Week ending 5/9/2025

The corn market was under pressure last week with near perfect planting conditions across the country over the last 7 days and improving South American crop conditions. July corn closed 19 cents lower while September and December futures lost 11 and 8 cents...

Week ending 5/2/2025

Favorable planting progress along with fading weather concerns weighed on the markets this past week. July corn futures took the biggest hit closing 16 cents lower, while September and December futures each lost 6 cents this past week. The funds ended the week long...

Week ending 4/25/2025

Tariff talk, weather and planting progress were the news this past week within the grain markets. All three of them are pulling the market in different directions at different times. That seems to be the theme lately, especially with Tariffs where it has been day to...

Week ending 4/18/2025

In a shortened week of trade, we saw corn futures pullback with May and July futures closing 8 and 7 cents lower respectively. December futures managed to close 2 cents higher on the heels of a slightly slower planting pace this past week.   US corn planting...

Week Ending 4/11/2025

The markets were on fire this past week fueled by a USDA report and postponed tariffs. May and July futures each ended the week 30 cents higher while December futures closed 17 higher. The funds are rolling back into the commodities as they ended the week long 161,184...

Week ending 4/4/2025

The corn market found some strength last week on the heels of an acreage report larger than the estimates and the implementation of tariffs.  May and July futures ended the week 7 cents higher while December finished the week 4 cents higher. Following the updated CFTC...