Market Outlooks
Compute 12-month technical and fundamental price targets given the latest market information. Get busy selling when we’re in the top 20% of those ranges.
You must know your costs and be honest with yourself about what they are and how you need to manage them.
Farmers need to learn to balance the risks of their grain marketing decisions. For example, if you sell grain early, replace those cash sales with call options.
We asked eight analysts to provide their best estimates on price direction and market strategies you can put to use in 2022.
The grain markets are playing a familiar tune—a song of higher prices. “We are truly in uncharted waters,” says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group. “There are so many things in motion.”
All eyes will be on USDA’s planting numbers on Thursday, March 31. Will acres swing hard to corn, soybeans or be split down the middle?
A friendly WASDE report, combined with other factors, helped grain prices jump. This put added pressure on the spring acreage mix.
Understand how global headwinds and tailwinds will affect your operation.
While no one knows where the commodity prices are going, Mark Hobrock, director of sales for the Andersons, would put money on one market factor: volatility.
The stock market is facing losses not seen in two decades. Meanwhile the grain markets continue to find strength. Jerry Gulke shares perspective on what farmers should understand.
The grain markets featured lower prices this week. Corn prices were down 40¢ to 50¢, for the week ending June 3, and soybean prices were down 16¢ to 34¢. All wheat prices were down $1 for the week.
As the grain markets stay focused on weather, Jerry Gulke says a crop scare may be needed to send prices back up. He provides his take.
Corn and soybean prices have been on a steady and steep decline since early summer. Will these lower prices attract more demand? Jerry Gulke shares his thoughts.
Trouble continues in the rural economy. Rural bankers point to the issues causing uncertainty ahead.
Harvest still a few months away, but could the harvest price lows already be in? Jerry Gulke, president of Gulke Group, provides his take.
The grain markets sparked back to life this week. Could the trend continue for corn and soybean prices? Jerry Gulke provides his take.
With soybean harvest past the halfway point and corn harvest nearing it, you likely have a better idea of how many bushels you won’t be able to store on farm. What should you do with those extra bushels?
I believe the top lesson from the 2022 crop year is farmers need to put aside the market hype and look to sell grain on rallies, or at least protect high prices with put options.
The Fed being hellbent on fighting inflation will temper grain commodity prices in the year ahead.
Be careful to match cost exposures to revenue opportunities and not squeeze margins when one moves the wrong way. Remember: Things change quickly, so remain flexible.
For 2023, key market factors are the same as 2022 — China demand and South American production.
Questionable corn demand and expected production highs in South America bring major questions to the corn and soybean outlooks. Yet positive factors are evident.
The grain markets this week had trading ranges typical of a daily range a few months past. They appear to be calming down ahead of USDA’s February reports and USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum, says Jerry Gulke.
The situation in the grain markets this spring looks much different than a year ago, says Jerry Gulke, president of Gulke Group. Unfortunately, the picture is not as price positive for the 2023 crops.
With the popularity of electric and hybrid vehicles growing, long-term gasoline use could drop, taking ethanol consumption with it. Will ethanol continue to be the juggernaut in the corn market?
Markets can tell a story, especially after a journey through headwinds, political strife and wars. March soybeans did that in 2022.
Markets can tell a story, especially after a journey through headwinds, political strife and wars. March soybeans did that in 2022.
Ag families experience recessions most tangibly through their non-farm personal connections, making them worth watching, regardless of farm economics.
Technically speaking the price action of Chicago, Kansas City and Minneapolis wheat varieties are signaling a change is coming — one that might not be recognized until the price ship has sailed.
The value of capital assets and cash flow were concerns in 2008 — just as they are today. The evolution of dealing with inflation has yet to impact ag directly, but history shows a wake-up call is in process.