9/13/2026 Sunday Market Preview

Grains were called to edge lower at the start but looked open to turning around behind leadership from crude oil as war news was heating up again. In the Headlines The September crop report featured a 2.2 bushel per acre reduction to the corn yield, down to 178.5, which was still slightly higher than the average trade guess. That the lower corn yield came along with a lower harvested acreage estimate made for a bullish market reaction initially, but corn futures eventually turned back lower to resume the pre-report selloff. USDA raised its soybean yield from 52.7 to 52.8 bushels per acre instead of going slightly lower with the consensus view. China purchased more than one million tons of U.S. soybeans again last week, bringing the total listed commitments to about 10 million metric tons. Adding soybean sales registered with ‘unknown destinations’ that are likely mostly tied to China, the total has reached above 50 percent of the 25 million metric tons promised when President Trump met with Xi Jinping last October. A visit to the U.S. by Xi Jinping is still scheduled for September 24th. The visit reportedly aims to achieve a reduction of reciprocal tariffs on $30 billion…