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Rain Delayed Soybean Harvest Strengthens Spot Basis

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December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information

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Mid-September Soybean Ratings Not Far Off From Year Ago Ratings

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Minding Ag's Business

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Drought-Hit Western Plains Look to El Nino for Improved Winter Moisture

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South America Preview: El Nino to Play Big Role During the 2026-2027 Season

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 480'0 484'2 476'0 483'4 3'2 483'0s 04:52P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 494'4 498'0 490'2 497'2 3'0 497'2s 04:45P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 502'0 505'2 498'2 505'0 2'4 504'4s 04:48P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 507'2 510'6 503'6 510'4 2'4 510'0s 04:49P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 500'2 502'6 497'6 502'4 0'6 501'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 512'0 514'0 509'2 513'2 0'4 512'2s 04:46P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 525'0 527'0 524'6 526'0 0'0 525'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 533'0 534'2 533'0 533'2 0'2 533'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 535'6 537'4 535'4 537'2 0'2 536'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1289'0 1291'0 1278'0 1288'2 -4'2 1287'6s 04:52P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1305'6 1307'6 1295'2 1305'0 -4'0 1304'6s 04:46P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1316'0 1317'6 1305'6 1315'4 -4'2 1314'4s 02:31P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1324'0 1326'4 1314'4 1324'4 -3'4 1323'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1329'4 1332'0 1320'2 1330'0 -3'2 1329'2s 04:45P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1308'6 1313'6 1302'4 1311'6 -3'4 1311'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1268'0 1274'0 1265'0 1272'0 -3'0 1272'2s 04:45P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1259'4 1262'4 1254'0 1262'2 -2'0 1261'2s 04:45P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1267'4 1273'0 1266'0 1273'0 -1'6 1272'4s 01:30P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3735 3753 3732 3747 69 3756s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3646 3691 3600 3682 31 3687s 03:52P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3627 3658 3580 3652 19 3656s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3611 3624 3559 3621 4 3623s 03:21P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3610 3621 3560 3617 - 2 3617s 03:22P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3620 3640 3581 3637 - 5 3635s 03:21P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3584 3600 3545 3593 - 9 3593s 01:30P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3527 3543 3495 3536 - 12 3538s 01:20P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3450 3474 3434 3468 - 15 3472s 02:54P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 75.625 75.675 75.075 75.625 0.550 75.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 68.100 69.000 67.825 68.350 0.550 68.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 69.500 70.475 69.225 70.225 1.050 70.300s 03:15P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 74.200 75.250 74.075 74.975 0.900 75.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 79.500 80.300 79.500 79.850 0.600 80.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 88.300 88.800 88.050 88.625 0.425 88.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 90.575 90.975 90.375 90.825 0.275 90.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 90.550 91.225 90.550 91.075 0.250 91.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.750 79.050 78.550 78.950 0.325 78.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.650 72.700 72.500 72.700 0.200 72.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.800 0.250 75.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 225.100 225.100 223.550 224.675 - 0.225 224.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 227.075 227.400 225.500 226.575 - 0.450 226.600s 03:10P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 229.475 229.875 228.225 229.475 0.100 229.575s 02:31P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 230.700 231.000 229.475 230.900 0.350 230.925s 02:30P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 225.250 225.625 224.150 225.525 0.300 225.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 221.825 221.900 220.675 221.800 0.275 221.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 219.725 219.925 218.875 219.925 0.325 219.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 219.650 220.000 219.000 220.000 0.250 219.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 219.900 219.900 219.200 219.850 0.325 219.850s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 219.625 219.800 219.625 219.675 0.425 219.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 343.975 344.025 341.550 343.625 - 0.375 343.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 341.500 341.950 339.125 341.275 - 0.850 341.100s 02:30P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 335.975 336.375 334.000 335.875 - 0.600 335.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 331.900 332.250 330.050 331.750 - 0.675 331.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 330.900 331.400 329.500 331.025 - 0.675 330.775s 02:30P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 329.500 329.600 327.750 329.475 - 0.575 329.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 330.675 330.800 329.800 330.725 - 0.475 330.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 328.000 328.000 327.475 328.000 - 0.300 327.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
Oct 27 324.750 324.750 324.750 324.750 324.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF7V Options for @GF7V
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 51972.00 52182.00 51913.00 52129.00 184.00 52110.00s 04:47P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 52459.00 52648.00 52400.00 52580.00 187.00 52589.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7873.00 7887.00 7846.25 7857.00 - 1.75 7858.00s 04:48P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7951.50 7964.25 7925.50 7935.25 - 1.75 7936.75s 04:00P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 31145.50 31289.25 30844.25 30877.50 - 210.50 30898.25s 04:49P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 31500.00 31625.00 31201.50 31238.75 - 212.25 31254.00s 04:00P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 67.88 0.58 68.30s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.03 68.70 67.43 68.64 0.61 68.63s 04:45P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.23 68.88 67.67 68.84 0.60 68.83s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.48 69.09 67.93 69.04 0.56 69.04s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.69 69.29 68.15 69.25 0.54 69.23s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.74 69.33 68.21 69.28 0.52 69.26s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.45 68.91 67.81 68.85 0.50 68.84s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 67.46 68.35 67.46 68.35 0.50 68.35s 01:20P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 669'6 676'0 662'0 672'6 1'2 672'2s 02:55P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 684'4 689'4 676'4 686'2 0'6 686'0s 04:45P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 691'2 696'0 684'0 692'2 0'2 692'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 692'4 698'2 687'6 695'0 0'0 695'0s 04:47P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 699'0 704'6 695'2 701'4 0'0 701'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 709'6 715'4 707'0 712'4 0'2 712'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 717'2 722'2 717'2 720'0 0'2 720'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 722'2 722'2 719'0 719'2 0'2 719'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 702'0 702'6 702'0 702'0 0'6 702'6s 04:45P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 83020.0 83020.0 82550.0 82725.0 - 200.0 82925.0 04:53P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 83505.0 83300.0 Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
Dec 26 83500.0 83660.0 Chart for @BTC6Z Options for @BTC6Z
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 4191.4 - 25.2 4165.8s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4205.7 4227.2 4169.8 4179.3 - 25.5 4175.6s 04:45P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
Dec 26 4220.8 4242.3 4178.1 4195.9 - 25.7 4190.6s 04:48P Chart for QGC6Z Options for QGC6Z
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 60.755 - 0.529 60.141s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 61.010 61.490 60.250 60.315 -0.529 60.286s 04:00P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
Dec 26 61.290 61.745 60.395 60.570 -0.535 60.513s 04:00P Chart for QSI6Z Options for QSI6Z
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 91.83 94.36 89.61 93.16 1.89 93.74s 04:49P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 90.98 93.43 88.90 92.24 1.85 92.86s 04:00P Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
Jan 27 89.99 92.37 88.06 91.23 1.86 91.86s 04:45P Chart for QCL7F Options for QCL7F
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Friday, October 2, 2026 11:07AM CDT
Red crown rot is an emerging soybean disease in the Midwest, which has the potential to decimate yields. Researchers say early detection and sound management practices are the best defenses against the relatively new foe.

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