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With just one day left in the 2021 trading year, grain prices are showing a little softness but are still at high levels.

Despite bitter cold, limited winterkill predicted

Farmers are beginning to harvest soybeans in the largest soybean producing state in Brazil.

China may be on a major buying binge (hoarding) of ‘strategic products’...

Brazilian farmers soybean start harvest in Mato Grosso

The U.S. and Russia will hold security talks, gasoline prices decline amid crude rally and OPEC+ refuses to answer Biden output demands...

At best, the CME wheat futures gave a shot over the bow, showing just how quickly market sentiment can change.

Indonesia’s crude palm oil output is expected to rise 2.6% next year. . .

EPA has announced a two-day virtual public meeting/workshop on biofuel greenhouse gas (GHG) modeling.

The weather pattern of Argentina and southern Brazil being dry and central to northern Brazil wetter than normal will remain in place in January, according to World Weather.

South America weather pattern to hold through January

Hot and dry conditions have eroded yield potential in southern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. . .

A major trader of Russian wheat, Swiss-based Solaris is confident China will become a big buyer and seeks to boost exports . . .

Two dams burst in northeastern Brazil

Minnesota Soybean Processors, a farmer cooperative, and CGB Enterprises Inc. plan to build a crushing plant that will process 42.5 million bu. per year near Casselton, North Dakota.

Citing better-than-expected yields, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange raised its Argentine wheat production estimate.

As is our tradition, Pro Farmer named our ag story, person and event of the year.

30 day outlooks for corn, soybeans, wheat & cotton.

The cargo pileup at West Coast ports had a bigger impact on farm exports from California than the China/U.S. trade war, say three economists.

Hogs & Pigs Report: Herd contraction greater than expected

What do we want to see happen next week as we close out 2021? Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, provides his take.

Markets will be closed tomorrow, Putin doesn't mention military designs in public comments and Summers warns of an economic testing period for the U.S.

Supplies of natural gas are tight and there is growing doubt about reserve fuel stocks.

Increasing demand and economic recovery create stable outlook.

Ukraine might decide in mid-January to limit milling wheat exports for the rest of the 2021-22 marketing year to protect domestic supplies and keep prices from rising. . .

USDA’s Cold Storage Report showed U.S. beef stocks rose contra-seasonally in November.

Soybean futures rallied for a seventh consecutive session behind strength in soymeal and expectations dryness will cut soybean yield potential in Argentina and Brazil.

U.S. third-quarter GDP revised higher

Russia cuts gas supply to Europe, Biden confident Manchin will vote in favor of BBB and U.K. GDP forecasts soften...

“Don’t panic on price slides and sell into rallies.” That was the consensus marketing outlook from several analysts on “AgriTalk” following the 2021 harvest.

EPA is currently evaluating the use of dicamba and whether it can be sprayed on GMO cotton and soybean plants with resistance to the chemical.

Potash prices will likely remain high into the new year given U.S. sanctions against Belarus Potash Company (BPC).

USDA continues to increase its forecasts for food price inflation for various grocery store items, led by beef and pork prices. . .

Corn futures closed at the highest levels in over six months on support from rallying soybeans and wheat, and concerns persistent dryness in parts of South America will trim crop potential.

Hogs & Pigs Report expected to show more herd contraction

Despite COVID-19 variants, inflationary pressures and supply chain limitations, consumers will continue to power the economic rebound,

USDA overpaid corn farmers in 2019 by around $3 billion for impacts from former President Donald Trump’s trade policies, in part because the agency over-estimated the value of lost export business. . .

South American dryness is becoming a concern, EPA uncertain on the future of SREs and the U.S. tops list of rising consumer prices...

EPA’s proposed biofuels blending levels announced Dec. 7 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2020, 2021 and 2022 have now been published in the Federal Register.

The surging spot shipping rates of the past year are set to translate into steep price increases in 2022, the Wall Street Journal writes. . .

Russian and Ukrainian farmers are expected to harvest 110.4 MMT of wheat in 2022, 2.6 MMT more than previously forecast by Black Sea region ag consulting firm SovEcon.

BSE reported in Canada, market access likely ‘unaffected’

Some rains fell on southern Brazil over the weekend, but they weren’t enough to stop net drying in the region.

Russia plans to set its grain export quota at 11 MMT, including 8 MMT of wheat, from Feb. 15-June 30, 2022 . . .

The NCGA and state organizations sent a letter asking Mosaic executives to “voluntarily withdraw your countervailing duties and allow critical supply back into the U.S. . . . "

As December comes to a close, the grain markets are offering a few gifts. March corn prices were up 3.25¢ and new-crop December corn prices were down 4.5¢, for the week ending Dec. 17. 

South American weather pattern to remain about the same

As of mid-December, a significant portion of U.S. wheat acres are experiencing drought.

Grassley calls for fertilizer price scrutiny, nations adjust monetary policy and Manchin is still a no-go on BBB...

Unica expects more sugarcane to be allocated to ethanol production – 55.13% this year versus 53.93% last year.