Grain Markets and Other Stuff

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  Iowa Drenched Again: When Will Harvest Finally Get Moving? 02.10.2026 25min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌧️ Weather: Heavy rain drenched Iowa and eastern Nebraska, with Omaha receiving nearly 5 inches and Lincoln more than 3 inches. ☀️ Dry weather is expected through the weekend and into next week, but flooding and saturated soils will continue delaying harvest. 🌵 Drought Monitor: Rain i...
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  USDA Scr#ws the Farmer AGAIN - "Finds" More Corn Bushels 01.10.2026 16min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Corn futures tumbled Wednesday after USDA pegged September 1 stocks at 2.095 billion bushels, up 35% from a year ago and well above every trade guess. 📉 Dec26 corn plunged about 21 cents to $5.01, while soybean and wheat stocks both came in below expectations but still couldn't stop...
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  "Wars are Expensive" - Rising Interest Rates Squeeze Farm Margins 30.09.2026 14min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 📈 The 30-year Treasury yield just blew past 5.61%—its highest level since 2002! War-driven inflation fears, heavy government borrowing, and a hawkish Fed are all piling on, with markets pricing in roughly a 50% chance of another rate hike in October. 💬 Jim Iuorio breaks down the thre...
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  Will Iowa Farmers EVER Harvest This Year's Crop?? + China Soybean Letdown 29.09.2026 16min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌱 Soybean futures plunged Monday, with Nov26 beans falling nearly 31 cents to close around $12.88/bu after US soybeans were left out of the US-China tariff reduction deal. 📉 Corn slipped ~5 cents to $5.23/bu on spillover weakness and a firmer dollar, while wheat also finished lower de...
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  Soybeans EXCLUDED from China Tariff-Exempt List - Prices Drop 28.09.2026 16min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🤝 The US and China agreed to cut tariffs on $30 billion worth of nonsensitive goods, including US ag exports, and extended their trade truce until mid-January. 🌐 The two sides also launched an AI dialogue and agreed no country should impose tolls on international waterways, an apparen...
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  Corn Prices TANK Following "No News" Trump/Xi Meeting 25.09.2026 20min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🤝 US-China Talks: Xi Jinping and President Trump met in Washington, but the meeting produced no major breakthroughs on tariffs, AI, or ag trade. Hopes for China dropping its 10% retaliatory soybean tariff or new details on its $17 billion ag purchase commitment went unmet, and grains ...
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  Bessent Says US/China Extend Trade Truce - Corn Purchases Next?? 24.09.2026 20min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: https://standardgrain.com/ Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4NJ9AZc... 🤝 The US and China agreed to extend their trade-war truce by two months to January 10, giving both sides more time to reach a broader deal. 🇨🇳 Treasury Secretary Bessent said this week's Trump-Xi meeting could bring announcements on ag purchases, along with a plan to set aside $30 billion each in US and Chinese exports for tariff rel...
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  Trump Supports Diesel Export Ban + Western Corn Belt Harvest Delays 23.09.2026 17min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Iowa's corn and soybean harvests are running well behind schedule, with just 4% of corn and 2% of soybeans harvested after persistent rain left farmers only two days suitable for fieldwork last week. 🌧️ The state averaged 3.6 inches of rain last week, and more is on the way, with th...
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  Corn Jumps on Possible China Interest + Diesel Export Ban and E15 in California 22.09.2026 15min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 Corn futures rallied Monday, with Dec26 gaining ~16¢ to close at $5.43/bu. The move was driven by hopes for stronger Chinese demand and rain slowing Corn Belt harvest. 🌱 Soybeans jumped ahead of Thursday's Trump-Xi meeting, with Nov26 up ~25¢ to $13.28/bu. Traders are betting the t...
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  How Have SURGING Diesel Prices Impacted Corn Growers? (It's not Good) 21.09.2026 15min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. ⛽ Diesel Prices – National average diesel hit a record $6.51/gal on Sunday, up 76% year-over-year, with off-road diesel nearing $6.00/gal in many areas. Fuel costs are adding $11/acre to corn and $7/acre to soybean budgets, and USDA Secretary Rollins hints at coming relief announcemen...
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  Trump-Xi Meeting: Cancelation Rumors, Soybeans Lower 18.09.2026 24min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🫘 Soybean meal ripped to a new contract high of $372.90 before settling at $368.70 as rain threatens to delay Corn Belt harvest just as crush plants scramble for beans. 📈 Corn and wheat both settled lower, with wheat pressured by hopes for a Russia-Ukraine deal that could ease Black S...
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  US Harvest Delays?? + Trump HATES the Fed Rate Hike 17.09.2026 14min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌧️ Heavy rain is soaking the Corn Belt again, with parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin bracing for up to 10 inches through the weekend. Harvest delays and flooding are expected as fieldwork stalls across Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. 💰 The Fed hiked interest ra...
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  Meal Leads Soybean Higher + Diesel Export BAN?? 16.09.2026 15min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌱 NOPA August Crush Data – US soybean crush hit an 11-month low of 205.456 million bushels, down 5.2% from July, but still an all-time record for August. Soybean oil stocks tumbled to their lowest since November 2024 at 1.201 billion pounds, missing trade estimates. 📉 📈 Grains Rally ...
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  BOOMING Soybean Demand: New Wisc Crush Plant + China Keeps Buying 15.09.2026 15min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌱 CHS Announces Major Wisconsin Soybean Plant: CHS is building a ~$700 million soybean processing facility near Evansville, WI, capable of crushing 80 million bushels annually and boosting the company's total capacity by more than two-thirds. 🏗️ Set to open in fall 2028, the plant wou...
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  Funds are Record-Long Grains, But Rake Hikes are Coming 14.09.2026 24min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 USDA cut its national corn yield to 178.5 bpa (from 180.7) and production to 15.8 billion bushels, close to expectations. 📉 Even so, it's still the second-largest corn crop on record, while corn ending stocks fell to 1.567 billion bushels (stocks-to-use below 10%) and global stocks ...
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  Soybeans Hit 32-Month High + $6 Natl Avg Diesel and Inflation 11.09.2026 17min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌱 Soybeans surge on China demand — Nov26 futures jumped nearly 23¢ to close near $13.32/bu after China snapped up ~1mmt of US soybeans this week. The buying comes just two weeks ahead of the expected Xi-Trump meeting in Washington 🇺🇸🇨🇳. 📊 USDA WASDE Day — Traders are bracing for toda...
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  Diesel Hits Another Record, Inflation Is BACK 10.09.2026 15min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🛢️ Oil Surges on US-Iran Tensions—Brent crude jumped 3.4% to top $100/barrel (highest since late May), while WTI climbed 3.3% to over $96. Pain at the pump continues as gas hits $4.22/gallon and diesel sets a record $5.94/gallon, squeezing consumers and supply chains alike! ⛽📈 🌾 Whea...
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  Was Pro Farmer WRONG? Everybody Else Has a Higher Corn Yield Estimate 09.09.2026 15min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌽 StoneX Crop Estimates: StoneX trimmed its corn yield forecast to 182.9 bpa but raised production to 16.207 billion bushels on higher acreage. Soybean yield held at 53 bpa while production climbed to 4.547 billion bushels—all eyes now turn to Friday's USDA WASDE report. 📊 🌾 Crop Con...
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  Wheat Rallies on Failed Peace Talks + Funds RECORD Long Corn Market 08.09.2026 15min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌾 Wheat & Black Sea Conflict — Wheat futures jumped as weekend peace talks between US envoys, Putin, and Zelenskiy made little headway on ending the Black Sea conflict. Ukraine says it's open to compromise on grain and energy, but shipments remain far below normal seasonal pace. ...
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  Putin, Grain Selloff, and USDA Farm Profit Update 04.09.2026 25min

  Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.com Grain Markets and Other Stuff Links — Apple Podcasts Spotify TikTok YouTube Futures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. 🌾 Wheat: Wheat futures plunged as optimism over a potential Russia-Ukraine peace deal raised hopes for improved Black Sea grain shipments. December Chicago wheat fell nearly 20¢, while KC wheat dropped about 19¢. 🌽 Corn: Corn followed wheat lower, with December futures slipping ...