Market Commentary

Daily Comments

Grain and soy markets are trying to put on a happy face this morning, but overall, it has been a pretty miserable week for the lot.  If we closed right now, December corn will have lost 25-cents, December Chicago wheat 51-cents, KC December 74-cents, and November beans would be down…

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Obviously, the would-be buyers in the grain markets are not quite ready for prime time, as just about every corn and wheat contract posted an outside lower reversal yesterday.  While I would not regard that performance as a harbinger of significant losses forthcoming, at least not for the time being,…

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During the overnight hours, the grain markets and specifically wheat, experienced a decent round of buying interest and, at one point, traded as much as 31-cents higher for the day and more than 40-cents above the session low.  About the only thing I could find in the news that would…

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While it would be premature to suggest the housecleaning in the grain and soy markets is completely finished, it would appear that the janitorial service has at least decided to take a coffee break.  This is not to say that we could not poke into lower ground over the next…

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With the current weather runs calling for timely rains and seasonal temperatures for much of the corn/soy growing regions, prices have been under solid pressure to kick off the week, with a few contracts actually gapping lower.  Keep in mind as well that this is the final day of the…

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