There wasn’t a lot of change in grain and oilseed prices this week. Hurricane Irma didn’t seem to have the effect on prices that some had been expecting. Corn prices did little on the week other than a little increase in export prices due to some Irma related logistics problems.

This was a reasonably quiet week in the USA – probably recovering from the holiday in the US last Monday – four-day work weeks tend to be a bit calmer (except perhaps around Christmas and New Year where limited trading days can mean lots of excitement).
On the US futures side of things, September corn was up by about USD 2 m/t but other months were up by less than USD 1 --- a quiet time. Soybeans were up by about USD 5 m/t with soymeal up by close to USD 8 m/t..................please click PDF to see more details

This weekend is a long weekend in the US with everything being closed on Monday for the Labor Day holiday.
Overall, there was not too much change in prices this past week and while there was a little excitement in prices on Thursday the week ended quite quietly. The long US weekend meant that most traders wanted to leave the office on Friday with a quiet week so they could enjoy three days of rest...............please click PDF to see more details 

We had a down week for corn and wheat prices again this week while soybeans and soymeal were the steady items in the market. Corn price dropped by about USD 5 m/t while winter wheat prices were down by USD 3 to 4 m/t.

It seemed like a quieter week for grain/oilseed prices this week, especially in the futures market where all looked quite calm – except perhaps for US winter wheat which continued to drop lower in price.

Of course, the big news of the week for the US was the USDA WASDE report and its bearish projections on most everything. The projections were not really all that bearish but they were higher for estimate harvest and yields than most of the private forecasters has expected. The higher than expected yields and crops certainly crashed the market on Thursday........please click PDF to see more details

It was another down week for prices for US grains and oilseeds – everything was lower. In the futures market, the week ended with corn down by about USD 3 m/t. soybeans down by USD 19 m/t and soy meal down USD 18 to 20 m/t. Even wheat was lower with hard red winter wheat down USD 8 m/t and soft red winter down by close to USD 9 m/t and spring wheat down by USD 8 m/t............please click PDF to see more details

It was a down week for grain prices this week – everything was down a little: corn prices were down by about USD 2 m/t, soybeans were down by USD 3 m/t, soymeal down by USD 8 m/t and even soft winter wheat was down by USD 6 m/t and hard red winter down by about USD 5 m/t...........please click PDF to see more details

Perhaps a little quieter in the grain/oilseed markets this week, although not all would agree.  The week ended on a down day for prices but still for corn, soybeans and soymeal we had an up week in the market. Corn was only up a couple of dollars on the week while soybeans were up USD 7 or 8 m/t and soymeal up USD 6 m/t or so.............please click PDF to see more details 

Well, that was quite an exciting week for prices – soybeans up by at least USD 20 m/t, soymeal up by 22 to 24 m/t and corn, not quite so strong, up by about USD 5 m/t. The rally in spring wheat prices slowed to a crawl but winter wheat was up by USD 5 or 6 m/t...........please click PDF to see more details