August 30, 2019

Good Morning, Markets continue to trade sideways as we finish out the month. There has been a fair amount of producer selling the last few days locally and across the country as producers price DP bushels or storage bushels before the September 1 storage charges kick...

August 29, 2019

Good Morning, Grain markets are slightly higher this morning with corn up 3 and soybeans up 5. We saw some strength in the markets yesterday as Ag Secretary Perdue said that President trump is going to come up with something for the ethanol industry to help create...

August 27, 2019

Good Morning, NASS reported crop conditions for corn at 57% Gd/Ex and 55% Gd/Ex for soybeans. Rating were up 1% from last week. 27% of the corn crop is in the dent stage vs 46% of the 5 year average and 71% is in the dough stage, vs 87% on average. 79% of the beans...

August 26, 2019

Good Morning, Commodities were showing some life this morning after President Trumps early morning tweet calling Chinese President Xi a “great leader representing a great country and that talks are continuing”. This is a complete 180 from Friday’s comments where he...

August 23, 2019

Good Morning, Markets are on the slide again this morning after China revealed its counter measures to the US tariffs expected to be implemented on September 1. Reports are that China will put 5% to 10% import tariffs on $75 billion in US goods coming into the...

August 22, 2019

Good Morning, Corn is struggling to find its direction on the CBOT as traders continue to watch the Pro Farmer tour reports and news regarding the Biofuels industry. Lower projected yields continue to come from the tour which is not in line with the USDA’s numbers...