Fundamentally Speaking

Change for both the national corn and soybean yield from the November to the final report given in January from 1970 to 2021

First USDA fall crop rating for the U.S. winter wheat crop

Brazil's combined corn and soybean harvested area has increased 143% while that of the world less Brazil has only advanced by 85%

U.S. soybean export sales and shipments as of the 2nd week in October vs. as a percent of USDA October WASDE export projection

U.S. corn export sales and shipments as of the 2nd week in October vs. as a percent of USDA October WASDE export projection

Cumulative percent the High Plains and Midwest areas of the U.S. are covered by drought.

USDA yield revisions for U.S. corn and soybeans from the October to final production report given in January

U.S. total wheat production in billion bushels vs. the total U.S. wheat harvested to planted ratio and percent that the final yield was of the 25-year trend

Correlation coefficients between grain and soycomplex values vs change in the U.S. dollar index over various time periods

Percent deviation from the 25-year trend for the top global producers and the world as a whole

Combined percent of state in D1 to D4 drought around third week of September for 2022 and 2021 vs 2022 rank from period 2000 to 2022 for the top corn and soybean states

Difference between the average June-August 2021 and 2022 temperature and the average June-August temperature from 1960-2021 vs. the rank of where the 2022 June-August temperature stacks up in the period 1960 to 2022

Corn and soybean yields in this week's September USDA crop production report as a percent deviation from their respective 25-year trends

Percent that June-August 2022 total precipitation in inches deviated from the June-Aug 1960-2022 average for the top corn and soybean growing states

Percent that June-August 2022 total precipitation in inches deviated from the June-Aug 1960-2022 average for the top corn and soybean growing states

Week 35 crop ratings for the top 18 soybean producing states and the U.S. On the left-hand axis is the week 35 ratings for this year, last year and the best and worst ratings for the period 2000-2022. On the right-hand axis is the change in ratings from week 25 to week...

Week 34 crop ratings for the top 18 states and the U.S. with the figure in light blue square the change from week 25 to week the 34 corn rating.

Scatterplot of week 33 USDA crop conditions for the U.S. corn and soybean crops plotted vs. the percent that the final corn and soybean yield deviated from the 20-year trend

Percent that the four U.S. feed grain crops' final yields deviate from their respective 20-year trend values with the 2022 figure compared last week's USDA August yield estimate.

USDA August 2022 and final 2021 corn yields for the top 18 producing states and the U.S. vs. the percent change in the August 2022 corn yield vs. the year ago figure, the 25-year trend and the percent that end of July crop ratings differ from the end of July 2021...