One factor that was persistent all last calendar year and will be again in 2022 is high market volatility. 

Last year, this volatility was instigated by production issues in South America and the demand it shifted to other countries, including the United States. This demand caused U.S. ending stocks forecasts to drop to minimal levels, especially on soybeans. As the year progressed, these fears subsided, and by the end, we were actually seeing concern about stocks building to near burdensome ...