Developed by Matthew Elliott, Associate Professor & SDSU Extension Agribusiness Specialist.
The Grain Report mobile app puts a complete grain-market dashboard in your pocket. Powered by the AgriVaR research platform and available free on the Apple App Store and Google Play, the app pulls together prices, government supply-and-demand estimates, export trade, trader positioning, stocks, processing margins, crop progress, and international crop weather into a single, easy-to-navigate tool — giving farmers, grain merchandisers, and agricultural stakeholders the market intelligence they need, wherever they are.
Grain marketing decisions depend on more than a single price quote. Futures prices, basis, supply-and-demand balance sheets, export demand, speculative positioning, and growing-season weather all move the market together. The Grain Report app gathers these data sources from the USDA, CFTC, CME, and international weather models so producers can see the full picture and manage price risk with confidence.
App Features
The app is organized into eight tabs across the bottom of the screen, each focused on a key part of the grain market.
Prices
Track futures prices for corn, soybeans, and wheat with built-in technical analysis (52-week range, moving averages, support and resistance, and a daily OHLC candlestick chart), fundamentals, and local basis — all in one view. A clear bullish/bearish read and day, week, and month price changes help you gauge momentum at a glance.
Trade
Monitor weekly export sales and inspections for corn, soybeans, and wheat. Cumulative, weekly, and outstanding views compare the current marketing year against prior years, and a top-destinations table shows where U.S. grain is heading.
Crops
Follow USDA NASS weekly crop progress and condition for corn, soybeans, and wheat, comparing the current season’s planting, emergence, and development pace against prior years.
WASDE
Review the USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, with the key supply, demand, and ending-stocks figures that drive grain prices each month.
COT
Follow the CFTC Commitments of Traders report to see how managed money and commercial traders are positioned — net long or short — an important gauge of market sentiment.
Stocks
Check USDA grain stocks data to understand how much grain remains in on-farm and off-farm storage.
Processing
Track domestic demand and margins across ethanol, soybean crush, biodiesel, and flour milling — the processing sectors that consume U.S. grain.
Weather
View international crop weather for major producing countries using ECMWF and GFS model data — temperature and precipitation forecasts and anomalies that can shift global supply expectations.
About the Tool
The Grain Report app is developed and maintained by the SDSU AgLand team and is powered by the AgriVaR research platform. It continues to evolve, consistently updating market data and enhancing functionality to better serve farmers and agricultural stakeholders in managing price risk and understanding the broader grain market landscape.
No Data Collected
The developer does not collect any data from app users, ensuring a private and secure experience.
Download the app
The Grain Report app is available for free on both Apple and Android devices. It can be downloaded for Apple devices at the App Store and is available on Android devices via Google Play. Tap or click the blue buttons below to get started today.
Funding Acknowledgement
This work is supported by Agrivar and the Hatch Act (project award no. SD00H858-26), from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Project: Real-Time Monitoring & Management of Risk for Ag Producers and Agribusinesses — South Dakota State University, Department of Economics (Accession No. 7009837)
