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  • Morning Update

    KC wheat firm on southern cold temps, soybeans lower as Trump threatens China meeting delay. The grain trade opened lower Sunday night, as Pres. Trump said he would be pressing China to help get the Strait of Hormuz open, and if China would not be helpful, he would likely delay his month-end meeting with Pres….

  • Morning Update

    Consolidating trade of this week’s chaos is the order of the day. It has been quite a week, yet after all the chaos since last week Friday, this morning crude oil shows a gain on the week of $2.00, corn is near steady (new crop is a few pennies higher yet), wheat is softer, while…

  • Morning Update

    Cargill gains headlines on the soybean rally overnight. The grain trade when into the fall recovery mode overnight, led by soybeans. News surfaced yesterday afternoon and reignited what had becoming a problem over the past weekend. Brazilian soybean exports to China are encountering delays after the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture introduced stricter phytosanitary inspections at…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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….