Fundamentally Speaking

USDA national soybean yield changes from the August report to the final report given in January

USDA national corn yield changes from the August report to the final report given in January

Actual 2018 corn yields for the top 18 producing states and the U.S. along with the calculated 25 year trend yield

Percent of the U.S. corn crop in the dough stage as of August 5th, percent final yields deviated from the 1981-2017 trend and change in the USDA's corn yield projection from the August to the final report in January.

For all the talk about how the 2018 crop is so superlative, not one state has their highest end of July rating ever

For all the talk about how the 2018 crop will be a record breaker, only one state (ND) has their highest end of July rating ever

Prospective 2018/19 U.S. corn ending stocks figure in million bushels based on changing yield estimates in bushels per acre (bpa) and various export projections, also in million bushels.

Percent of soybean crop setting pods and crop condition as of July 22nd going back to 1986

World corn stocks-to-use ratio, world less China ratio and ratio of major exporters

Weekly central Illinois soybean crush margins, long-term average and the plus/minus one and two standard deviation lines

Percent of the corn crop silking as of July 15th going back to 1986

The world stocks-to-use ratio (not including China) for the 2018/19 season is projected at 20.0%, which is the lowest level since the 17.5% ratio in the 2007/08 marketing year, the season wheat prices ran to record highs by far.

Global corn stocks-to-use ratio is now the lowest ever at 13.97%, taking out the previous low of 14.19% seen back in the 2010/11 marketing year

National spring wheat crop ratings as of July 1 vs. percent that the July wheat yield estimate deviates from the 1989-2017 trend of the final spring wheat yield.

USDA change in corn and soybean yields from June to July WASDE report in bpa vs. crop conditions as of the first week of July

Past history of USDA corn yield changes from the June to the July WASDE report

Correlation between national crop conditions each week of the growing season vs the percent the final U.S. corn yield deviated from the 1986-2017 trend.

Amount of sales on the books of U.S. wheat as of the start of the marketing year June 1st

Palmer Drought Severity Index for the top 21 states as of the end of May from the period 1960 to 2018

Initial USDA weekly crop ratings for soybeans compared to the percent that final U.S. soybean yield deviated from the 30-year trend.