The Daily Board — Monday, July 20, 2026.
Today's close, shipped tonight.
A split-tape day — the grain and oilseed side ran green almost across the board while gold took the session's hardest hit as last week's Mideast risk premium started to unwind and the dollar firmed.
📋 The Board
Barchart end-of-day settlements for Mon, July 20, 2026. Canadian prices marked C$. † = print flagged, see note below.
Grains & Oilseeds
🌽 Corn · Dec — 473'0 · +5'4 · +1.18% 🟢⬆️
🫘 Beans · Nov — 1226'2 · +23'2 · +1.93% 🟢⬆️
🥫 Meal · Dec — 323.8 · +5.3 · +1.66% 🟢⬆️
🛢️ Oil · Dec — 72.13 · −0.30 · −0.41% 🔴⬇️
🌾 SRW · Sep — 674'0 · −8'6 · −1.28% 🔴⬇️
🌾 HRW · Sep — 723'6 · −8'4 · −1.16% 🔴⬇️
🌾 HRS · Sep — 692'2 · +0'4 · +0.07% 🟢⬆️
🌾 Oats · Dec — 351'2 · +1'4 · +0.43% 🟢⬆️
Prairie Crops
🌼 Canola · Nov — C$810.20 · +15.70 · +1.98% 🟢⬆️
🌾 Barley (Alta feed, weekly cash) — ~C$300/t · unchanged ➖
Energy
🛢️ WTI · Aug — 83.23† · +0.74 · +0.90% 🟢⬆️
🔥 NatGas · Aug — 2.860 · −0.051 · −1.75% 🔴⬇️
Metals
🥇 Gold · Aug — 4,015.9 · −83.8 · −2.04% 🔴⬇️
🥈 Silver · Sep — 57.072 · +0.746 · +1.32% 🟢⬆️
📖 The Read
🌽 Corn — 473'0, +5'4 (+1.18%) 🟢⬆️ $CORN ( ▲ 0.17% ) $ZC_F ( 0.0% )
Rode the broader grain rally higher, drafting off strength in beans rather than any fresh corn-specific headline.
Ethanol demand stayed steady; the bigger story this week is still the corn/bean acreage tug-of-war.
So what: a solid green close nudges your board bid up, but it was following the complex, not leading it.
Watch: the next Crop Progress ratings and any shift in the Corn Belt forecast.
🫘 Soybeans — 1226'2, +23'2 (+1.93%) 🟢⬆️ $SOYB ( ▲ 0.06% ) $ZS_F ( 0.0% )
The grain complex's biggest gainer today, extending Friday's strength as traders leaned on hopes for fresh export business and fund short-covering.
China demand (the whole ballgame for beans) had no new headline today — this looked more like technical buying than a fresh catalyst.
So what: back above $12.25, beans are pricing in optimism that still needs a real order to confirm.
Watch: weekly export sales and any South American harvest/logistics chatter.
🥫 Soybean Meal — 323.8, +5.3 (+1.66%) 🟢⬆️
Meal (the protein feed left after the oil is pressed out) took back the crush (the margin from turning beans into meal and oil) from oil today — a reversal of Friday's split.
Protein-feed and livestock demand did the heavy lifting while oil sat this one out.
So what: firmer meal nudges your feed-ration cost up, even as the broader bean rally looks constructive.
Watch: livestock/feed demand and whether meal keeps hogging the crush this week.