Elaine Kub

Back-of-envelope calculations suggest the "average" farmer who sold cash grain at harvest may have lost 53 cents per bushel on corn in 2018, and 94 cents per bushel on soybeans, but individual results will vary and can be...

December corn 1/2 cent lower. January soybeans 7 1/4 cents lower. Chicago wheat 6 1/2 cent higher. Crude oil traded as low as $50.10 per barrel overnight.

Although soybean futures prices themselves have been relatively flat lately, higher implied volatility numbers in soybean options contracts suggest traders are expecting better chances of bigger movements, either up or down, in...

December corn is down 3/4 cent, January soybeans are down 2 cents, and March Chicago wheat is down 2 cents.

December corn 2 3/4 cents higher. January soybeans 9 1/4 cents higher, but not yet reaching $9.00 per bushel or stretching for a fresh monthly high. Chicago wheat 5 1/4 cents higher.

December corn 1/4 cent higher. January soybeans 5 1/2 cents higher. Chicago wheat 1 1/4 cents higher. January crude oil traded below $56 per barrel overnight.

December corn 2 1/2 cents lower. January soybeans 5 cents higher. Chicago wheat 5 1/2 cents lower. January crude oil traded below $59 per barrel overnight.

December corn 1/4 cent higher. January soybeans 4 1/4 cents lower. Chicago wheat 3 1/2 cents higher. The dollar surged to a fresh annual high overnight and crude oil is up almost $1 per barrel.

December corn 3 cents lower. January soybeans 2 3/4 cents lower. Chicago wheat 5 1/4 cents higher. Global edible oil prices are weaker.

December corn 1 1/4 cents higher. January soybeans 2 1/2 cents higher. Chicago wheat 1 1/2 cents higher. Monthly supply and demand estimates will be released at 11 o'clock (Central).

December corn 3/4 cents lower. January soybeans unchanged. Chicago wheat 3/4 cents higher. The U.S. dollar is sharply lower after the mid-term election results.

Decisions are already being made about the 2019 acreage mix. The soybean-to-corn price ratio, currently at 2.33-to-1, is smaller than average, unsurprisingly favoring corn in the present trade...

December corn is 3/4 cent lower, January soybeans are 1 3/4 cents lower and Chicago wheat is 1/2 cent higher. Outside markets have been neutral so far, but volatility is expected this week.

December corn 1 1/4 cents higher. January soybeans 4 cents lower. Chicago wheat 3/4 cents lower. Crude oil went from posting small losses to making small gains Monday morning.

December corn 1 1/4 cents higher. January soybeans 4 1/2 cents higher. Chicago wheat 1 cent lower. The U.S. Dollar Index is bouncing back and forth from losses to gains.

December corn 1 1/2 higher. January soybeans 2 1/4 lower. Chicago wheat 4 higher. The U.S. Dollar Index is posting dramatic losses, helpful to grains.

December corn 1 1/4 lower. January soybeans 1/4 lower. Chicago wheat 4 3/4 lower. The U.S. Dollar Index hit a fresh 16-month high overnight.

December corn 3/4 higher. November soybeans 3 1/2 higher. Chicago wheat 2 3/4 higher. The dollar is higher Monday morning (bearish), but so is the Brazilian real (bullish to soybeans).

December corn 2 higher. November soybeans 3 1/4 higher. Chicago wheat 11 higher. Outside markets are still sending investors into "safe" assets, boosting the U.S. dollar.

December corn 2 lower. November soybeans 2 1/2 lower. Chicago wheat 3 1/4 lower. The U.S. dollar trends higher; most consumer markets trend lower.

December corn 1 1/4 lower. November soybeans 2 3/4 lower. Chicago wheat 2 3/4 lower. The U.S. dollar is surging and stock markets are bracing for another volatile day, in one direction or another.

Given that the United States is expected to produce 14.8 billion bushels of corn in 2018, when the weekly harvest progress advances by 10 percentage points (as it did last week), that progress represents 211 million bushels...

December corn is unchanged, November soybeans are 4 1/2 cents lower and Chicago wheat is 1/2 cent lower. Selling volume in soybeans has been fairly active.

December corn 1 cent higher. November soybeans 1 1/2 cents higher. Chicago wheat 3 1/4 cents lower. Global stock markets have started the week with optimism.

December corn 1/2 lower. November soybeans 1 higher. Chicago wheat 1/4 lower. The dollar is pulling back on its recent rally.

December corn 3 3/4 lower. November soybeans 9 3/4 lower. Chicago wheat 2 lower.

December corn 1 1/4 lower. November soybeans 1 3/4 lower. Chicago wheat 5 1/4 lower. A stronger dollar and volatile outside markets may threaten grains Wednesday.

December corn 2 3/4 lower. November soybeans 8 lower. Chicago wheat 2 1/4 lower. Minneapolis spring wheat is lingering near the $6.00 mark.

December corn 3/4 lower. November soybeans 1/4 lower. Chicago wheat 1 higher. Interest rate and stock market futures are also tranquil at the start of the day.

December corn unchanged. November soybeans 4 3/4 higher. Chicago wheat 2 1/4 higher. When nearby corn peeks above $3.70, it's higher than it's been since August.

December corn 1 3/4 lower. November soybeans 3 3/4 lower. Chicago wheat 3/4 higher. USDA's monthly supply and demand estimates will be released Thursday at 11 o'clock (Central).

December corn 1/2 lower. November soybeans 4 1/2 lower. Chicago wheat 2 1/2 lower. Drier harvesting weather is finally in store for most of the Corn Belt in the foreseeable future.

Over 14.8 billion bushels (bb) of corn and 4.7 bb of soybeans will eventually be stored -- somewhere -- alongside the last marketing year's ending stocks. Commercial grain facilities and farmers are increasingly willing to store the...

December corn 1/4 higher. November soybeans 3 1/4 lower. Chicago wheat 2 1/4 higher. The outside markets are pulling back from recent volatile changes.

December corn 2 lower. November soybeans 1 lower. Chicago wheat 3 1/4 lower.

December corn 1/2 cent higher, November soybeans 2 cents higher and Chicago wheat 3 3/4 cents higher.

December corn 2 cents higher, November soybeans 3 1/4 cents higher and Chicago wheat 4 3/4 cents higher.

December corn is 3/4 cent lower, November soybeans are 3 1/4 cents higher and Chicago wheat is 3/4 cent lower. Minneapolis spring wheat continues to lead at 2 1/4 cents higher.

December corn is 1 3/4 cents lower, November soybeans are 1/4 cent lower and Chicago wheat is 1 1/2 cents lower. Minneapolis spring wheat is stronger at 1 1/2 cents higher.

December corn 2 1/2 cents higher, November soybeans 3/4 cent higher and Chicago wheat unchanged. Minneapolis spring wheat expresses more risk premium: 2 higher.

December corn 1/2 higher. November soybeans 2 3/4 lower. Chicago wheat 1/2 lower. The Quarterly Grain Stocks report will be released at 11 a.m. Central.

December corn 1 1/2 cents higher, November soybeans 3 3/4 cents higher and Chicago wheat 3 cents higher; Minneapolis spring wheat futures 6 higher.

U.S. soybean basis bids are generally 30 cents per bushel weaker than they were at this same time last year, and it's not just the higher yields and larger crop prospects that are causing the bearishness. Basis weakness is...

December corn 1 1/4 lower, November soybeans 4 3/4 higher and Chicago wheat 1 higher.

December corn 2 lower, November soybeans 3 1/2 higher, and Chicago wheat 3 1/2 lower. Crude oil prices are gaining another $0.40 per barrel on their recent higher trend.

December corn 3/4 lower, November soybeans 6 1/4 lower and Chicago wheat 1 3/4 higher.

December corn 1 1/4 higher, November soybeans 7 lower and Chicago wheat 3 lower.

Nearby lean hog futures have rallied over $5.00 so far this week, leaving another gap on the October chart Thursday. The rest of the livestock sector shrank lower inside previous trading ranges on a day with notably quiet...

7:45 a.m. CDT CME Globex: December corn 1 1/4 higher. November soybeans 1 1/2 lower. Chicago wheat 4 lower.

December corn 3/4 higher, November soybeans 1 1/2 higher, Chicago wheat 6 1/4 higher, soybean oil is down 0.23 and weakness in edible oils could weigh on soybeans.

December corn 1 lower. November soybeans 3 1/4 lower. Chicago wheat 7 1/4 higher. Ethanol futures are barely budging despite gains of almost $1 per barrel in crude oil.

December corn 3/4 higher. November soybeans 1 higher. Chicago wheat 7 1/2 higher.

December corn 1/2 higher. November soybeans 3/4 lower. Chicago wheat 3 lower.