Commentary

By: Patrick McRae – Grain markets broke into new lows with another tariff announcement in the plans from trump.  The markets are actively in a risk off mentality again with this information and the SA soybean prices are still at competitive levels given cost of shipment to China.  The words…

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By: Dan Hueber – It would appear that last week after the initial Chinese tariffs went into effect, there was a certain sense of relief and possibly even a misguided belief that somehow that would bring the trade war to a head.  That sentiment has now been dispelled as Round…

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By: Jeff Kaprelian – Grains finished mixed after a light news day. Corn fell 6’2 in December to 360’6 after updated forecasts show a cooling trend after the weekend as high pressure from Canada pushes through the Midwest. This is in contrast to the earlier forecasts calling for more heat…

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By: Jeff Kaprelian – Corn Commercials were net buyers of 20,529 contracts after liquidating open interest on both sides of the market. They obviously came out of more shorts than longs to get to the net buying. Funds were net sellers of 32,997 contracts after adding 12,591 new shorts and…

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