Morning Update 2/17/22

World events lift grain prices overnight. After the lower Wednesday evening start across the board in the grain complex, wheat futures initially burst higher in the evening after reports that Russia had increased its troop size by 7000, contrary to prior reports of reductions. But it was the report of mortar fire reported to have…

Morning Update 2/16/22

Grain prices find renewed buying interest overnight. The commodity world recovered overnight from yesterday’s thrashing with crude oil lifting over $1.00 barrel, metals firmer, and grain pricing also finding bargain-hunting in the recent sharp decline. However, the three-day weekend coming up will heighten volatility with the never-ending Black Sea political tensions, and potential moisture for…

Morning Update 2/15/22

Grain prices on retreat. Grain futures are lower across the board this morning, as yesterday’s late press to the highs on war rumors in the Black Sea were dashed in the night. Troop movement was noted in the European evening, which was during our noon hour, and many thought it was the push towards escalations….

Morning Update 2/14/22

Grain prices have a volatile Sunday night session. Grain futures ended the night session the opposite direction they started Sunday night. The sharply higher opening had wheat futures gaining $0.20, with soybeans $0.15 higher and corn a nickel before changing direction in the middle of the night. Chances of rain showed up on the GFS…

Morning Update 2/11/22

Grain prices stabilize and recover moderately on firmer world values. After yesterday’s massive selling across the commodity spectrum, grain futures are recovering this morning after new contract highs scored in corn and soybeans yesterday. Monetary policy by the Federal Reserve took on an earnest look after yesterday’s inflationary CPI, with comments that not only was…

Morning Update 2/10/22

CONAB out of Brazil produces low soybean production report. Grain futures pushed to new contract highs for corn and soybeans on a bullish construed CONAB report out of Brazil, with their numerators lowering the crop size to 125.5 MMT’s. This bolted the bean market at 6 AM to challenge the June 2021 highs at 1623…

Morning Update 2/9/22

USDA Crop Report out today at 11:00 AM. This morning, grain futures have mixed results after a firm night session trade that saw November’s new crop beans pushing a new contract high to 1429.6 before retreating this morning. It’s crop report day today, and typically the February report on a scale of 1 to 10…