Grain Markets
Eastern Tour Consultant Mark Bernard shares a midday report from his route through Iowa and Minnesota.
Eastern Tour Leader Brian Grete shares a midday update on his route through central and west-central Illinois.
Brent Judisch, western Tour consultant, shares some preliminary observations and route results from Nebraska.
Bruce Blythe shares some initial comments and results from his route through South Dakota.
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Corn and soybean supplies will remain tight enough the next 15 months to make it difficult to recognize the high when it is made.
Futures exchange operator CME Group Inc said on Tuesday it will not reopen the physical trading pits which it closed last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grain markets continuing to rally this week as the quick pace of planting isn’t enough to overcome concerns about drought and dryness in the U.S. and Brazil.
The CME Group announced after a routine biannual review, it has decided to expand daily price limits for Chicago Board of Trade grain and soy futures.
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U.S. soybean futures edged higher on Tuesday as harvest delays in Brazil stoked concerns about short-term supply disruptions.
Cotton futures slumped more than 3% on Thursday as a U.S. government report showed a sharp slide in weekly export sales, putting prices of the natural fiber on course for their third straight weekly decline.
A state-by-state breakdown of the acreage report shows North Dakota farmers plan to increase corn acres by 69% over 2020, but even with the large increase, U.S. Farm Report analysts say there are still acres missing.
Just a day ahead of two major USDA reports, soybean prices slid. The May contract closed 26 cents lower on Tuesday, with prices settled at $13.66. Corn saw similar action on the CME Tuesday.
Cotton futures edged lower in choppy trading on Monday, pressured by a firmer dollar, while expectations for a reduction to forecasts for planted acreage in a federal report due later this week put a floor under prices.
Since last year, China has been importing record volumes of U.S. corn due to a supply shortage and record domestic prices. But U.S. shipments to the Asian country have been slightly disappointing in recent weeks.
U.S. corn futures edged higher in actively traded nearby contracts on Tuesday on strong export demand after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the largest sales to China since January.
The March WASDE report left corn and soybean supply and demand unchanged.
A commodity swap is used to hedge against commodity price swings by locking in a price.
Despite a couple down days in the commodity markets, core commodity prices were on a solid run in the past couple of weeks. And as a bull market continues to take shape, there are a few key factors in the driver’s seat
USDA’s Chief Economist says the battle for 2021 acreage is on, and it may even bid into specialty crop acres amid strong signals that China plans to continue buying corn and soybeans.
U.S. corn and soybean futures retreated on Thursday after the Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected that U.S. farmers would devote more acres to the two crops this spring than any year on record.
After consecutive years of stagnant commodity prices for some crops, the market has flipped. From lack of volatility to extreme price moves today, some think the volatility may be here to stay.
CME Group on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, but revenue declined as the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout hurt demand for some of its top products.
“The trade really wanted to see USDA get more aggressive on increasing corn export demand, especially after all the sales we had seen to China about two weeks ago,”
A far cry from this time last year, farmers are actually asking the question ‘what should I add?’ versus ‘what do I need to cut?’ With skyrocketing commodity prices, farmers have the opportunity to experiment.
U.S. soy processors, fresh off their busiest year on record, have booked soybean purchases well beyond their normal few weeks of supply due to soaring export demand, rising prices and fears of soy shortages.
AFBF wants USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to improve transparency and better embrace emerging technology in making crop estimates, determining ag census numbers and other ag reporting.