8/21/2025

Today the market ran higher on rumors for positive SRE announcements coming soon.  Bean oil was up over $2.  Beans finished the day up 20 cents at 10.56 Nov futures.  There is a chance we could make a run at the 10.74 Nov highs from back in June.  If we get there, I am a seller.  Bean basis remains in the garbage, so a run higher in futures doesn't help that either.  We still don't have a trade deal, so I think any rally is short lived at this time.  Take advantage of it if we can trade up near the highs, especially if you need to move something at harvest.  Corn finished up 7 cents today.  The pro farmer tour is finding decent yields thus far, so sustaining a rally on corn might be difficult as well.  We will see what they come up with at the end of week, but I am guessing the USDA isn't too far off.  Bean pod counts might have people on the verge of moving bean yields even higher.