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...

December 6, 2018

Good Morning, Corn is down 4 and soybeans are down 15 to start the day. Traders are becoming more skeptical that tension between the US and China is easing. One sign, China has said they will be buying US commodities, however they have not dropped or lowered tariffs....

December 5, 2018

Good Morning, Softer markets overnight and this morning as we give back some of yesterday’s gains as uncertainty remains around the Chinese-US trade truce. The ag markets are starving for more detail as we await the next piece of news around this last weekend’s talks...

December 4, 2018

Good Morning, The corn market was lower overnight and is currently unchanged as traders don’t feel they have seen enough details from the US-China talks over the weekend. China remains silent regarding the trade truce that was apparently agreed to with the US. They...