but let’s not miss the forest for the trees. China’s import growth has slowed all while Brazil’s production continues to...

Was Today The Calm Before The Storm?

Low-Cost Options, With Limited Risk

Soybeans fell back on Monday with contracts down 7 1/4 to 8 1/4 cents across the board, as soon to expire (Thursday) November was down 5 cents on light OI. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was down 7 3/4 cents at $9.68 3/4. Soymeal futures failed to capitalize...