Markets - General

Is it easier to be skeptical of usage estimates and trade agreements, or is it the more popular thing to do? Chip Flory admits the clock is ticking on his optimism, especially without market development outside of China.

Will 2026 be a repeat of 2016? Chris Barron, Ag View Solutions, shares four strategies to help farmers capture some profit in this down cycle.

As he awaits official per-acre payment rates from USDA, Jerry Gulke is leaning toward soybeans versus corn, saying the estimated $46-per-acre corn payment is woefully inadequate and “like a bridge to nowhere.”

Farmers weigh in on the pros and cons of federal aid programs and what they believe is needed to adopt regenerative practices in today’s environment of tight margins.

New research is literally testing the waters to see if post-harvest fields offer an untapped profit opportunity for farmers.

Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says the bearish lower weekly closes for a second week confirms the top is in the soybean market.

Commodity prices have not kept pace with rising costs, leaving many row crop growers struggling to keep their operations on positive footing headed into the new year.

Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net says the 125 million bu. cut to U.S. corn ending stocks was bullish as well as global corn carryout.

Oliver Sloup on Markets on the Move: Today’s WASDE report gave corn a leg higher, with prices back at the top end of the range and knocking on the door of a technical breakout. Can the momentum continue, or will prices fall flat again? Tune in for more.

Oliver Sloup on Markets on the Move: A bearish head and shoulders pattern has been developing and confirming over the last several sessions, taking soybean futures to 6 week lows ahead of tomorrow’s WASDE report. What are the levels to watch for going forward? Tune in for more.