Morning Update 8/27/22

Pro Farmer Tour results had corn higher overnight. Corn futures opened higher overnight on the friendly results from the Pro Farmer Crop Tour producing a yield of 168.1 BPA, while soybeans started the session lower and stayed that way for the bulk of the night. The soybean crop yield from the tour produced a yield…

Morning Update 8/26/22

Pro Farmer Tour results and Fed Summit watched today. Corn and soybean prices recovered moderately overnight from yesterday’s profit-taking selling of the early week strength. Pro Farmer tour yield estimates are released today, along with the awaiting Fed chairman Powell’s policy speech from their Jackson Hole summit.Yesterday’s Pro Farmer estimate out of Minnesota had a…

Morning Update 8/25/22

The last day for the Pro Farmer Tour is today. Grain futures for the first time this week are not sharply higher in the morning but are mixed with wheat and soybeans lower while corn maintains overnight strength. The Pro Farmer crop tour ends today, with corn and soybean yield estimates due out sometime on…

Morning Update 8/24/22

Further strength experienced in overnight trading. Grain futures pushed higher again overnight on technical follow-through momentum as prior resistance points on the corn and soybean charts were overcome. Also, the Pro Farmer tour pegged the Indiana corn yield at 177.8 BPA, compared to the 3-year average at 178.2 and last year at 193.4 BPA. The…

Morning Update 8/23/22

Lower than expected crop ratings fuel overnight gains. Grain futures pushed higher overnight on the surprise lower crop condition ratings for corn and soybeans, along with the first day of Pro Farmer yield estimates are considered friendly. Nebraska and South Dakota gave a very poor performance, while even Ohio looks less than desired than early…

Morning Update 8/22/22

Grain pricing firms overnight from a weak start. Grain prices opened lower Sunday night across the board but quickly found buying interest as China’s Central Bank lowered its lending rate by 15 basis points. This prompted buying in the grain trade as China is looking to shore up its economy after all of the recent…

Cattle On Feed 8/19/22

Cattle On Feed On Feed: 101% vs 100.7% estimatePlaced: 102% vs 98.5% estimateMarketed: 96% vs 97.1% estimate Cattle on feed report was bearish to pre-report expectations with placements much higher than anticipated and marketing’s one percent below expectations. Look for the cattle market to be $1-2 lower on the opening Monday.

Morning Update 8/19/22

Commodities and equity indexes hit with risk-off trade overnight. Grain futures had a firm start overnight but were met with heavy selling as the US dollar pushed higher towards 108.00, causing a risk-off scenario as all commodities, including financial indexes, moved sharply lower in the early morning hours of Friday. Corn futures firmed after morning…