Lagging Development and Low Ratings Spell Trouble for Corn and Beans

Fertilizers were mostly lower with only DAP posting a higher price on the week.

Spring wheat development is also lagging the norm by a wide margin. Get more highlights from today's Crop Progress Report.

Excessive soil moisture has corn and soybean CCI well below their respective five-year averages.

Late-season rains pulled down the SRW and HRW CCI ratings. Dryness caused the spring wheat CCI rating to drop.

Markets may pause until end of the week reports and U.S./China meetings in Japan.

Producers there now have until July 15 to report spring prevented plant acres.

Pro Farmer editors provide daily updates on advice, including if now is a good time to catch up on cash sales.

China "continues to conduct itself like a little kid who wants to see how seriously her parents will enforce the rules," says the author of this guest blog post.

Get more highlights from today’s Weekly Export Inspections Report.

Doane economists provide a visual update on short-term, intermediate and long-term trends for commodity and key outside markets.

Corn, soybean and wheat futures are supported by weekend rains across the Midwest.

Grains firming amid ongoing concerns about U.S. production from this year’s unprecedented wet, cold weather.

Perspective on prevent-plant acreage payments

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Pork demand, on the other hand, was tepid.