12/17/25 Downside Objectives Met For Soybeans… What’s Next?

12/17/2025 Click Above to Watch the Morning Market Talk Video Downside Objectives Met For Soybeans… What’s Next? Reco Day 2: Exit January soybean shorts at $10.63. That order was filled on Tuesday. Reminder: The deadline for producers to make sure 2025 acreage reporting at FSA is accurate for the upcoming Farmer Bridge Assistance program payments is Friday, Dec. 19 at 5 ET. On the Grains Soybean futures paused overnight after filling the late-October chart gap and virtually completing the downside projection ($10.60 to $10.50) of the head-and-shoulders formation. Technically, soybeans have “done their job,” though there’s little confidence the market is done going down. Corn and SRW wheat futures modestly bounced overnight, while HRS wheat slightly favored the upside and HRW wheat struggled to find buyers. EPA Won’t Finalize 2026 Biofuels Mandates by Year-End; 45Z Guidance Awaited EPA currently expects to issue a final rule setting 2026 and 2027 Renewable Fuel Standard RVOs during the first quarter of 2026, according to a notice filed with the U.S Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Dec. 15. This delays key policy decisions on RINs and reallocating small refinery exemptions. Also of note, while more info on 45Z is expected for…