10/06/26 Afternoon CommStock Report – Big Agriculture Put in Election Crosshairs

The Commstock Report is a twice daily market report. 10/06/2026 Big Agriculture Put in Election Crosshairs PLEASE REFER TO THE BROKER COMMENTARY PAGE FOR UPDATES!! Click Above to Watch Brian’s Afternoon Market Update Part 2 of 3 Iowa clean water advocate and candidate for Secretary of Agriculture Chris Jones collated his collective thoughts on the structure of our Agriculture into the book ‘Swine Republic’. Given today’s genetics and production practices we start out each growing season with 300 bpa yield potential for corn. That says something in and of itself. At one time, we had 200 bpa as a yield goal and now the state yield average exceeds that. With 300 bpa as our goal, something always happens each season to trim the fluff off the yield. In 2025 it was wind damage and this year it was the record July heat. The level of subsoil moisture reserves and planting date are the first dominant variants to achieving full yield potential. In 1973 we had livestock chores to do morning and night and had a 6-row planter (which we eventually traded up to a 12-row). We would get 50-80 acres planted in a day. I farmed about 400 acres back then. Now…