Thursday, August 6, 2026
Wheat took it on the chin across all three U.S. boards today while canola quietly went the other way, in a split-complex session with the metals cooling off from their recent highs.
The Board
Grains & Oilseeds
🌽 Corn · Dec: 462'0 · +2'0 · +0.43% 🟢⬆️
🫘 Beans · Nov: 1177'6 · +3'0 · +0.26% 🟢⬆️
🥩 Meal · Dec: 316.60 · +1.00 · +0.32% 🟢⬆️ †
🫙 Oil · Dec: 67.37 · +0.20 · +0.30% 🟢⬆️ †
🌾 SRW · Sep: 631'2 · −11'0 · −1.71% 🔴⬇️
🌾 HRW · Sep: 699'6 · −13'6 · −1.93% 🔴⬇️
🌾 HRS · Dec: 694.25 · −13.75 · −1.94% 🔴⬇️
🌾 Oats · Dec: 328'0 · −5'6 · −1.72% 🔴⬇️
Prairie Crops
🌻 Canola · Nov: C$768.90 · +2.90 · +0.38% 🟢⬆️
🐮 Barley · cash: no fresh bid this week † · carried · n/a ➖
Energy
🛢️ WTI · Sep: 77.29 · +2.07 · +2.75% 🟢⬆️ †
🔥 NatGas · Sep: 2.640 · −0.048 · −1.79% 🔴⬇️ †
Metals
🥇 Gold · Dec: 4,299.60 · −5.60 · −0.13% 🔴⬇️
🥈 Silver · Sep: 61.606 · −0.682 · −1.09% 🔴⬇️
The Read
🌽 Corn: 462'0, +2'0 (+0.43%) 🟢⬆️ $CORN ( ▲ 0.17% )
Corn edged higher even as favourable U.S. weather kept the crop looking full, a sign of some quiet demand support under the surface.
Weekly export sales fell hard week-over-week (116,700 tons, down 68%), so today's gain leaned on positioning, not fresh buying news.
So what: a firmer bushel nudges feed costs up slightly for anyone pencilling out fall rations.
Watch: USDA's August 12 WASDE, the next real read on this year's crop size.
🫘 Soybeans: 1177'6, +3'0 (+0.26%) 🟢⬆️ $SOYB ( ▲ 0.06% )