Market Analysis
We will have to see if President Joe Biden wants to expand Chinese demand. Additionally, we must watch the COVID-19 situation.
Have your adviser compute reasonable 12-month price targets given the latest fundamental and technical information.
The marketing tools to use have little to do with the year or commodity. What emotionally best fits you?
If a good profit margin can be locked in and you can gain revenue as prices move higher, go for it. Looking ahead, I’m watching:
Energy needs and global energy policies will be front and center this year.
Grain markets are driven by lower supplies and higher demand.
Analysts say the trade expected a bullish USDA report. With minimal changes, traders sold the market and commodity prices dropped.
The story in U.S. commodity prices is changing quickly as massive money flow is pouring into the commodity markets. So, what could reverse the trend? U.S. Farm Report analysts weigh in.
2020 was a dynamic year in the markets. From the pandemic causing prices to plummet in the spring to a dramatic recovery during the fall, analysts say key lessons were learned along the way.
U.S. soybean and corn futures climbed to fresh 6-1/2 year highs on Wednesday, as worries about dry weather hurting Argentine crops attracted speculative buyers, analysts said.
2020 ended on a high note for soybeans as prices soared past $13, so will demand be enough to push prices even higher in the New Year? Dan Basse and Arlan Suderman explore 2021.
Unprecedented corn price momentum this fall was driven largely by demand. As analysts focus on 2021, Dan Basse of AgResource Company explains why the stage may be set for an ag bull market to drive prices even higher.
From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Monday, December 14.
USDA raised its estimate for China corn imports, a step some analysts think is just the start. Darren Frye and Arlan Suderman debate whether China’s corn imports will live up to analysts’ expectations.
Grain markets have a history of changing direction around a holiday. They sure did after Thanksgiving.
USDA’s end-of-March Prospective Plantings report always brings a few surprises. This year will likely be the same.
Everything ended the week down hard as traders took a risk-off attitude toward market positions. Part of the reason was the dollar’s rally, which made even French corn competitive for importers.
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These estimates are based on assumptions for normal weather through September.
Official Day 4 results from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.
Official Day 4 results from the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour.
On the western leg of the 2017 Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour, AgDay’s Betsy Jibben found a father and son scout team who saw less than expected corn yields.
Official Day 3 results from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.
Tim Gregerson gives the camera a big grin, walks out into the droughty, droopy field of corn and begins to pull ears off stalks.
As yield results start rolling in from the 25th annual Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour, farmers are watching markets in anticipation. Slight shifts from USDA Aug.1 predictions could impact prices.
As Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour scouts make their way into Illinois they’re seeing crop stress, but far less than what they saw in Indiana and Ohio.
Official Day 2 results from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.
Official Day 2 results from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.
Veteran crop tour scouts Kurt Line and Jarod Creed saw plenty of potential for soybeans along their routes in Nebraska, if Mother Nature will cooperate.
Official Day 1 results from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.