Please join me for a free grain webinar every Thursday at 3pm Central. We discuss supply, demand, weather, and the charts. Sign Up Now Commentary Hopes and dreams on phone calls that would spur soybean demand deteriorated throughout today’s session in beans where the market retreated back to where it came from, the 50-week moving average at 10.25. Praying and …
5 Minutes on the Markets – 09/19/25
I post these videos every trading day, shortly after 8 AM CT. Check back here tomorrow for another update! Livestock futures all closed higher on Thursday. Lean Hogs did spike down to find support near the June highs and rallied back by the close, but the short-term technicals are turning mildly bearish. Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle did find some …
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Jon Wiedeman 9/18/2025 If you would like to receive more information on the commodity markets or would like to open an account, please click the link Sign Up Now Daily ZSX5: November beans closed the day led by continuing weakness in soybean oil. Support seen in soybean oil off of the December contract comes in at 50.02 on the …
The Grains Trade Lower on Thursday
Soybeans– Soybeans have faced pressure from weakness in soybean oil and improving crop conditions in Brazil. Stats Canada released their soybean production estimate at 7.134 mt, up from 7.016 mt in August. Last year, Stats Canada estimated soybean production at 7.568 mt. The central and western soybean belt is expected to stay day over the next 6-10 days, which should …
5 Minutes on the Markets – 09/18/25
I post these videos every trading day, shortly after 8 AM CT. Check back here tomorrow for another update! **I’ve made some technical changes, hopefully resulting in better audio for you listeners/watchers. I’m working on a new product like this, in an effort to improve your video, but that will take a bit longer to implement. JF** Nearly every physical …
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WALSH PURE SPREADER Rich Moran 9/17/2025 DEC Wheat-Corn Spread (ZWZ25-ZCZ25) The DEC Wheat-Corn Spread (ZWZ25-ZCZ25) hit its 52-week high of 219¼ on 10/3/24. It has been trending down ever since and hit it 52-week low of 93½ last Friday, 9/12/25. This downward trend seems as though it may be running out of gas, but I would like to see it …
Grain Spreads: Oil Share Unwind
Please join me for a free grain webinar every Thursday at 3pm Central. We discuss supply, demand, weather, and the charts. Sign Up Now Commentary Beans closed moderately lower, dragged down by weakness in bean oil. Soy oil prices fell more than 2% today, reflecting disappointment that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency again kicked the can down the road in …
Corn Makes a High at 431 1/4 and Fades the Rest of the Day, Closing Lower
Soybeans– Soybeans traded 5 3/4 cents lower today, after trading down 4 1/4 cents in the overnight. Yesterday, the EPA released a proposal for a 50% or 100% reallocation to larger refiners for the waived obligations of small refiners. The rate cut should help make the dollar weaker, which is supportive of export prices. US soybean prices are still at …
5 Minutes on the Markets – 09/17/25
I post these videos every trading day, shortly after 8 AM CT. Check back here tomorrow for another update! Today the Fed makes their long-awaited September interest rate announcement this afternoon at 1 PM CT. Will it be the 1/4 point cut that “everyone” expects, or will the Fed drop another September Surprise and drop them by 1/2 point, like …