Fundamentally Speaking

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...

June and July 2022 rainfall as a percent of the average 1895-2022 figure vs. the difference of the July 2022 temperature from the 1895-2022 July average for the top corn and soybean states and the U.S.

End of July soybean crop ratings for the top 18 producing states and the U.S.

End of July crop ratings for the top 18 producing states and the U.S., that from a year ago, the lowest and highest readings since 1986 and the 1986-2022 average.

Combined percent of the top 21 corn and soybean growing states in some form of drought ranging from D1 to D4 as of the fourth week of July vs. the rank of the total percent from 2000 to 2022

Week 29 crop ratings for the US cotton and sorghum crops on the left hand axis vs the percent that their final yield deviates from the 1990-2021 trend on the right hand axis.

10, 20 and 30-year seasonal of the spot CME soybean crush margin vs the actual value of the daily 2022 prices in dollars per bushel so far this year

Week 28 crop ratings for Illinois and Iowa corn vs. percent final corn yield deviates from the 25-year trend

Week 28 crop ratings for the U.S. spring wheat crop vs. the percent that the final wheat yield deviates from the 25-year trend

Week 27 soybean ratings for the top 18 producing states and the U.S. for this year along with last year and the average, worst and best week 27 ratings for the time period 2000-2022

Week 27 corn ratings for the top 18 producing states and the U.S. for this year along with the average, worst and best week 27 ratings for the time period 2000-2022.

Highest, lowest, 2022 and average percent change in soybean acreage from March prospective plantings report to June acreage figures along with standard deviation of these changes from 1996 to 2022 for the top 18 producing states and the U.S.