December 18, 2018

Good Morning, Markets are steady this morning with corn up 1 and soybeans up 5. Lack of any news and holiday season have the markets stagnant for the time being. President Trump announced that a second round of payments would be coming for US farmers for soybeans. The...

December 17, 2018

Good Morning, Grain markets have opened steady this morning with corn down 1 and soybeans up 3. The watch continues for any additional reports of Chinese business. Most traders appeared to be disappointed with last week’s totals but remain optimistic about future...

December 14, 2018

Good Morning, Buy the rumor, sell the fact reaction in the markets yesterday resulted in the soybeans selling off which pulled corn lower. Chinese soybean sales numbers that were not even close to the 5 to 8 MMT rumors that came from last week’s meeting had traders in...

December 13, 2018

Good Morning, Corn is currently even, and soybeans down eleven. Trade saw China purchase 500,000 tonnes of soybeans, the first since the G20 Summit. This is encouraging progress, though many traders were expecting a number ten times higher. US House and Senate passed...

December 11, 2018

Good Morning, Overnight China and the US discussed the road map for the next stage of their trade talks. Both sides exchanged views and worked out details for continued meetings when the Chinese delegation comes to the US.(A meeting in DC is expected soon). There are...

December 10, 2018

Good Morning, Markets are slightly lower this morning with corn down 1 and soybeans down 4 to start the week. Look for grain trade to take direction from the stock market trade this week. We will be monitoring the same news this week as traders wait for some news on...