Market Commentary

Unlike last Monday, the wheat market has been spurred higher because of an escalation of the war between Ukraine and Russia, but with far less urgency than we witnessed a week ago.  As is typical with all markets, the longer we have talked about and traded on a specific story…

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OCTOBER 15, 2022 Unless you are living in the United Kingdom, where the financial system appears to be in a state of complete bewilderment and disarray, or is that bloody bewilderment and disarray, there was only one economic story this week that everyone was obsessing about: INFLATION. Of course, that…

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Between wars and rumors of wars, to borrow a line from scripture, various government reports, both ag and economy-related, financial mayhem in the UK, and scandal of all scandals, indictments being handed down on charges of fraud and cheating in an Ohio fishing tournament, markets have been just a bit…

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While it may have been a few weeks premature, the statisticians at the USDA were ready for a little Halloween fun and did manage to pull off a few tricks and presented the bean market with a minor treat yesterday.  Maybe I should not go so far as to say…

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With the moment we have been waiting for now just a few short hours away, grain and soy markets have pulled back just a bit, waiting for the news.  If this is the calm before the storm or just action indicative of a market that is just plain tired from…

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