Wheat
Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing, says soybeans and products led the rally and recovery on talk of a China deal by President Trump and a lower dollar. That spilled over to support corn.
After a surprisingly smooth succession, fifth-generation Clearwater Farms is successfully building a new side business to increase profitability.
This Colorado operation may have faced adversity, but Marc Arnusch’s willingness to reinvent his family farm is why he’s been named the 2025 Top Producer of the Year.
Matt Bennett, AgMarket.Net, says corn made new highs for the move with the March contract reaching a high of $5.04 1/2 before reversing and ending lower on the day. The key is was it topping action?
His senior year of high school, Dalton Dilldine’s dad unexpectedly passed away, leaving a limited succession plan and a teenager with a big decision: take over the operation, start his own farm or go to college. He chose all three.
Kevin Duling, KD Investors, says grains closed higher on fund buying and March corn closed above $5 with March Chicago wheat closing above $6.
Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, says grains faded early strength as corn finally gets above $5 on the March or front month contract and sees farmer selling and profit taking.
Is it possible the wheat market is finally seeing the same paradigm shift that’s already taken place in the corn market? Jerry Gulke is watching several signals for an answer, including speculator activity in the wheat market.
The conflict in Ukraine has been a focus for certain markets, such as wheat, since Russia first invaded the country nearly three years ago. This past week, President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the war would start “immediately.”
Garrett Toay, AgTraderTalk, says grains saw technical buying led by wheat and surged to end the week. However, there were also some big fundamental drivers.