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Blue Line Futures
Grain Express: Grain Futures Prices Retreat

Grain markets had a strong start to the week but have so far failed to find any follow-through momentum as traders' position ahead of March options expiration on Friday.

Blue Line Futures
Grain Express: Grain Markets Rally to Start the Week

Grain markets are green to start the week (yes, you read that correctly!). Is there more upside left into March options expiration on Friday?

Global Farmer Network
The Time of His Life

Bill Northey was an amazing leader in agriculture who had the people skills of a retail politician and the vision of a statesman.

Austin Schroeder
Newton’s First Low

Weekly overview of ag commodity market news & price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.

Paul Neiffer
IRS Shares Warning on 7 Signs of Employee Retention Credit Mistakes

The IRS issued an alert warning taxpayers about the most common mistakes taxpayers make in regards to Employee Retention Credit claims. Make sure none of these mistakes apply to you.

Blue Line Futures
Cattle Futures Catch Their Breath

Live cattle futures have had a strong start to the year but have been consolidating over the last three sessions. Are we endearing the top or is the market just catching it’s breath?

Blue Line Futures
Corn Futures Post Their First Positive Session of the Month!

Corn futures were able to notch their first positive close of the month in yesterday’s trade and are attempting to firm in today’s trade. Are we nearing a market low?

Stephanie Mercier
Coastal Disruptions from Climate Change Threaten Agriculture

Sea level rise from climate change could turn up to 65 million people living on islands into refugees over the coming decades, adding to an already enormous refugee crisis. Farmers on coastal lands may also be affected.

Blue Line Futures
A Mixed Trade in Livestock

Livestock markets were mixed last week with cattle higher and lean hogs under pressure. What will this week bring?

Blue Line Futures
Grain Markets are Firm to Start the Week. Will it Last?

Corn and soybeans are higher in the early morning trade, but will it hold through today’s trade?

Global Farmer Network
An Election Impact Story from Indonesia

Farmers, ranchers, and everyone involved in agriculture must play a role. It starts with voting, but we should do more: We must speak in favor of food security and the international trade that makes it possible.

Blue Line Futures
Weekly Grain Market Recap - 2-10-2024

Grain markets continued to struggle this week following a WASDE report that offered little reason for Funds to cover their ever-growing net short position. Here's how things stand at the end of the week.

Austin Schroeder
More of the Same

Weekly overview of ag commodity market news & price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.

Blue Line Futures
Grain Markets Digest Today's USDA Report

With the USDA report behind us, what's next for the markets?

Paul Neiffer
A Final $306 Million ERP Payment Will be Paid for 2020 and 2021 Disasters

USDA announced more money to be paid to farmers who had qualifying disasters in 2020 and 2021. These payments will only be paid to farmers who collected payments under Phase 1 not Phase 2.

Blue Line Futures
All Eyes on Today’s USDA Report

Grain markets are quiet in the early morning trade as traders gear up for today’s USDA report.

Jon Scheve
Preventing The Use Of “FREE” Storage

Jon Scheve explains how farmers LOSE money with "free" storage or DP (delayed pricing) offerings and urges farmers to stop using them.

Blue Line Futures
Is the bottom in for beans?

Soybeans reverse off the lows to finished the day higher. Are we nearing a low?

Global Farmer Network
A Global Farmer Perspective on the Opportunity Offered With New Plant Breeding Technology

NGTs give us a chance to hit the reset button—and embrace a technology that can make agriculture more climate conscious, more sustainable, and more fruitful.

Austin Schroeder
Groundhog Day

Weekly overview of ag commodity market news & price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.

Blue Line Futures
A Closer Look at Cattle, Corn, and Beans

Cattle futures have had an impressive rally from the lows, is there more upside to come?

Blue Line Futures
Corn and Wheat Stabilize While Soybeans Retreat

Weekly export sales helped corn and wheat markets stabilize in today’s trade. For soybeans it was a different story with weekly export sales hitting a marketing year low.

Blue Line Futures
2-Minute Drill: Soybeans and Copper

Analyzing bullish engulfing patterns in March soybeans & copper, highlighting key psychological levels and technical indicators that suggest a potential rally in grain markets and a continuation in copper’s upward trend.

Blue Line Futures
Grain Prices Continue to Slide Lower. Where’s the Bottom?

Grain futures prices were under pressure to start the week with soybeans making new lows for the move. What could be the catalyst to encourage a short covering rally?

Jon Scheve
Historical Trends Suggest There Is A Good Chance December Corn Will Trade Above $5 Again

Jon Scheve discusses different rationale for why corn prices could rally in 2024.

Blue Line Futures
Will the Livestock Rally Continue?

Livestock futures were sharply higher last week, will that momentum carry over into this week’s trade?

Blue Line Futures
Grains Drift Lower to Start the Week

Grain markets are under pressure in the early morning trade as Funds continue to grow their net short position.

Global Farmer Network
German Farmers Protest Suffocating Policies

Protests have an impact, but they also show that a understanding of ag problems has not yet reached politics. Our goal is to make sure that the voice of farmers is heard in the corridors of power and among the public.

Austin Schroeder
Kick In the Shorts

Weekly overview of ag commodity market news & price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.

Blue Line Futures
Grains Cool Down as Livestock Markets Ignite: A Sizzling Agricultural Shift!

Corn, soybeans, and wheat all struggled to extend higher in today's trade while cattle futures surged higher on the back of a higher cash trade being reported.

Paul Neiffer
Tax Relief For American Families and Workers Act Passes Out of House Ways & Means Committee

If the act passes, the major item that applies to farmers is that 100% bonus depreciation is allowed on 2023 returns. Therefore, farmers might want to wait to file their return until sometime in February.

Blue Line Futures
Grain and Livestock Markets Mixed to Start the Week

Grain markets were fairly mute to start the week, which I guess is better than under pressure? Cattle futures finished the day mixed.

Blue Line Futures
What to Watch for in Today's Livestock Trade

With the Cattle on Feed report behind us, will cattle be able to resume their recovery rally, or will profit taking ensue?

Blue Line Futures
A Mixed Start to the Week

Grain markets have traded on both sides of unchanged to start the week. Will the Bulls be able to hold ground and recover recent losses?

Jon Scheve
Don’t Give Away Your Risk Premiums

Jon Scheve discusses how farmers who raise specialty corn often give away their risk premium and leave money on the table. He explains how farmers should sell to maximize their profit potential.

Global Farmer Network
A Farmer’s View From COP28

COP28 is a big deal. Some 85,000 people attended, including 150 heads of state. In the past, farmers were rarely part of the program. In our absence, we could not defend ourselves, let alone explain what we do.

Austin Schroeder
Bottom Hunting

Weekly overview of ag commodity market news & price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.

Blue Line Futures
A Grain Market Rollercoaster

It was a rollercoaster of emotions (and prices) this week for grain markets. Market strategist, Matthew Bresnahan, breaks it all down in this weeks recap and 2-Minute Drill.

Stephanie Mercier
Disruptions to Normal Shipping Patterns are Causing Another Spike in Ocean Freight Rates

Major disruptions to shipping through the Panama and Suez canals, occurring for very different reasons, are contributing to the recent spike in ocean freight rates.

Blue Line Futures
Grain Markets Hanging by a Thread

Grain futures markets were weaker again in yesterday's trade but are holding their own in the early morning trade. Will the selling resume at the 8:30 open?

Blue Line Futures
Soybeans Stage a Recovery Rally

Soybean futures have firmed up to start the shortened holiday week, this following Friday's uniformly bearish WASDE report. Is the low in?

Global Farmer Network
Free Trade Is Good for American Farmers Like Me

We are living in an age of political disruption. Candidates who break the silence on trade and offer a positive agenda for expanding exports may find themselves rewarded with farm-country votes.

Leigh Rubin
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Austin Schroeder
Rocky Start

Weekly overview of ag commodity market news & price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.

Paul Neiffer
BOI is Live and Working

The new Beneficial Ownership Information Report system at FinCen is live and working.

Blue Line Futures
Are Cattle Gearing Up For a Breakout?

Live cattle continue to consolidate while feeder cattle knock on the door of a technical breakout.

Blue Line Futures
Grain Markets Consolidate Ahead of Tomorrow’s Report

A mixed morning with corn unchanged, soybeans higher, and wheat lower, as traders position ahead of tomorrow’s USDA report.

Blue Line Futures
Pressure in Grain Markets Continues Ahead of Big Reports

Corn, soybeans, and wheat futures were all sharply lower early in Monday’s trade as selling picked up ahead of this week’s reports.

Blue Line Futures
Grain Markets Continue to Bleed Lower

Grains are weaker to start a big week as traders gear up for reports from CONAB and USDA

Jon Scheve
The Farmer Who Cried Drought

Jon Scheve summarizes the latest weather conditions of the Mato Grosso region in Brazil and how it is impacting prices. He also discusses what to expect in this week's USDA report.