3 Big Things Today, Dec. 30, 2025
- Media Logic Radio
- Dec 30, 2025
- 2 min read
Slow news impacts grain trading along with weaker export report.
By David Geiger | Published on December 30, 2025
1. Mixed Trade in Early Morning Session
Shortly after 6:30 a.m. CT, March corn was down ½¢ at $4.41¾ per bushel.
March soybeans were up 3¼¢ at $10.66¾ per bushel. March soymeal was 50¢ higher at $303.80 a short ton, and March soy oil increased 0.10¢ to 49.39¢ a pound.
March wheat markets were mixed in the early morning. CBOT wheat was up 1¢ at $5.14 per bushel. KC wheat was down ½¢ at $5.26¾ per bushel. Minneapolis wheat decreased 1½¢ at $5.64¼ per bushel.
“Slow news in the grain markets saw prices drift lower, which may have also been influenced by a broader risk-off, profit-taking day spilling over from outside markets,” said Cole Raisbeck, commodities broker of Kluis Commodity Advisors.
2. Exports Weaker in Grains
Export inspections of corn, beans and wheat were all lower in the seven days that ended on Dec. 29, according to a report from the USDA.
Corn inspections totaled 1.3 million metric tons, down from 1.7 million tons the week prior, USDA said.
However, that is up from the 907,565 tons assessed during the same week last year.
Soybean assessments were reported at 750,312 metric tons, down from 929,365 tons in the previous week. Well below the 1.64 million tons inspected at the same point in 2024.
Examinations of wheat for offshore delivery dropped to 302,096 metric tons from 635,626 tons a week earlier and 339,492 tons at this time last year, the agency said.
Since the start of the marketing year on Sept. 1, USDA has inspected 25.5 million metric tons of corn for export, up from 15.3 million tons at the same point last year.
Soybean inspections since the beginning of September now stand at 15.3 million metric tons, down from 28.6 million during the same timeframe a year earlier.
Wheat assessments since the start of the grains marketing year on June 1 are now at 15 million metric tons versus 12.3 million tons at this time last year, USDA said in its report.
3. Tranquil Weather and Mild Temperatures Expected
There is tranquil weather in the forecast according to the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Weather Prediction Center.
However, the NWS added there was a surge of arctic air behind an intense cyclone, which recently impacted portions of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes with blizzard conditions. This will push into the eastern two-thirds of the country.
The NWS said, “Tranquil weather and milder than normal temperatures will prevail across much of the Intermountain West under the influence of a stable high pressure ridge at all levels of the atmosphere. The milder than normal temperatures will quickly spill into the northern and central Plains [Tuesday] behind a warm front.”
In the process, the lake-effect “snow machine” will remain active downwind from the Great Lakes, according to the NWS.
