Fundamentally Speaking

Change in U.S. soybean acreage from the March prospective plantings report to the final crop production figures compared to percent of the U.S. corn crop planted by May 15th, the percent of the U.S. soybean crop planted by June 1 and also the November soybean/December corn...

Change in U.S. corn planted area from the March intentions to the final crop report vs. the percent of the crop planted by May 5th

Days after April 1st that 25%, 50% and 75% of the nation's corn has been planted from 1986 to 2017.

USDA quarterly stocks figure in March minus the average trade guess compared to the change the USDA makes in its corn ending stock figure from the March to the April world agricultural supply-demand estimate

Cumulative October to February precipitation in inches for the largest winter wheat producing state of Kansas and the percent that final wheat yields in that state deviated from the 1950-2017 trend.

USDA national crop ratings for the U.S. winter wheat crop two different times, one being the last fall rating that occurs the final week of November and the other the first spring rating that is seen the first week of April.

Percent change in U.S. corn and soybean acreage from the final planting figures the year prior to the new crop March prospective planting figures vs. the November soybean/December corn ratio the day before the planting intentions report.

Percent change in planted corn acreage from 1996 to 2017 for the top 18 producing states and percentage of U.S. planted acreage

Percent change in planted soybean acreage from the March intentions report to the annual crop production report

Percent change in planted corn acreage from the March intentions report to the annual crop production report released the following January

Large percent of U.S. corn sold that has not been exported

New crop wheat sales as of the second week of March and those sales as a percent of the USDA's new crop wheat export projection

Percent that Argentina's corn and soybean yield deviated from the 30 year trend.

Harvested to planted ratio for the U.S. as a whole

Percent change in ending stocks from the USDA's February Ag Outlook estimates to the final ending stock figures

Percent contribution of soybean meal to the combined crush value of soymeal and bean oil basis in central Illinois along with the long-term average percent, plus and minus one and two standard deviation lines.

Ratio of soybean meal/corn along with the average and plus and minus one and two standard deviation lines.

Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) for the top 21 corn and soybean producing states

Total U.S. soybean exports to China for the marketing year as of the first week in February in million bushels and where these sales stand relative to full year U.S. exports to China and as a percent of total Chinese destinations.

U.S. soybean meal export sales and shipments as of the last week in January and as a percent of the January WASDE projection