12/24/2025 Merry Christmas! Grains Strengthen Overnight Morning Market Talk There will not be a morning market talk video today.On the Grains Winter wheat markets and soybeans led price gains overnight, trading on their session highs early this morning. Corn followed to the upside. Gold, silver and platinum all posted record highs overnight. Geopolitical tensions in the Black Sea region and with Venezuela remain elevated. Wheat is also supported by heat/dryness in U.S. winter wheat areas along with forecasts calling for bitter cold in Russia’s main wheat regions into early January. Russia set the grain export quota at 20 MMT from Feb. 15 to June 30, the bulk of which will be wheat. That’s nearly double the 10.6 MMT quota from last year, though corn is included this year. Russia forecasts grain exports at 53 MMT to 55 MMT for 2025-26, in line with the five-year average. Christmas Schedule Today: Grain markets close at 12:05 CT; livestock markets close at 12:15 CT. Thursday: All markets are closed for Christmas. Friday: No overnight grain trade. Grain and livestock markets open at 8:30 a.m. CT and will trade normal daytime hours. Government offices: Closed Dec. 24-26. Commstock reports: AM report only today; PM broker comments only on…
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