Corn Commodity Markets, Prices & Futures
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Latest News From Corn Markets
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Markets Mixed: Technical Buying, Smaller Crop Support Corn and Wheat; Rain and Record Crop Hit Beans
Mixed market finish on Monday. Corn pricing in the smaller crop, with wheat seeing technical buying. Soybeans set back with yield boosting rains. Cattle continue to consolidate, with short covering in the hogs.
Mixed mid-session with corn, wheat and hogs higher. Pro Farmer estimates, money flow and weather all at play today. Michelle Rook gets a summary with Jeff Hoogendoorn of Professional Ag Marketing.
Pro Farmer released their state yield estimates on Friday. We compared Pro Farmer’s numbers to USDA’s state yield estimates in the August WASDE to determine the biggest misses in the east and west.
Markets open mixed with corn seeing support after the lower Pro Farmer corn yield and wheat is following. Soybeans down with rain over the weekend. Livestock see follow through technical selling and weaker cash.
Over the past 30 years of Pro Farmer Crop Tour, John Phipps has noted the reliably repetitive criticism of almost every aspect by farmers, media, and others. He addresses those critics in John’s World.
What prompted Pro Farmer to drop its national corn yield estimate below 170 bu. per acre? The story seemed to be just how much damage the heat and drought did to the crop this year, even since August 1st.
In a relatively short time, corn and soybean prices have both gained $1 per bushel. This creates a decision-making opportunity.
On Thursday, corn prices jumped again. Prices are set for an week of back-to-back gains, the longest streak since May 2021.
December corn futures rose to the highest price since late June and soybeans and wheat also rose amid concern over dry weather. Why did corn prices surge? Several bullish factors are at play,