Market Monitor: This has been a strange summer
This has been the summer of worrying about maturing crops, of enjoying the rains that were filling the soybeans and struggling to bale hay without getting it rained on three times.
Huge crop or early frost: Race is on
Crunch time in the grain markets: If we confirm a huge crop with early harvest, the lows are not yet in.
Good weather grain market continues
Grain prices have mostly continued lower the last week, although wheat shows signs of a bottom and the soybeans have had erratic trading that seems like indecision day-traders taking profits.
USDA report shocks the grain market
After the June 30 USDA acreage and stocks reports, we are looking at the worst one-day trading in years, and the market is struggling to decide what low prices really are.
Great weather brings poor grain prices
It is hard to argue with the direction of the corn market, which has been down. It is also hard to envision a scenario where we can justify a big weather market.
Market outlook: Great weather, slipping grain prices
Prices continue to slip lower on the Chicago Board of Trade as the traders get the impression that the weather is perfect and that...
The big news in the corn market comes from China: Corn rejected
China has rejected some U.S. corn, not elevators/processors warning farmers: We will not be accepting "grain containing unapproved GMO traits, including Agrisure Viptera (MIR-162) and Duracade."
Grain prices fall as seed hits the ground
The planting reality is that we caught up this week in good weather, and if the sun shines and we get a little rain on time, we will continue to expect big crops.
Grain markets drop on planting progress
The grain market response to the planting progress has been a little ugly.
The lure of the weather market
Delayed planting across the country has led to a weather market, and that is dangerous for farmers and traders alike.
