10/19/26 Afternoon CommStock Report – Agronomically… The Year is Going Pretty Much as Expected

The Commstock Report is a twice daily market report. 10/19/2026 Agronomically… The Year is Going Pretty Much as Expected PLEASE REFER TO THE BROKER COMMENTARY PAGE FOR UPDATES!! Click Above to Watch Brian’s Afternoon Market Update We entered this growing season here in NW IA with a full profile of subsoil moisture and got both our corn and soybeans planted early…our soybeans on the earliest date ever. I have noted that given those two criteria, of moisture reserves and timely planting date being favorably met, that crops then are tough to kill in the subsequent growing season. There was also a building El Nino to consider impacting this growing season. This is typically a positive thing, with El Nino years typically cooler and wetter in the corn-belt. The El Nino took its time to develop and I voiced concern over the delay about the possibility of a cold wet fall. Coming home from DesMoines recently I noted that there was water standing in the field near Boxholm in central Iowa. Bet basements there flooded. I feared mudding the crop out and tearing up fields. I was concerned that the ground may have to freeze before they could finish getting the crop out…