General Comments After digesting USDA's data for a night, there seemed to be a conclusion that yesterday's 40 cent run-up in November soybeans was a little too high and the 6 cent decline in December corn was not low enough, while the higher close in wheat was uncalled for and purely needs to be squashed. As a result, November soybeans closed down 14.5 cents to about $13.82 per bushel, December corn closed down 7.25 cents to $4.59 per bushel and the December wheat contracts, on each of the three exchanges, all closed down more than 9 cents. The interpretation of today's events is that next week's price activity will be critically important.The price action today did not damage the bullishness of the November soybean chart, but that cou...
Key Takeaways: WPI’s new EU rapeseed crushing margin models point to weaker processing returns over the next four months due to higher rapeseed procurement costs and weaker product values. Statistical forecasts call for German crushing margins to decline from €181/MT to €...
Key Takeaways: The tariff burden rose sharply in 2025 and 2026: the effective rate on imports in HTS Chapters 1–24 increased from 1.53 percent in 2024 to 6.11 percent in 2025, before averaging 5.68 percent in January–August 2026. Headline rates tell only part of the story: exemptio...
Markets are getting into the Halloween spirit, handing out more tricks than treats. There has been some encouraging news, but it hasn’t been enough to slow the broader slide. Now buyers need to show up with something other than another “Charlie Brown” rock for the bag. Somethi...
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