Profit taking in grains to end the week, but dry conditions remain
Howdy market watchers! How is it October and we’re still in the 90s! It has been a hot, dry start to...
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Month and quarter ending with market exuberance
Howdy market watchers! Well, that’s nearly a wrap. September is all but over and that means the thir...
Fed recalibrates policy with first rate cuts in four years
Howdy market watchers! This Sunday marks the official end to summer and the start of the autumn seas...
Commodity bulls continue to take charge
Howdy market watchers! Labor Day is behind us and football season is well underway, but temperatures...
Grain market bulls making meaningful chart progress
Happy Labor Day Weekend market watchers! It is officially the unofficial conclusion to summer 2024! ...
ProFarmer finds smaller corn, larger bean crop than USDA
Howdy market watchers! The stage is set! There are now only two tickets for the highest office in th...
Market whipsaw frustrates grain and cattle hedgers
Howdy market watchers! The heat of August is upon us. The school year has begun and seems to start e...
Market uncertainty spikes commodity volatility
Howdy market watchers! Apocalypse avoided. Friday’s unseasonably cool weather was a sigh of relief f...
Trading places: bulls shift buying from cattle to grains
Howdy market watchers! Welcome to the heat of August and the start of the Olympic games! I believe e...
Grain markets begin to find buyers while cattle continue strength
Howdy market watchers! And just like that, July has come to an end. Unlike other years, it has been ...
Lower June inflation brings buoyancy to commodity markets
Howdy market watchers! What a difference a week makes. As I highlighted in last week’s article, the ...
Grains attempting breakout higher
Happy July and Independence Day weekend market watchers! Celebrating the 4th of July in our country ...
Corn bears roar after USDA reports
Howdy market watchers! The year is half over with Friday marking the last trading day of the month a...
Wheat prices back to pre-Russian rally levels
Howdy market watchers! Summer is officially here with the summer solstice marking the longest day in...
Wheat prices under pressure as bountiful harvest starts
Howdy market watchers! Wheat harvest is finally here! Just one month ago, many would have said that ...
Grain rally continues, but key resistance nears
Happy Memorial Day weekend market watchers! This is the time we honor and remember those who have go...
Russian freeze, USDA reports support wheat and corn bulls
Happy Mother’s Day weekend market watchers! We honor and thank all the mothers out there for raising...
Month-end selling finds support across commodity markets
Howdy market watchers! It’s May and that means it’s Kentucky Derby time! This weekend’s race marks t...
Short covering accelerates wheat 95-cent rally
Howdy market watchers! What a move! I wrote last week that we were on the cusp of a potential break ...
Grains on the cusp of a potential break higher
Howdy market watchers! I think the best way to start this week is to say that a potentially signific...
Drought and Middle East conflict could support commodity volatility
Howdy market watchers! Just another day in paradise as it seems so many are saying these days. And w...
USDA Prospective Plantings bullish for corn market
Happy Easter market watchers! He is Risen! Spring has sprung and the volatile weather common with th...
Hotter CPI and US dollar rebound results in mixed markets
Howdy market watchers! Happy St. Patty’s weekend and hope you’re enjoying a green beverage somewhere...
Dollar weakness sparks grain short covering while cattle stall
Howdy market watchers! How is it already near the middle of March? While temperatures have been unse...
Grain deluge continues while higher vs. exp placements seen in Cattle-on-Feed
Howdy market watchers! Well, if we’re not at the bottom in the grain markets, we’re closer than we w...
Bears wrangle the grain markets, cattle break higher
Howdy market watchers! It’s been another brutal week for the grain bulls. The annual USDA Outlook Fo...
USDA reports weigh on grain markets while cattle rally stalls
Howdy market watchers! Remember gentlemen, Valentine’s Day is coming and so is the snow! So, they sa...
Strong week for wheat amid lowest cattle numbers since 1951
Howdy market watchers! Another year, another month gone by. Warmer weather feels that spring is in t...
Strong weekly performance in wheat and cattle futures
Howdy market watchers! It continues to rain in the Southern Plains. We continue to be grateful for t...
Neutral on-feed turns cattle traders to weather premium; grains turn higher
Howdy market watchers! January is well underway, and we have survived the first polar vortex. New re...