Grains in the Green this Morning. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025

As of 9:45 a.m. CT, December corn was up 5¾¢ at $4.29 per bushel.

November soybeans were up 4¾¢ at $10.47½ per bushel.

December CBOT wheat was up 7¼¢ at $5.32¼ per bushel. December KC wheat was up 6¾¢ at $5.20¾ per bushel. December Minneapolis wheat was up 3¢ at $5.74¾.

“Corn and soybean futures bounced back from their Monday weakness overnight, rising in early trade on hopes for an easing in the U.S-China trade war,” said The Brock Report of the overnight session. “Those hopes were sparked by the news President Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping will speak by telephone on Friday to finalize the sale of TikTok to U.S. buyers. Wheat futures have rallied as well on speculative short covering and a notable rise in Russia’s wheat export tax.”

Concerning the U.S.-China negotiations, Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist at StoneX, said: “There has thus far been no mention of soybeans or any other commodities being a part of the negotiations, which are continuing today. The start of the soybean marketing year on Sept. 1 typically marks the start of the U.S. export campaign to supply China with soybeans through January or February, when cheaper new-crop Brazilian supplies would begin to arrive. The five-year average for Chinese commitments for U.S. soybeans already on the books by the first week of September is just shy of 400 million bushels. Yet, zero commitments are on the books thus far this year.”

As of 9:46 a.m. CT, December live cattle were down $1.08 at $235.20 per hundredweight (cwt). October feeder cattle were up 10¢ at $354.60 per cwt. December lean hogs were down 13¢ at $88.73 per cwt.

October crude oil was up 97¢ at $64.27 per barrel.

The U.S. Dollar Index December contract was down to 96.39.

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