Fundamentally Speaking

Central Illinois soybean oil cash price and soybean oil's percent of the Central Illinois soybean crush value with the average and plus and minus one and two standard deviations

End of February U.S. wheat export sales and shipments in million bushels and as percent of the USDA's March WASDE projection

Cumulative percent distribution of central Illinois soybean oil percent of crush value 2000-2021

Matrix showing prospective 2021/22 U.S. corn ending stocks with various combinations of planted area and yields

Matrix showing prospective 2021/22 U.S. soybean ending stocks with various combinations of planted area and yields

USDA corn yield estimate at their annual February Agricultural Outlook (AO) Forum and the final figure vs. the percent their Ag Outlook projection differed from that year's final yield figure

North and South Dakota combined planted corn area as a percent of the U.S. total is shown for the March prospective plantings, June acreage and final production reports vs. the change in total corn area seeded from March intentions to the final report

10 and 20-year average percent changes in planted corn acreage for the top 18 growing states and the U.S. from the March intentions to the June acreage reports vs June Acreage figures until the final production report numbers.

U.S. corn export sales and shipments as of the last week in January as a percentage of USDA's January WASDE U.S. corn export projection vs. the change in USDA's export projection from that January WASDE projection to the final figure

Average February price for November soybeans and December corn vs. the USDA's March planting intentions figures

Five, 10 and 20-year average corn/soybean yield ratios for the top 15 producing states and the U.S. along with the 2020 ratio

September-November corn feed/residual use as a percentage of the USDA's January WASDE estimate and what consumption was the last three quarters of the marketing year (December-August) as a percent of the final feed estimate vs. the change in feed/residual demand from...

Percent change for U.S. soybean production and demand vs. percent change in ending stocks from the May to January WASDE reports.

USDA November to January 2020 corn revisions for top states and U.S. per bushel change vs. 2020 percent bushel change and largest percent bushel change from the 1990-2020 period

Change in USDA corn export projection from the December WASDE to the final figure vs. the end of December total U.S. corn export shipments as a percent of the of December WASDE projection

A review of the price action for the key commodity and price indices for 2020 and the coefficient of variance figure.

Fears are that now South American grain and oilseed output may be well-under expectations. La Nina is thought to be one of the culprits.

The latest weekly export sales report indicated that the highest-ever total bushels has been shipped as of this time in mid-December.

2020 Central Illinois soybean crush margin with the 20-year average and plus and minus one standard deviation band

U.S. wheat sales and shipments as of the second week in December and as a percent of the USDA's December WASDE projection