12/14/2025 Sunday Market Preview

Grains are called steady to slightly softer on a lack of fresh input that would ease the negative tone left from last week. In the Headlines There was movement on peace deal between Russia and Ukraine over the weekend. Ukraine’s President Zelensky signaled being willing to give up joining NATO as part of an agreement that would still maintain security guarantees from the U.S. and Europe. Zelensky is in Berlin to meet with Trump administration officials. Russian drone attacks were being carried out over the weekend, including one allegedly launched against a Turkish ship hauling sunflower oil. Mass shootings at Brown University in Rhode Island and at Bondi Beach in Australia were dominating headlines after news from Saturday that three U.S. citizens were killed in an ISIS-linked terrorist attack in Syria, including two members of the Iowa National Guard. President Trump vowed “serious retaliation” for the attack. Chinese trade activity remains the primary point of fundamental guidance for the grains. Flash sales of soybeans to China were announced on four out of five days last week, but traders were focused on the negatives of not seeing a material impact on cash bids and having uncertainty about the timeframe for purchases….