October 8, 2019

Good Morning, Markets are softer again this morning with both corn and soybeans down 1. Traders are waiting on Thursdays WASDE and Production reports. Private analysts are expecting to see a 1.8 bu/acre(167.5) cut in corn yield and 400,000 acre(81.6) cut in harvested...

October 7, 2019

Good Morning, Quiet markets to start the day/week off as corn is up 1 and soybeans are unchanged. There is a lot of news that could move the market this week and direction is TBD. 1. US and China trade talks resume this week as the Chinese delegates are in Washington...

October 4, 2019

Good Morning, The markets got a boost this week from some active short-covering by the funds after the surprisingly bullish report from the USDA to kick off the week. While things cooled off as the week wore on, fund managers are still maintaining a good-sized...

October 3, 2019

Good Morning, Better US weather forecasts, fund consolidation and increasing yield reports have led to softer markets the last two days. With a lack of fresh news in the market traders appear poised to wait on next which could have a lot of market movers. Next...

October 1, 2019

Good Morning, As expected the USDA had a issue estimating the size of last year’s corn and soybean crops! For months many have argued that they were too high…and they were proven correct in the end. NASS revised down 2018 bean production by a record 116M bu....

September 25, 2019

Good Morning, Another day and more rumors of China eliminating tariffs on additional bean purchases from the US. Yesterday’s rumor suggested that China was going to allow an additional 5 mmt of beans to ship tariff free thru January. Illinois Governors’ office...