February 20, 2020

Good Morning, USDA Secretary Perdue spoke this morning about their new initiative meant to increase US farm productivity while reducing agriculture’s impact on the environment. The USDA’s goal is to align resources to help reduce food waste by 50% and cut...

February 18, 2020

Good Morning, Markets are higher this morning on comments from China and reports from the UN regarding locusts. The UN issued a warning regarding a large swarm of locusts that have migrating across East Africa with fears of them spreading to India and South East Asia....

February 17, 2020

Good Morning, Reminder that there are no markets today in observance of the Presidents Day holiday. Producers should be actively monitoring and moving grain in their bins this winter due to quality issues that are going to make this crop one you DO NOT want to store...

February 14, 2020

Good Morning, Markets are mixed this morning with corn down 1 and soybeans up 1. Tomorrow marks 30 days since the US and China signed the Phase 1 trade agreement. The pros will be on watch for signs that China is opening their Ag markets by either issuing duty-free...

February 13, 2020

Good Morning, Markets are mixed this morning with corn off 2 and soybeans up 5. Traders will be watching to see if China follows through with their pledge to open their markets to US Ag goods on February 15th as stipulated in the Phase 1 trade deal. Treasury Secretary...

February 12, 2020

Good Morning, Yesterday’s report did nothing to hurt the market, but also nothing to support it either. The report was the usual February changes that had been expected by the market. Cutting exports in corn made sense and further cuts will be coming unless China is...