World leadership changes and the U.S. midterm election are affecting commodity markets.
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- Crystal Reed
At harvest time the grain market is trying to find fair market value and the end user is looking for where to put harvest lows, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- Crystal Reed
After last Friday’s WASDE report, the corn market is trying to figure out where fair market value is.
- Crystal Reed
Harvest yield numbers are finally rolling in, coinciding with a typical low in soybean prices.
- Crystal Reed
Disappointment with the outcome of trade negotiations between the U.S. and China led to soybean prices down on Monday, Sept. 28, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- Crystal Reed
Grain markets reacted to hope for China trade, an interest rate hike and more rain across the Corn Belt this past week.
- Crystal Reed
The USDA released the September WASDE report Sept. 11 and updated the old-crop balance sheet to reflect completion of the 2025-26 marketing year Aug. 31.
- Crystal Reed
Don Roose at U.S. Commodities said the grains are still trying to decide if they are in a seasonal or contraseasonal market.
- Crystal Reed
Don Roose at U.S. Commodities called the grain market is a “hypothetical positive bull market to a realizing bull market” with the approaching harvest having an impact.
- Tim Kenyon
Grain markets are heating up, analyst Austin Schroeder of The Price Futures Group said Aug. 24.
- Crystal Reed
Several factors are adding risk premium to the grain market, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- Crystal Reed
The next WASDE report was released Aug. 12, and with that may come a bottoming out of the corn market. The August report is the first of the year to use farmer survey-based estimates for the size and condition of U.S. crops.
- Crystal Reed
Don Roose at U.S. Commodities said the market is turning contraseasonal with ending stocks getting smaller as well as the crop.
- Benjamin Herrold
Grain marketing plans take a variety of things into consideration. University of Missouri Ag Economist Ben Brown said ultimately, they are about being intentional.
- Crystal Reed
Lots of uncertainty is keeping corn and soybean sellers at bay, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- By Tim Kenyon, Iowa Farmer Today
Expect to see “variability” again describing this year’s corn crop.
- Crystal Reed
One of the dominant focuses for the grain market through mid-summer is threatening weather and the expected arrival of El Niño.
- Crystal Reed
The peak risk management period is behind farmers with crops now in the ground, and while there are dry spots in places, condition rates are lofty.
- Crystal Reed
The seasonals are turning more negative currently, according to Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- Crystal Reed
News from the United States-China talks could be a “game changer,” said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- By Crystal Reed, Iowa Farmer Today
The soybean market was “on fire” to start this week, with bean oil pushing to the upside May 4, adding risk premium due to the war in Iran, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- Crystal Reed
Drought in the western Plains has some farmers concerned, while the southeast and the upper Midwest is wetter than usual.
- Crystal Reed
The markets are eyeing the forecast to see whether planting progress will push forward or not.