Monday is a holiday in the USA – Labor Day – so the week will start off quietly. This week was a down week for all grains and oilseeds – soymeal even moved lower for a change. USA corn was down by about USD 3 m/t on the week with soybeans down by USD 7 or 8 mt. while soymeal dropped by USD 13 to 15 m/t.......please click PDF to see more details.

Most of the trade reports this week seem to think that this wasn’t a very exciting week for grain and oilseed prices or activities. However, there was quite a bit of talk about lower crop yields in the USA due to the very hot and dry weather in the corn belt......please click PDF to see more details

This week felt like a calmer week in the grain/oilseed business although soybean did make a good move higher on the week – up by USD 16 m/t for new crop soybeans. Corn prices finished the week almost unchanged while most US wheat was down by about USD 4 m/t......please click PDF to see more details

This week was USDA WASDE week, always an exciting time. Corn and soybean yields and production were down a little, but the WASDE seemed to have less effect on the market than the US weather reports.......please click PDF to see more details