Sunflower prices at the regional crush plants slipped some in mid-January following the release of several reports from the U.S. Department of…
The new year hasn’t started exactly the way the nation’s wheat producers had hoped. Since early November, when prices were in double figures f…
Corn prices, depending on location, are still very good as the first month of the new comes to a close.
South American weather has been deteriorating these last few weeks. Too much rain in the north and too little in the south. This has buoyed al…
The soybean market has turned the page on 2021 and is now focusing its attention on South America as 2022 begins.
The last few days of 2021 were bitterly cold, as were the first couple days of 2022, but that didn’t matter to the durum market as prices rema…
It was a bone-chilling end to the year 2021, and although sunflower prices did slip slightly, it was not totally unexpected as the end of the …
As 2021 came to a close, producers experienced bitterly cold weather, but temperatures weren’t the only thing dropping as the new year was abo…
Corn prices may not have ended the year at its highest point of the year, but over the past two months of 2021 prices had improved by 10 percent.
The canola market continued to hold its momentum during the holiday period. The crude oil markets and weather in South America are about the o…
One usually doesn’t consider a “weather market” once the crop has been harvested and there's snow on the ground, but that’s the case this year…
In terms of prices, the durum market has stayed pretty stable the past few weeks as 2021 was coming to an end.
The spring wheat market was hitting the end of the year doldrums in late December, as it typically does during the holiday season and with the…
As winter sets in and with the new year about to begin, basis levels for corn were still hanging in there and there was still good demand for …
ICE canola futures made some significant swings in early December. COVID concerns and crude oil price swings contributed to the choppy markets…
In an interesting development on the soybean side of the market, the U.S. is getting some more sales out of China. But typically, China begins…
As the end of 2021 draws nearer, durum prices slipped slightly in mid-December, although historically, they remain in the mid-teens.
Producers took advantage of mostly favorable weather conditions in late November and early December to try and complete the 2021 sunflower har…
The end of the year is typically a slow period for the grain commodity markets, and this year is no different, but spring wheat prices are sho…
The 2021 U.S. corn harvest is just two months behind us, but producers and the market are already looking ahead to the 2022 crop. And although…
As of Nov. 23, nearby canola prices at area crush plants ranged from $36.17 to $36.60 for November deliveries and $36.2 to $36.95 for December…
The soybean market got a little push in early November when USDA came out with its supply and demand report and continued to ride along throug…
Whereas other wheat markets have been up and down with a lot more volatility, for good or bad, the durum market seems to be holding stable to …
As the 2021 sunflower harvest progressed and neared completion, nearby sunflower prices continued to show amazing strength.
Spring wheat prices are off their highs from earlier in November, but they were still pretty strong as the Thanksgiving holiday approached.
As the U.S. corn harvest was trying to wrap up, the corn market was seeing a little bit of a push up on prices in mid-November.
The canola market continues to set records as prices reach record levels in the futures and cash markets. The recent USDA report on Nov. 9 pro…