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Very few changes were made to the domestic balance sheets in the USDA’s March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. Corn ending stoc…

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Net farm income in the United States is expected to shrink this year, dropping a large 25.5% from 2023. Net farm incomes for 2024 is now estim…

Demand remains the main focal point of today’s commodity market, and data is less than favorable. Import buyers are showing little urgency in …

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A topic that is quickly gaining market attention is possible corn and soybean acreage in the United States this coming planting season. Two ma…

Only minimal changes took place to the domestic corn balance sheets in the February World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. The USDA t…

Trade attention is starting to shift more towards the upcoming spring planting season in the United States. This has generated more market tal…

Chinese commodity demand is again the main focal point of the market. Chinese authorities are reporting high commodity supply volumes, mainly …

The analytical firm SP Global has released its projection for this coming US production season’s acreage. SP Global is predicting US farmers w…

There is a difference in opinion forming over the current US demand it is seeing on soybeans. At the present time US soybean sales stand at 69…

Several of the factors that impacted trade in 2023 will again be primary topics to start 2024.

One of the main hindrances for the US commodity market is export competition from Brazil. This has increased to the point where Brazil has sur…

The majority of trade interest at the present time is shifting to year-end positioning. This has increased in recent years as the involvement …

Very few changes were made to the domestic side the December World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate report which was not a surprise as o…

It is widely believed that the US farmer is heavily unsold on this year’s production. Market data suggests most farmers have marketed less tha…

We are starting to see signs of deflationary buying in today’s commodity market. Deflationary buying is when we see declining demand even with…

The USDA surprised trade with larger production figures on the US crops in the November supply and demand report. On the corn side the USDA ra…

Harvest across the United States is getting into its later stages. The question now is how good the crops were and what farmers will do with t…

Several analytical firms claim we have now made our seasonal lows in the corn and soybean markets. Historically we tend to see the lowest valu…

There are currently two major factors in grain market price discovery: harvest in the United States and planting in South America. In the Unit…

Only moderate alterations were made to the domestic corn balance sheets in the October WASDE report. The average US corn yield was trimmed fro…

A major hindrance for the commodity market right now is the increased forecasts for global production. The world’s four largest corn exporters…

One of the greatest hindrances for the commodity market is a lack of demand. Current year to date corn export sales stand at 495 million bushe…

Harvest is starting to gain momentum across the United States and as it does more yield data is being collected. It is no surprise that yields…

Threshing in the valley has been an annual tradition for over 50 years on the Monsignor Michael Gorman farm located off Highway 171 between Bo…

The USDA has updated their 2023 US farm income outlook. Yearly farm income in the United States for 2023 is predicted at $141 billion, a 23% r…

Corn data from the September supply and demand report was more bearish than trade was expecting. The average US corn yield is now estimated at…

China has announced that studies with GMO crop production in the country have raised yields by 11.6%. While GMO production is not approved in …