In its Sept. 10 report, USDA came out with its September crop production estimate, which included a decrease in acres and an increase in proje…
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Farmers in the Northern Plains have begun harvesting corn and, following USDA’s report on Sept. 10 that included the agency’s crop production …
The trade was thinking there would be more soybean acres than showed up in the final planted acreage report on June 30, but it wasn’t all bad …
Prior to the release of the 2021 Prospective Planting report, many analysts felt that soybean acres would increase and were anticipating that …
The corn market was anticipating close to 93 million acres of corn to be planted in the U.S. in 2021, so when the Prospective Planting report,…
The soybean market has been kind of volatile lately, but prices for old crop beans have still been averaging slightly over $13 per bushel, and…
Corn prices overall have remained quite strong, having gained around $1 per bushel since December with many local prices in the upper $4 range…
Demand for U.S. soybeans has been strong for the past several months, but there are signs that exports are slowing. Prices, however, continue …
Although the time during the holidays is typically referred to from a marketing perspective as the “holiday doldrums,” demand for corn has rem…
While many producers have pulled back on corn harvest in order to move forward on soybean harvest, the corn market too has seen a bit of a pullback.
The link between corn and soybeans has been long recognized, and it still is, but there appears to be a bit of separation between the two of late.
Although soybeans get most of the attention in discussions about the Phase One trade agreement between the U.S. and China, corn garnered a lot…
The fact that China has made some purchases of U.S. soybeans is a positive sign to the market, but whether or not China will be able to live u…
Although corn prices are still lingering in that $2.50-$2.60 cash price range, the corn market has tried to move up a little bit as of late wi…
The corn market has been in a narrow trading range of late and it’s looking like it could remain there for a while yet.
Let’s face it, the soybean market hasn’t performed the way producers and analysts thought it would following the signing of the Phase One trad…
Just as with corn, soybean prices improved slightly as 2019 was drawing to a close, and producers were hoping the rally would carry over into …
As 2019 drew to a close, bringing an end to a very difficult year for corn producers, at least they could point to some improved demand of lat…
After months and months of a doom and gloom outlook, things might be taking a turn for the better for the soybean market.
The corn market, traders and analysts were expecting one thing from the latest USDA supply and demand report. Instead, what they saw came as a…
Despite the fact China has been largely absent from the U.S. soybean market, soybean exports have been fairly decent recently, but that isn’t …
It has been a rough year for corn. First, planting was delayed from the start, then there was prevented plant acres and the weather wasn’t coo…
All spring there has been concern in the corn market due to a delayed start to planting and slow planting progress. As a result, corn prices h…
Corn has been an interesting market to say the least. Last year at this time the market was hitting contract highs and this year it is as well…
USDA released its April World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report earlier this month, and although it wasn’t considered bullish fo…