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Grains end lower on improved weather and profit taking ahead of the 3-day holiday and the next WASDE. Live cattle rebound with higher beef prices, but will the recovery continue? Naomi Blohm of Total Farm Marketing.

USDA’s reports showed some surprises last week, including tighter than expected stocks. If China continues to buy corn, analysts say it creates even tighter old crop stocks, but if China quits buying, prices could drop.

Argentina announced a new preferential exchange rate dubbed the “agro dollar,” which aims to boost agricultural exports and strengthen international reserve accumulation.

While Tai has faced strong criticism about a lack of new trade agreements being pursued, she claimed this week that the U.S. is “nearing a consensus on the need to do things differently.”

If weather conditions allow crop yields to return to trend-line levels in 2023, prices for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and many other crops are likely to fall.

I’ve had opportunities lately to talk with chemical engineers and mechanical engineers about greases and lubrication. Here are some tidbits that caught my interest.

Kalera, a vertical farming company based in Orlando, Fla., filed April 4, for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and the CEO stepped down. But leaders are making arrangements to continue regular operations throughout the process.

Grains mixed on weather, export demand and pre-WASDE positioning. Cattle rebound on sharply higher beef, while deferred hogs fall with lower cash. What is the outlook for crude oil? Rich Nelson of Allendale.

Corn and beans lower on profit taking & weather initially but seeing risk off selling and that’s pulling wheat down. That has also eroded early gains in livestock. Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities.

Grains and cotton mostly lower improved weather and technical selling, despite corn and soybean export sales. Risk off continues with more talk of interest rate hikes. Shawn Hackett of Hackett Financial Services.