Market Commentary

Daily Comments

I do not know about where you live, but here in Northern Illinois, we had a bit of frost on the pumpkin this morning.  This is actually a few days early for our average frost date, but outside of a few late garden tomatoes and exposed flower pedals, I do…

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Weekly Commentary

No doubt we have all heard the phrase, “I have some good news and some bad news—which would you like to hear first?”  It would seem that there could be no better way to begin a discussion about the September jobs report that was released this morning.  Of course, those…

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Free Commentary

By no means will the grain and soy market’s performance be bad this week, but in light of the action yesterday and thus far today, it kind of feels like that proverbial fish that got away. “I had it on the line, but just could not get him into the…

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Daily Comments

By no means will the grain and soy market’s performance be bad this week, but in light of the action yesterday and thus far today, it kind of feels like that proverbial fish that got away. “I had it on the line, but just could not get him into the…

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Free Commentary

Once again, the USDA has played the role of the disrupter, this time shocking the bears and delighting the bulls in the grain and soy trade.  September 1st grain stocks were 10% for beans, 11% for corn and 4% for wheat, lower than the average trade estimates, and for good…

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