Corn and Soybean Yields Seen Rising in September – What History Says Comes Next

By Adam Graves, Global Risk Management Inc. There has been ongoing debate around corn and soybean yields essentially all growing season. Inconsistent weather, or at very least weather favorability being inconsistent across different parts of the United States, as well as weekly USDA crop updates that saw conditions falling throughout the summer had dampened optimism  Continue Reading »

US Domestic Shortening and Oil markets

By Brian Harris, Global Risk Management Inc. As soybean oil futures prices have taken on a bit of a calmer tone over the last several weeks, end users are starting to reassess what “value” should look like going through the rest of 2021. While the domestic soybean crushing community seems to have a better handle  Continue Reading »

Revisiting Corn and Soybean Acreages (Yes, Again)

By Adam Graves, Global Risk Management Inc. With the market having now digested last week’s 6/30 USDA Acreage report and the corn and soybean growing seasons in full swing, it was once again thought valuable to revisit the topic of acreages. As a refresher, in the 3/31 Prospective Plantings report the USDA projected 2021 corn  Continue Reading »