Weekly Grain Seasonal Review

Thom Hartle – April 15, 2026

Each Wednesday this article will be updated with the current seasonal study using CQG's Seasonal analysis applied to the Soybean, Wheat and Corn markets. You can download the CQG pac providing the studies and charts here. In addition, the seasonal data lines can be pulled into Excel using RTD formulas.

Below each chart are two tables. The first table is the highest correlation of the current market data to the seasonal year using a 20-day, 50-day, 100-day and the 200-day lookback periods. The second table is the previous week's data. Seasonal analysis is about price direction or the trend.

Soybeans

Soybeans

This Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation6_Yr                    
12.30
8_Yr                    
67.22
8_Yr                    
87.03
5_Yr                    
63.00
Last Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation8_Yr                    
43.92
4_Yr                    
81.20
8_Yr                    
82.47
5_Yr                    
62.19

Wheat

Wheat

 

This Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation3_Yr                    
70.01
4_Yr                    
80.63
4_Yr                    
88.06
8_Yr                    
59.49
Last Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation3_Yr                    
62.34
4_Yr                    
84.23
4_Yr                    
86.78
8_Yr                    
61.62

Corn

Corn

This Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation6_Yr                    
80.01
4_Yr                    
69.11
4_Yr                    
36.86
4_Yr                    
27.79
Last Week's Data    
Correlation Lookback (Days)2050100200
Seasonal Year Back with the Highest Correlation10_Yr                    
57.34
4_Yr                    
85.67
4_Yr                    
37.43
4_Yr                    
30.29

Disclaimer

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