Oliver Sloup, Blue Line Futures, says corn, soybeans and wheat all saw technical buying this week after bouncing off key support on the charts. The key is can the markets build on it next week?

The impact of disease and dry conditions are becoming increasingly evident as combines roll. More than 70% of farmers report steady or lower yields in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.

Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says the funds were liquidating long positions on the open Friday after President Donald Trump said the administration was working on a plan to lower beef prices. Some of it was triggered by algorithm trades that key their formulas off headlines.

Clean Fuels Alliance America has sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a copy to USDA Secretary Booke Rollins, saying EPA’s pending Supplemental Notice on Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) for 2026 and 2027 may have a major negative impact on the U.S. agricultural economy.

Kevin Duling of KD Investors says soybeans saw some short covering and technical buying but got a fundamental push from rising Brazilian basis levels.

With contributing factors ranging from insect pressure to disease and environmental stressors this season, agronomists say farmers face hard decisions on when to combine their crop in affected fields.

Sam Swanson with The Money Farm says soybeans are seeing short covering as U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said the possibility of extending a pause of import duties on Chinese goods for longer than three months exists if China halts its plan for strict new export controls on rare-earth elements.

The coming months of November and December will be marked by an uptick in the number of used farm equipment auctions across the country. It seems counter-intuitive, but it could be the last chance to get a good deal on a gently used tractor or combine.

Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing, says corn futures closed higher on technical buying and short covering after holding chart support and the spreads even tightened.

Brady Huck with Advance Trading says corn and soybeans have been holding support and holding up well amid harvest pressure and the China trade woes.