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Crop Progress - 2026-05-04
The industry appears to be going through some painful restructuring of production and processing capacity at the top end of the known price range.
Grain futures markets bulls appear to be springing to life in 2026, as corn, soybeans and winter wheat futures prices have all been trending higher from their January lows.
Corn futures are trading with 4 to 5 ¼ cent gains at Monday’s Midday. There were 311 deliveries issued against May futures on Friday evening. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is 4 3/4...
Soybeans are trading with contracts up 12 to 20 cents across most contracts, led by the old crop contracts. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 17 3/4 cents at $11.54 1/2. Soymeal futures...
The wheat complex is trading with mixed action on Monday, with hard red contracts lower. Chicago SRW futures are up fractionally to 5 cents on Monday. There were 138 delivery notices for May CBT wheat...
Corn futures have reclaimed bullish momentum over the past month, driven by a confluence of record-pace export commitments running 30% above year-ago levels, geopolitical risk premium from the ongoing...
Corn price action is mostly 1 to 2 cents weaker so far on Monday AM trade. Futures posted gains of 1 ¼ to 5 ½ cents across the board on Friday, with May rallying 13 ¼ cents on the week. December was...
Soybeans are trading 3 to 8 cents higher so far on Monday morning. Futures closed the Friday session with 5 ¾ to 12 ¾ cent gains, as May was 24 cents higher last week. November was up 27 cents on the...
Wheat is trading lower so far on Monday morning. The wheat complex closed Friday with most exchanges higher. Chicago SRW futures saw steady to 5 cent higher trade, as May was 16 ¼ cents in the green since...
