Mark's Market Talk for December 8, 2025

Last week was a down week in the grains as March corn closed down 3 cents and beans dropped 32 cents. Corn exports continue to be very strong. However, the biggest customer was Mexico as they are still feeding a large amount of cattle that would normally be fed in the US if it wasn’t for the screw worm issue. So, while the export news is good, the domestic demand keeps lowering because we are feeding less livestock. Ethanol is holding its own as fuel demand remains good. We just don’t need a lot of bad weather that keeps people home and not out driving. The bean market had a bad week. The bears won, not the Chicago Bears, the CME bears. Friday China did buy 17 million bushels of beans; however, they still have a huge amount to buy to fulfill what we were told they will buy. Next week will be an important week for beans. Hopefully they can recover like the cattle market did last week. The December WASDE report will be released Tuesday. This report should not be a big mover as the trade waits on the real numbers that will come in January. But we have been surprised many times before.