This week felt like a calmer week in the grain/oilseed business although soybean did make a good move higher on the week – up by USD 16 m/t for new crop soybeans. Corn prices finished the week almost unchanged while most US wheat was down by about USD 4 m/t......please click PDF to see more details

This week was USDA WASDE week, always an exciting time. Corn and soybean yields and production were down a little, but the WASDE seemed to have less effect on the market than the US weather reports.......please click PDF to see more details

It was a funny week this week for grain and oilseed prices as the expanded bombing of Ukraine grain facilities by Russia didn’t seem to have as much effect on prices as had been expected. Of course, much of the news of attacks was late in the week which did give a small rally on Friday but not enough to offset the lower prices early in the week......please click PDF to see more details

This week was an up week for all new crop grains/oilseeds in the US while spread between old crop and new crop prices continued to narrow --- except perhaps for corn where the old crop premium is at about USD 35 m/t. .......please click PDF to see more details