AGSIST DAILY · ISSUE #196 — ARCHIVE
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Thursday, September 24, 2026
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CRUDE RUNS TO $93 AS HORMUZ TRAFFIC STAYS THIN

THE ACTION

Lock diesel needs now; a close above $6.55 on the rack price is the next reason to pre-buy fall fuel, not wait.

Crude added 2.1% to $93.19 and it isn't demand talking, it's one vessel crossing the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, stuck below the 10-day average with the Iran-Hormuz cycle still refusing to fully unwind.

Quotes as of 6:06 AM CT Thu · change vs Wed close · CME futures, delayed
THE NUMBER
1
commodity vessel crossing Hormuz Wednesday
That's below the 10-day moving average, the tell that the Iran-Hormuz premium in crude is fresh again, not just carryover from July.
DAILY QUOTE

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”

Benjamin Franklin
↺ YESTERDAY'S CALL DIDN'T
Called corn down toward $5.27 ($5.29 when the call was made). It closed at $5.2925.
Corn held $5.29 instead of breaking below $5.27; the summit-fade thesis stalled a penny short of the line.
Crude Runs On Thin Hormuz TrafficMEDIUM CONVICTION
  • WTI added 2.1% to $93.19, brushing the top half of its 52-week range as Wednesday's Hormuz vessel count stayed stuck below its 10-day average.
  • Brent's holding above $102 with Iran talks stalled on conditions, the same on-again standoff that's cycled through crude twice since April.
Fuel costs are rising into harvest with no clean resolution in sight either way.
Grains Give Back More GroundLOW CONVICTION
  • Corn held $5.29, essentially flat, while beans firmed a nickel to $13.26; neither moved enough to matter after Wednesday's midweek selloff.
  • Feedstuffs called traders anxious ahead of the next Trump/Xi meeting, the same summit-fade story that cost corn its China pop Tuesday.
Grains are stalled waiting on a summit date, not a fundamental.
Cattle Grind Higher AgainLOW CONVICTION
  • Live cattle added 0.9% to $220.82, its fourth straight positive session after Monday's placement-driven pop cooled off.
  • Feeders slipped 0.3% to $336.40, the divergence that's been the tell all week as the market digests placement numbers.
  • No fresh Cattle on Feed data today; this is carryover mechanics, not new news.
Live cattle strength without feeder confirmation is a fed-cattle story, not a herd-rebuild one.
TODAY'S WATCH LIST
  • Thursday 7:30 AM CTWeekly Export Sales; beans above 1.5M MT keeps the China-demand leg of the rally credible.
  • OngoingHormuz vessel count; a rebound above the 10-day average unwinds today's crude premium fast.
  • This weekDiesel rack price; a close above $6.55 says the export-ban debate is now a cost story, not just talk.
OUTSIDE THE PITNews not moving prices today but in the calculus.
POLICY
White House Denies Diesel Export Ban Amid $6.50 Prices
The denial came a day after Trump and Bessent left the door open; producers pricing fall diesel should note the policy is still unsettled, not resolved.
Written by Sigurd Lindquist, founder. Reply at sig@farmers1st.com — I read everything.
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CME/CBOT locked settlement prices; oilprice.com; feedstuffs.com; world-grain.com; thefencepost.com; no-tillfarmer.com · Compiled 6:08 AM CT Thu
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