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Cost of carry tables used to weigh corn and soybean trading ahead of harvest
The analysis frames the tables as a way to compare when commercial traders appear to need cash supplies for crops versus when they are willing to pay to delay selling.
In an August 9 piece for Yahoo Finance, Darin Newsom discusses how cost of carry tables can be used as the US heads into fall harvest, specifically to evaluate which crops market participants might prefer to hold and which to sell over time. The article argues that for corn and soybeans, the tables can be used to interpret shifting conditions in futures spreads tied to commercial trading needs, with the underlying idea that market signals should guide whether traders store after harvest or sell as harvest progresses. Newsom notes that he had shown related work at Barchart’s 2026 Summer Road Show meetings, and recalls a follow-up request for charts tracking the trend of the percent of calculated full commercial carry spreads cover, describing that those charts were still a work in progress, with weekly updates shared via spreadsheets. He also cautions that while he describes the early August soybean market as having a more bullish long-term fundamental outlook, conditions can change, and cost of carry analysis is presented as a tool to respond to those changes as the 2026 fall harvest gets underway.
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