Wheat led the traffic this week, but Thursday's crude spike was the sharpest single move on the board.
Here are the five most-read editions from the week, ranked by what readers actually opened, not by what we thought would matter.
This Week's Most-Read
1. 🌾 Wheat Jumps on Russia's Black Sea Threat
The week's most-opened edition.
Wheat climbed across all three boards (Chicago, Kansas City and Minneapolis) after Russia threatened renewed Black Sea strikes, while oats spiked 2% and soybean oil firmed on biofuel demand.
WTI crude slid to $89.43 as G7 reserve releases kept weighing on the barrel.
2. 🌽 Grains Rally on Weak Dollar as Crude Sits Flat
A reader favourite right behind it.
A sliding U.S. dollar brought fund buyers back across the grain complex: oats jumped 3.4%, soybean meal climbed 2.2%, and wheat gained on all three boards while crude held flat.
3. 🫘 Soybean Meal Surges as Oil Craters on Crush Spread
Soybean meal jumped more than 3% on strong crush demand even as soybean oil sank on weak biofuel economics.
Wheat fell hard across the complex and natural gas jumped on cooler forecasts.
4. 🛢️ Crude Spikes on Hormuz Fears as Soybean Meal Slips
WTI crude jumped 3.6% to top $91 after tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and a Gulf Coast storm threat. Soybean meal gave back 2.2% and silver slipped.
5. 🥇 Corn Sinks 4% on Bearish WASDE as Gold Tops $4,200
USDA's October WASDE lifted yield and stocks estimates, sinking corn 4.1% and pulling wheat lower across the board.
Gold and silver rallied to fresh highs on safe-haven flows.
The Week in One Line
Grains swung on geopolitics and the dollar for most of the week, then Friday's WASDE flipped the script.
Crude's Hormuz-driven spike to $91 was the sharpest single-session move of the week.
A weak dollar fueled Tuesday's grain rally; Friday's bearish WASDE sent money rotating into gold and silver instead.
Keep Reading
Track this week's dominant movers: Wheat, Soybean Meal, Corn, and WTI Crude.