Markets - General
Do bull markets motivate or paralyze you? Do you stay active in updating your projections or sit on the sidelines watching prices tick up?
Futures exchange operator CME Group Inc said on Tuesday it will not reopen the physical trading pits which it closed last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As old crop corn closed well above $7, and old crop soybeans well above $15, the market volatility was on center stage this week. But history shows the price highs for new crop corn and soybeans may not be in yet.
Brazil was looking at $10 soybeans at the start of their planting last fall. What if prices are $13 this fall?
How high will prices go? How long will the high prices last? What is behind this rally? Here are some of the factors at play.
The CME Group announced after a routine biannual review, it has decided to expand daily price limits for Chicago Board of Trade grain and soy futures.
The domestic demand story is providing fuel to the markets as strong basis is part of what helped drive the markets higher this week. Marketing analysts on U.S. Farm Report discuss the market action this week.
As old crop soybean prices soared past $15 this week, experts say there is concern about a shortage of soybeans with emotion and lack of farming selling providing fuel for the markets this week.
Commodity prices continued to race higher on Thursday, with corn trading the limit higher. Soybeans and wheat also saw prices surge higher with double-digit moves.
Brazil just keeps breaking records. For 2020/21 the country’s soybean production is forecast at a record 4.98 billion bushels, which is up 8.6% from last season’s record crop.
U.S. corn and soybean futures climb to multi-year highs and wheat futures are up on tight supplies and weather woes.
Tuesday was another dynamic day in the grain markets. Soybean futures hit contract highs and nearby corn futures climbed above $6. Clinton Griffiths discovers what’s behind the market moves.
West Texas farmer Blake Fennell says if rains don’t hit West Texas fields in the next month, it’ll be devastating to the area’s cotton crop with the outlook for cotton acre abandonment already high.
Commodity prices jumped even higher to start the week, with May corn futures topping $6 again Tuesday. Farmers are reporting local elevators posting new crop corn bids over $5, as well. What’s driving the momentum?
May corn futures briefly topped $6 this week. While the futures prices didn’t stay above $6, the strong price signals showed up in both old crop and new crop this week.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s statistics division is conducting a “deep dive” review of how it conducts its quarterly U.S. grain stocks reports, an official said during an online conference on Wednesday.
How has the market rally influenced your grain marketing strategies? Join AgriTalk’s Chip Flory and your farming peers for a lively discussion about the markets.
“U.S. Farm Report” Host Tyne Morgan will join USDA’s Seth Meyer to discuss 2021 crop and acreage expectations.
U.S. farmers are facing a changing scenario this year. From wet conditions impeding planting in 2020, to now drought concerns creeping in, one analyst thinks weather could be a major market mover in 2021.
U.S. soybean farmers could be in for a volatile price ride this year. With already tight stocks with robust demand, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing’s Chip Nellinger says soybean prices could see extreme volatility this year.
May corn futures closed in on $6 Wednesday, a price move being driven by a number of factors. Brian Doherty with Total Farm Marketing says corn’s performance is one for the record books.
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China’s soybean imports almost doubled in March from levels in the same month a year earlier, data from customs showed on Tuesday, as cargoes of beans from top exporter Brazil cleared customs after delays.
Successive cold snaps in the past week have destroyed between 30,000 and 50,000 hectares of French sugar beet, growers group CGB said on Monday, calling it the worst frost-related losses for the sector ever recorded.
The dollar slipped on Monday towards a three-week low as Treasury yields traded near recent lows and traders awaited crucial U.S. inflation and retail sales data in coming days.
USDA adjusted corn ending stocks lower in its April WASDE report, based on increased exports and ethanol, but Alan Brugler of Brugler Marketing says now it’s just a matter of if the record commitments can ship.
May corn prices were up 17.25¢ and May soybean prices were up 0.5¢, for the week ending April 9. May wheat prices were up 28¢.