“China and Brazil are getting together. They’re going to build infrastructure, and they’re going to make SAF and they’re going to build railroads, and it’s not good for us and our future. That’s why we need new markets,” says Iowa farmer Tim Burrack.

The newly released stocks-to-use ratios for corn and soybeans show we can expect the markets to be responsive to any threat to yields this summer.

EPA plans to rescind much of the Biden administration’s first nationwide drinking water standard aimed at protecting people from “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

Equity markets saw some continued strength on Wednesday but the momentum has slowed. More volatility and movement was seen in commodities with markets like gold, grains, and cattle drawing attention.

Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge, says soybeans have been seeing continued strength off the bullish WASDE numbers allowing it to clear some technical objectives. But the market needs other fundamental factors to come together to clear $11.

Vince Boddicker, Farmers Trading Company, thinks more constructive developments on trade with China are part of the equation but so is the push from soybean oil.