Fundamentally Speaking

Soybean sales and shipments as of the middle of February going back to the 1989-90 season vs. those sales and shipment figures as a percent of the USDA's February WASDE estimate.

Five-year rolling average of percent deviations from the 1970-2018 trend for each of the top 18 corn producing states.

5, 10 and 15-year averages for the percent that corn and soybean yields deviated from the 1970-2018 trend.

The average number of soybeans with in an 18 square foot area vs. the average implied pod weight in grams per pod.

10 state corn objective yield plotting the ears per acre vs. the implied ear weight

Relation between WASDE combined Brazil/Argentina output from Dec to June reports vs. % that November soybean futures change between December 1st and July 1st

Prospective 30-year 2019 trend yields for the top 18 soybean growing states and the U.S. vs. actual 2018 yields

The actual 2018 and estimated 2019 trend yields for the top 18 corn growing states and the U.S.

Rise of North Dakota corn, soybean and all wheat harvested acreage and production trends over the past 20 years

Illinois and Iowa soybean harvested acreage, production and yields as a percent of the U.S. totals

Decline of U.S. corn harvested acreage and production of top two states of Illinois and Iowa

July-November soybean spread at two points in time for the same marketing year vs stocks- to-use ratios

Final post of 2018 talks about percent change year on year for 2018 for a number of key markets and also their coefficient of variance, a measure of price volatility. Rising interest rates, trade wars, signs of a slowing U.S. and global economic growth were all reasons why most...

This article examines prospective national wheat yields for the 2019 season.

U.S. soybean yields from 1989 with 2018, November 2018 projection, the 10, 20 and 30-year trend lines and also what the USDA has projected for U.S. soybean yields at their Ag Outlook forum

U.S. corn yields from 1989 to the November 2018 projection, the 10, 20 and 30-year trend lines and also what USDA has projected for U.S. corn yields at their Ag Outlook forum starting in 1998.

Change from the December to January WASDE reports for corn ending stocks, feed usage and production.

Percent of U.S. soybeans marketed by month vs. the seasonality of cash soybean prices received by U.S. farmers

Grain consumption, specifically corn feed use, corn food-seed-industrial utilization and wheat food use.

Percent U.S. corn and soybean yields deviated from the 20-year trend and the five-year rolling average of these deviations