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We saw lots of movement in the grain markets last week, but when it was done corn and beans were both steady on the week. Last Friday’s COT report showed that as of last Tuesday the funds had re...
Late Thursday Trump announced the tariffs were taking effect March 4th. The market was already skittish and this sent them lower. At the end of the week May corn was down 35 cents and beans were 31 lo...
The next big mover will be the USDA’s planting intentions report that comes out this Friday. The common thought is we will plant 4 to 5 million more acres of corn and if they use a trend line yi...
We saw more up and down trade last week in the commodity markets. Corn ended the week 9 cents higher while beans were 13 cents lower. Corn was helped by a higher wheat market that was reacting to cold...
A new week and the same story. Corn and beans both ended last week higher, but it wasn’t easy. Monday and Friday were give-back days and the middle of the week gave us higher prices. At the end ...
As of Friday afternoon, tariffs against Mexico and Canada were set to start Saturday. No one likes tariffs, especially when it affects your livelihood like farming. Hopefully these can be resolved soo...
Normally this time of year we see some quiet days in the grain office as the first of the year corn has been bought, and producers are waiting for the spring markets. This year we have been busy every...
Tariffs are a very hot button and there is a lot of fear that if the new administration invokes some on China that they will quit buying our grain. However, on the flip side is the thought that China ...
Report day was last Friday and this time the surprises were positive ones. The report was very friendly to both corn and beans, and if South America wasn’t looking at a record crop, we could sta...
The attention this week will be on the January reports that will include revised yields for the 24 crops. Estimates are all over the board, but one thing most agree on is the potential record bean pro...
