If you would like to receive our grain comments and cash recommendations on a trial basis, go to the link below. Corn Outlook: Traders have rung in 2013 and have a lot on their plate in the days and weeks ahead. The final crop production report for 2012 is on January 12th, weather is[…]
If you would like to receive our grain comments and cash recommendations on a trial basis, go to the link below. Corn Outlook: Traders have rung in 2013 and have a lot on their plate in the days and weeks ahead. The final crop production report for 2012 is on January 12th, weather is[…]
If you would like to receive our grain comments and cash recommendations on a trial basis, go to the link below. Corn Outlook: Fresh news in the grains is sparse because of the holidays. While old crop stocks of corn are tight, the market faces a strong headwind because of poor exports and concerns[…]
If you would like to receive our grain comments and cash recommendations on a trial basis, go to the link below. Corn Outlook: Corn futures are in the tank from uncertainty of the fiscal cliff, evening of positions for year-end, and poor exports. Exports for the season are one of the worst on record,[…]
If you would like to receive our grain comments and cash recommendations on a trial basis, go to the link below. Corn Outlook: Corn futures have been facing a strong headwind because of dismal exports and strong competition from South America. For the season, cumulative shipments are running 50 percent below a year ago. […]
Corn Outlook: Corn futures have been on a slippery slope the past two weeks amid concerns of the worsening debt crisis in Europe, potential slowing of China’s economy, large traders abandoning their stake in commodities, and bankruptcy of MF Global. Competition for export business from the Black Sea region has been fierce evident by[…]
Overview: Grain futures were mixed today from month-end position squaring and a dearth of fresh news. Meanwhile, GDP growth was reported at 2.0 percent, which means inflation is tame. Traders expect the Fed’s to come to the rescue of the economy next month with a second round of quantitative easing. However, this is old news[…]
Overview: Corn and soybeans traders were apprehensive today. The dollar was stronger, the stock market struggled, while gold and crude were lower. Bernanke spoke yesterday reinforcing previous statements that the economy is slow and additional stimulus may be needed. This may have spooked traders causing them to even positions ahead of the weekend. Corn:[…]
Overview: Grain futures are still gasping for air after having the wind knocked out from yesterday’s bearish stocks report in corn. The chances are that some new crop corn found its way into the report because of early harvest. However, the USDA says that this was not the case. In the meantime, it will take[…]
Overview: The commodity funds were out in full force today, which was the reason behind the strength in grains. Commodities, in general, were higher across the board even though the dollar was stronger. Most of the gains came in the overnight session, which is the typical “M.O.” of the funds. Keep in mind that they[…]