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Heartland Market Talk: Grains Close Strong, Wheat Shorts Squeezed & Cattle Cash Battle Brewing
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Heartland Market Talk: Grains Close Strong, Wheat Shorts Squeezed & Cattle Cash Battle Brewing

02/13/2026 Podcast

🌟 Weekly Grain Recap: A Solid Week Overall

  • Corn: Up about 1½¢ on the week

  • Soybeans: Strong follow-through from last week

    • Last Friday looked like possible “topping action”

    • Market proved otherwise — pushed higher again this week

    • Nearly made new recovery highs (missed by 1¢)

    • Currently just 6¢ off the best levels of the week

  • Some farmer selling ahead of the 3-day weekend

    • Sensible risk management — “why not?”


🌾 Wheat: Shorts Taken to the Woodshed

  • Second-largest wheat volume day yesterday

  • Index fund shorts aggressively covered

  • Commitment of Traders data likely to show:

    • A noticeable reduction in wheat short positions

  • Full confirmation expected next Friday’s COT report

📉 Today’s Wheat Pullback (Still Higher on the Week)

  • Kansas City Wheat (March):

    • ⬇️ Down 10¼¢ at 5.43¾

  • KC May:

    • ⬇️ Down 10¾¢ at 5.55¼

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