Author: Ivan

  • Morning Update

    The grain trade recovers as fertilizer becomes the topic of the day. The grain trade is under full recovery mode after two heavy days of selling after the Sunday night spike rally. The reality is, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to traffic, which does not help fertilizer movement that is critical at this time…

  • Market Quick Take

    It Remains About Oil Volatility Presented by Heartland Investor Capital Management Inc. CTA https://vimeo.com/1172312774 USDA WASDE Report The March WASDE report was largely a non event with very few meaningful changes. Soybean imports increased 5 million bushels while crush increased by the same amount, leaving ending stocks essentially unchanged. Most figures landed within trade expectations,…

  • Morning Update

    The grain trade finds stability in the overnight session. The grain trade is mixed this morning, with prices within pennies of either side of unchanged. Yesterday’s climactic run in crude oil in the Sunday night session, and the late collapse in the day when Pres. Trump announced that the war would end soon, created weakness…

  • Market Quick Take

    When Crude Moves, Everything Moves Presented by Heartland Investor Capital Management Inc. CTA https://vimeo.com/1171919876 Crude Oil Crude oil exploded overnight toward $120 per barrel before retreating sharply after discussion of strategic reserve releases from G7 nations. The market briefly approached key technical retracement levels tied to previous historic highs near $148 in 2008. Late session…

  • Morning Update

    Oil challenges 120 overnight before tumbling back to near 100. All eyes were on oil prices on Sunday evening as prices exploded through $100 level and climbed into the evening, tagging just shy of 120 before midnight. It was around that time when the G-7 leaders convened a phone meeting where they would work on…

  • Hedge Recommendations

    Hedge Recommendation fills overnight Made a 10% old crop soybean sale on the May contract at 1192.Made a 25% old crop sale of Corn at 468 on the July contract.Made a new crop soybean 15% sale at 1144 November contract.Sold 35% of all crop winter wheat in Kansas City at 607.We are pennies away on…

  • Morning Update

    Energy and fertilizer values force grains higher overnight. Grain futures pushed higher again in the night session, following a resurgence in crude oil prices overnight, as the White House’s plan to help stem oil prices was pulled off the table. This has crude oil pushing to the $87 range, which hasn’t been seen since 2022….

  • Market Quick Take

    For Now, It’s All About The Crude Presented by Heartland Investor Capital Management Inc. CTA https://vimeo.com/1170813964 Corn: Corn futures nearly recovered the entire selloff triggered by the January 12 crop report, with May corn rallying back toward the 4.56 area before stalling just under resistance. Technically, the market continues to hold key moving average support,…