Market Analysis
Tomorrow we’ll know exactly how these reports will rock the markets. Here are some expert expectations.
Montana grain and cattle producer, Marty Klinker, says the MF Global fallout could be bigger than anyone believes.
Grain and soy futures markets collapsed today, but analysts think this will turn out to be just one of the down days in continued volatile markets.
Corn open interest climbed to another record high as outside money continues to flow into the most solid of grain markets.
Explosive is the best way to describe the corn market this week following Thursday’s March 1st Stocks and Prospective Plantings report.
Even though the May corn contract closed down 13 cents/bu. Friday, the price is still nearly a dollar higher than it was just 10 trading days ago, says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group.
Bull spreads in the corn market got too wide this week, says Jerry Gulke.
Will these changes decrease or increase market volatility?
Don’t hold your corn and expect a basis gain to pay for storage, because it’s unlikely to happen.
The grain markets were in a tug of war this week between declining yield ideas in corn and late week economic concerns.
What will be this year’s actual harvested acreage, and how will weather affect yields on those acres?
Get ready for a big move in corn prices. USDA’s June Grain Stocks report comes out tomorrow morning, and it tends to swing the market.
If the ethanol subsidy is eliminated as some in Congress are calling for, corn stocks-to-use could increase, potentially putting modest pressure on corn prices.
Following Thursday’s USDA reports, the market was full of action. Jerry Gulke says Friday was a wild trading day and that farmers are feeling the lure of $8 corn.
Corn, soybeans and wheat prices dropped like a rock this week, capped off by a WASDE report with no positive news.
End users struggle to balance old-crop supplies with aggressive demand
Fasten your seatbelts as this week may only prove to be a precursor for what we should expect this spring and summer.
Corn stocks are tight, demand is staying strong, and competition for acreage is tough.
While not bearish on soybean prices, Kevin Van Trump says cotton and corn prices look to have more positive demand.
The basis on both corn and soybeans has widened over the past couple of months, depressing cash prices on both corn and soybeans.
Tomorrow is the big day, the Jan. 12 Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports. Here’s what you need to know before the reports are released.
In one stroke of the pen, in yesterday’s Grain Stocks report, USDA took care of the tight-stocks issue that has carried the market since June.
This was a bullish report in the sense that just about every trader was focused on the new crop.
The July Supply & Demand report suggests corn prices between $3.60 and $4.10 until the August report.