Commentary

While I am not going to go so far as saying it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, but we do appear to have a tale of two (three in this case) commodities right now as the grains remain under pressure while beans are on…

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We are just a few short hours away from closing the books on trade for the month of October, and there would appear to be little enthusiasm in the grain and soy markets.  In fact, when looked at as a group, there is little to show for the month as…

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We have kicked off this new week basically where we left off the last, with the grain markets struggling and beans attempting to extend higher. While still semi-anemic, the bean market appears to be garnering some of its strength due to ongoing weather concerns in South America.  Excessive rains have…

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While the corn and bean markets appear determined to finish this week on an upbeat, overall, we are looking at losses for the group.  If we wrapped up trade right now, December corn will have lost 14-cents for the week, December Chicago wheat 7-cents, KC 18-cents, and November beans 8-cents. …

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Excellent export sales for corn and beans last week, with corn coming in above the upper end of trade estimates and beans setting a new marketing year high.  For the week ending the 19th, we sold 1,378,200 MT or 50.6 million bushels of beans.  Of course, there was one buyer…

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