The Daily Board — Monday, July 6, 2026
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The grain board came back from the long weekend swinging.
Soybeans $ZS_F ( 0.0% ) $SOYB ( ? 3.27% ) ([url]https://stocktwits.com/symbol/SOYB[/url]) led the whole complex higher — up better than 4% — as last week's bullish USDA acreage and stocks numbers kept working and fresh export demand piled on.
Corn ripped nearly 4%, all three wheat boards firmed, and canola rode the oilseed wave past C$756.
Energy went the other way: crude eased on OPEC+'s fresh output bump, though nat gas ticked up.
Metals were the messy corner — gold hovered near $4,155 and silver couldn't hold its earlier bid, with both quoted on thin July contracts that need a second look.
The Board
Grains & Oilseeds (CBOT / KC / MGEX)
Corn · Jul — 440'6 ¢/bu · +15'6 · +3.71% ??????
Beans · Jul — 1182'2 ¢/bu · +50'4 · +4.46% ??????
Meal · Jul — 315.0 $/ton · +7.3 · +2.37% ??????
Oil · Jul — 68.15 ¢/lb · +1.20 · +1.79% ??????
SRW · Jul — 606'0 ¢/bu · +15'4 · +2.62% ??????
HRW · Jul — 638'4 ¢/bu · +11'4 · +1.83% ??????
HRS · Jul — 591'4 ¢/bu · +1'4 · +0.25% ?????? †
Oats · Jul — 289'2 ¢/bu · +3'4 · +1.22% ??????
???? Prairie Crops (ICE / cash)
???? Canola · Nov — C$756.60 /t · +16.9 · +2.28% ?????? †
???? Feed Barley — ?C$300 /t (~$6.53/bu del. Lethbridge) · weekly cash · easing †
????? Energy (NYMEX)
????? WTI · Aug — $68.55 /bbl · ?0.14 · ?0.20% ??????
???? NatGas · Aug — $3.245 /MMBtu · +0.049 · +1.53% ??????
???? Metals (COMEX)
???? Gold · Jul — ?$4,155.1 /oz · change unconfirmed † ?
???? Silver · Jul — ?$61.6 /oz · did not settle · desks lower ?????? † The Read
???? Corn — 440'6, +15'6 (+3.71%) ?????? $CORN ( ? 3.5% ) ([url]https://stocktwits.com/symbol/CORN[/url]) $ZC_F ( 0.0% )
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The grain board came back from the long weekend swinging.
Soybeans $ZS_F ( 0.0% ) $SOYB ( ? 3.27% ) ([url]https://stocktwits.com/symbol/SOYB[/url]) led the whole complex higher — up better than 4% — as last week's bullish USDA acreage and stocks numbers kept working and fresh export demand piled on.
Corn ripped nearly 4%, all three wheat boards firmed, and canola rode the oilseed wave past C$756.
Energy went the other way: crude eased on OPEC+'s fresh output bump, though nat gas ticked up.
Metals were the messy corner — gold hovered near $4,155 and silver couldn't hold its earlier bid, with both quoted on thin July contracts that need a second look.
The Board
Grains & Oilseeds (CBOT / KC / MGEX)
Corn · Jul — 440'6 ¢/bu · +15'6 · +3.71% ??????
Beans · Jul — 1182'2 ¢/bu · +50'4 · +4.46% ??????
Meal · Jul — 315.0 $/ton · +7.3 · +2.37% ??????
Oil · Jul — 68.15 ¢/lb · +1.20 · +1.79% ??????
SRW · Jul — 606'0 ¢/bu · +15'4 · +2.62% ??????
HRW · Jul — 638'4 ¢/bu · +11'4 · +1.83% ??????
HRS · Jul — 591'4 ¢/bu · +1'4 · +0.25% ?????? †
Oats · Jul — 289'2 ¢/bu · +3'4 · +1.22% ??????
???? Prairie Crops (ICE / cash)
???? Canola · Nov — C$756.60 /t · +16.9 · +2.28% ?????? †
???? Feed Barley — ?C$300 /t (~$6.53/bu del. Lethbridge) · weekly cash · easing †
????? Energy (NYMEX)
????? WTI · Aug — $68.55 /bbl · ?0.14 · ?0.20% ??????
???? NatGas · Aug — $3.245 /MMBtu · +0.049 · +1.53% ??????
???? Metals (COMEX)
???? Gold · Jul — ?$4,155.1 /oz · change unconfirmed † ?
???? Silver · Jul — ?$61.6 /oz · did not settle · desks lower ?????? † The Read
???? Corn — 440'6, +15'6 (+3.71%) ?????? $CORN ( ? 3.5% ) ([url]https://stocktwits.com/symbol/CORN[/url]) $ZC_F ( 0.0% )
- Corn came out of the long weekend with a bang, tacking on nearly 16¢ as last week's USDA acreage and stocks numbers kept feeding the rally.
- Mixed Corn Belt weather — pockets of heat and uneven rain into pollination — added a risk premium buyers were happy to pay.
- So what: a $4.40 July board lifts new-crop cash and firms basis, but it also nudges up feed and ethanol input math for anyone buying corn.
- Watch: the next Crop Progress condition ratings and the pollination-window forecast.
- Beans were the star, ripping better than 50¢ — the day's biggest mover — as strong weekly export sales stacked on top of the post-report bid.
- New-crop sales in particular showed China and others still stepping up, keeping the demand story alive.
- So what: an $11.82 board is a gift for anyone still holding old-crop beans or pricing new-crop; crush economics stay healthy.
- Watch: daily flash-sale announcements and any read on South American planting intentions.
- Meal rode the bean rally higher, up $7-plus as the crush stayed well-bid and protein-feed demand held firm.
- The product split leaned meal's way today, with meal carrying a fair share of the board crush.
- So what: firmer meal lifts the cost side for hog and poultry feeders even as it rewards the crush margin.
- Watch: livestock feed-demand signals and the meal share of the crush spread.
- Bean oil added better than a cent, pulled along by the broader oilseed strength rather than crude, which slipped on the day.
- The biofuel-demand backdrop keeps a floor under the vegoil complex even when crude leans soft.
- So what: firmer bean oil supports canola and the wider vegoil basis — a tailwind for Prairie oilseed values.
- Watch: renewable-diesel policy headlines and the palm-oil read overnight.
- Chicago wheat climbed better than 15¢, extending the rally that started with last week's surprise cut to U.S. wheat plantings — the smallest acreage in USDA records back to 1919.
- A smaller crop next year has the specs covering shorts and rethinking the supply picture.
- So what: a firmer $6.06 board improves marketing chances for anyone sitting on wheat, and it's dragging the other two classes up with it.
- Watch: Black Sea export pace and U.S. winter-wheat harvest progress.
- Kansas City firmed 11½¢, following Chicago's lead as the acreage story lit a fire under all three classes.
- Southern Plains conditions and protein premiums stayed supportive.
- So what: the HRW premium over Chicago holds — good news for hard-red growers weighing sales.
- Watch: Plains moisture and the pace of HRW export bookings.
- The Minnie barely budged, up a cent and a half — but the July pit is thinning fast into the roll and this print came on just 2 lots. Flagged † — treat as directional, not gospel.
- The active September contract is where the real spring-wheat action is; the July number is a roll artifact.
- So what: spring-wheat protein premiums still matter for Prairie growers, but lean on the September board for a clean read.
- Watch: spring-wheat condition ratings and the Canadian Prairie crop as it heads through summer.
- Oats ticked up 3½¢, a modest green day in a market that trades on a handful of lots (2 today) and moves on air.
- So what: thin liquidity means the Chicago print is a loose guide; Prairie cash is the number that actually pays.
- Watch: Prairie new-crop conditions and the Chicago/cash gap.
- Canola pushed past C$756 on the active November contract, riding the soy-and-vegoil rally plus lingering excess-moisture worries across parts of the Prairies. Quoted on Nov (†) — the July watchlist print was a zero-volume roll artifact.
- Crush margins eased a touch but stayed healthy, keeping domestic demand firm.
- So what: a C$756 board is a solid pricing level for new-crop canola and firms the Prairie oilseed basis.
- Watch: Prairie weather, the loonie, and any China/EU trade-policy noise.
- Delivered-Lethbridge feed barley is easing from June's ~$6.75/bu toward the low $6.50s into July — a weekly cash series, not a daily print. Flagged † as the latest weekly bid.
- So what: softer barley narrows the feed-grain spread against corn for Alberta feedlots.
- Watch: new-crop September bids (running near $6.10/bu) and feedlot demand.
- Crude slipped a dime-plus, capped near $69 resistance after OPEC+ agreed to a fresh 188,000 b/d output bump for August and the U.S.-Iran ceasefire kept the war premium drained.
- So what: softer crude is a small break at the diesel pump for anyone fueling equipment this summer.
- Watch: Wednesday's EIA inventory report and any OPEC+ follow-through.
- Nat gas firmed about a nickel to the mid-$3.20s on shifting summer-heat demand, even as domestic supplies stay ample.
- So what: gas is the feedstock for nitrogen fertilizer — a firmer print keeps an eye on next season's N costs, though supplies are keeping a lid on it.
- Watch: Thursday's EIA storage number and the cooling-demand forecast.
- Gold sat around $4,155 on the thin July COMEX contract. Flagged † — the watchlist's +1.03% change conflicts with spot desks that had gold slightly lower (about ?0.3%) on a firmer U.S. dollar, so the day's move is unconfirmed; the active contract is August.
- So what: near $4,150, gold is still parked at historically lofty levels — the safe-haven bid hasn't gone anywhere even on a down tick.
- Watch: the dollar, real yields, and the next read on Fed rate expectations.
- Silver never settled cleanly in the watchlist — the 61.635 print is an intraday 12:25 CT quote. Flagged † — independent desks had silver falling more than 1% to below $62 on the day, so it's carried as direction-only, not a hard settle.
- So what: even lower on the day, silver near $62 keeps the gold-silver ratio in focus for anyone playing the metals split.
- Watch: COMEX silver inventories and whether silver tracks or diverges from gold next session.
- Biggest mover: soybeans, up 4.46% — the day's clear leader as USDA-driven strength met fresh export demand.
- Cross-market driver: last week's bullish USDA acreage and stocks reports are still doing the work, lifting corn, all three wheats, and the oilseeds together; energy and metals marched to their own drummers.
- Watch tomorrow: midweek Crop Progress condition ratings, Wednesday's EIA crude inventories, and Thursday's USDA Export Sales and EIA gas storage — plus a clean settle to resolve the gold and silver flags.
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