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River Analysis

Illinois River Analysis

Work with river forward curves and zone-level analysis without changing the published river overview flow.
Published snapshot 2026-05-15
Zone 3 Forward Curve
Zone-level forward month aggregate basis for soybeans and corn.
Quote date: 2026-05-15
Soybeans
Corn
May 26
Soybeans-15c
Corn-10c
-48¢-33¢-17¢-2¢13¢SOYBEANS: -15.00¢SOYBEANS: -11.33¢SOYBEANS: -5.44¢SOYBEANS: -18.75¢SOYBEANS: -43.00¢SOYBEANS: -38.00¢SOYBEANS: -30.27¢SOYBEANS: -27.00¢SOYBEANS: -14.78¢SOYBEANS: -25.00¢SOYBEANS: -15.00¢SOYBEANS: -20.00¢SOYBEANS: -15.00¢SOYBEANS: -12.00¢CORN: -9.80¢CORN: -3.11¢CORN: -1.67¢CORN: -11.37¢CORN: -22.25¢CORN: -30.00¢CORN: -24.64¢CORN: -7.11¢CORN: -14.00¢CORN: -8.89¢CORN: -4.00¢CORN: -8.25¢CORN: -3.75¢CORN: -8.00¢CORN: -5.17¢CORN: -35.00¢CORN: -15.00¢
May 26
Soybeans-15c
Corn-10c
May 26Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26Sep 26Oct 26Nov 26Dec 26Jan 27Feb 27Mar 27Apr 27May 27Jun 27Jul 27Oct 27Dec 27
Front Month Soybeans
May 26: -15
Front Month Corn
May 26: -10
Harvest Soybeans
Oct 26: -38
Harvest Corn
Oct 26: -30
Forward MonthSoybeansSoy ChgCornCorn Chg
May 26-15 N+0.10¢-10 N+0.20¢
Jun 26-11 N-1.89¢-3 N+0.11¢
Jul 26-5 N-1.11¢-2 N0.00¢
Aug 26-19 Q0.00¢-11 U0.00¢
Sep 26-43 X+0.16¢-22 U+0.13¢
Oct 26-38 X0.00¢-30 Z0.00¢
Nov 26-30 X0.00¢-25 Z+0.09¢
Dec 26-27 F0.00¢-7 Z0.00¢
Jan 27-15 F0.00¢-14 H0.00¢
Feb 27-25 H0.00¢-9 H0.00¢
Mar 27-15 H0.00¢-4 H0.00¢
Apr 27-20 K0.00¢-8 K0.00¢
May 27-15 K0.00¢-4 K0.00¢
Jun 27---8 N0.00¢
Jul 27-12 N0.00¢-5 N0.00¢
Oct 27---35 Z0.00¢
Dec 27---15 Z0.00¢