Markets - General
March corn prices were up 1.25¢ and March soybean prices were down 2¢ for the week ending Feb. 5. March wheat prices were down 19.50¢.
March corn prices were down 9¢ and March soybean prices were up 6¢ for the week ending Feb. 12. March wheat prices were down 3.25¢.
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March offers a big lineup of USDA reports. Each will offer key insights to big market questions.
As the saying goes, a bear only needs to eat once a year and the bull needs to eat every day. This week, grain prices drifted lower.
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For this week, May corn prices were up 18.25¢ and May soybean prices were up 1.75¢, for the week ending March 19. May wheat prices were down 12¢.
The markets continue to exercise caution ahead of the fourth and final big USDA report this month.
The grain markets posted another active week. May corn prices were up 9¢ and May soybean prices were up 30¢, for the week ending April 16.
Wow. This week saw corn prices top $6 and soybean prices top $15.
Crop condition ratings seemed to be in a free fall in early summer, but July’s rains and cooler temperatures sparked a rebound. The heat this week means crop conditions could be set to take another hit.
The grain markets posted major moves this week. December corn prices were up 45.50¢ and November soybean prices were up 62¢, for the week ending June 4.
Right now, the grain markets are focused on the haves and the have nots. That is those areas that have received rain and those who have not.
The market moves this week give volatility a whole new meaning, says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group.
Grain markets go through three stages: greed, hope and fear. With two weeks of lower prices, the markets could be headed to the fear stage, says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group.
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The price rally that started in the fall of 2020 definitely attracted more corn acres in 2021. That was confirmed in USDA’s June Acreage report.
A big round of USDA reports this week ignited the grain markets.
The grain markets changed trend this week, thanks to a big round of USDA reports.
Stable crop conditions and some unexpected rains made grain prices drift lower this week.
A questionable weather forecast and a flash sale of soybeans to China helped commodities close higher this week, with the exception of November soybean prices.
Contrary to last week, corn, soybean and wheat prices all found their footings and closed higher.
“We’re significantly off the highs of the year, and it may be turning more negative depending upon what the report says next week,” says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group.
Grain prices saw improvement this week. December corn prices were up 10.25¢, for the week ending Sept. 17.
“In spite of some global economic headwinds and an open harvest week, the grain markets seem unphased,” says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group.
The markets reacted negatively to the Oct. 12 USDA reports. But prices regained some of their losses.
October is ending on a high note for the corn and soybean markets.
The grain markets were lower this week, ahead of next week’s USDA reports.
The grain markets reacted to this month’s Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports completely differently than the last several months.
“The wheat market didn’t take the WASDE report well,” says Jerry Gulke of the Gulke Group. “Of course, it has started this downtrend before the crop report—it had dropped a dollar in about three or four days.”