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The soy complex suffered losses on falling Brazilian production ideas and falling crude oil prices. Wheat and corn got some support from the geopolitical Russia-Ukraine standoff. As the equities markets melt down on expectations of […]

Market price trends and how to manage farm revenue is a big topic of conversation in farming. Mike Rusch of Total Farm Marketing by Stewart-Peterson says it goes hand in hand with managing risk. “It’s […]

Overall, it was a quiet and mixed trading day on Friday. The VIX, which is Wall Street’s fear index, traded up near 30 today amid inflation concerns and rising tensions between Russian and Ukraine. The […]

Soybeans were the star of the show on Thursday, soaring higher along with soy oil and meal. With estimates of South American corn and soybeans ratcheted lower each week, funds continue to add to their […]

Corn, wheat and the entire soy complex soared higher on Wednesday. South American weather and possible yield concerns in Brazil along with inflation and worries of Russia/Ukraine tensions all aided the move higher on the […]

Wheat soared out of the gate on Tuesday to trade higher across the board. March contracts of all three U.S. wheats showed strong positive gains Tuesday, partly related to growing concerns about Russia threatening Ukraine. […]

It’s hard to predict the future when it comes to the American agricultural economy, and 2022 is no different. David Widmar, an agricultural economist with Agricultural Economic Insights, says there are several concerns in the […]

After all the dust settled on Wednesday, we saw soybeans move higher along with meal and oil while wheat was under pressure and that acted as an anchor to the corn market. USDA on Wednesday […]

On Wednesday, USDA released the January WASDE report along with Quarterly Grain Stocks, Winter Wheat Seedings as well as updates to South American production estimates in one of the year’s biggest data dumps. Below is […]