Dave Chatterton with Strategic Farm Marketing says the ongoing Iran war and higher crude oil prices helped drive speculative ...
Grains markets all hit fresh highs for the move on Friday as funds piled into buy in the complex. Chip Nellinger with Blue ...
Grain markets moved higher overnight led by wheat as the market refocused on ongoing drought across the US Plains and ...
New biofuel policies drive soybean demand but bring higher costs and regulatory challenges for farmers across the United ...
Free trade was beginning to give way to protectionism, but grain prices were still mostly influenced by weather and other fundamental supply-and-demand factors. As the final sands fell through the ...
Geopolitics, not fundamentals, drive grain prices. Experts explain when farmers should lock in corn and soybean sales amid market volatility.
Global grain markets remain volatile with heightened tensions in the Middle East adding support to prices, despite large supplies globally. Unlike the ...
May corn (ZCK26) futures on Friday rose 4 3/4 cents to $4.67 1/4 and closed at a 10-month high. For the week, May corn was up 6 3/4 cents.May soybeans (ZSK26) fell 2 cents to $12.25 1/4 but for the ...
Most producers do not get into trouble because hog prices collapse overnight. More often, margins tighten when input costs ...
As September contracts went into delivery this week, Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management was impressed with the performance of the grain markets. "What I've been impressed with is that the ...
Grain markets are no stranger to volatility, but there are times when the size of the price moves seems disconnected from the news cycle. Producers are watching corn swing, soybeans break through ...