Market Commentary 

Good afternoon. It was another wet week around here, although there are a couple of spots that did miss the rains on Tuesday night into Wednesday. There was a little bit of planting activity in those areas last evening.

Ideal planting weather across the Corn Belt has put pressure on the corn market, driving prices to five-month lows not seen since December. U.S. planting progress remains strong, with 40% of corn and 30% of soybeans planted—slightly ahead of average.

Grain markets have found a bit of footing this week as funds appear to be stepping back in following month-end position squaring. Export sales came in within expectations across the board, with all three major commodities tracking about 2% ahead of the pace needed to meet USDA ta...

Good afternoon. I hope everyone had a great Easter holiday. Spring seemed to get into full swing this week. It will be interesting to see what the USDA has for planting progress on Monday night's report.

Good afternoon. Another wild week in the markets. The back and forth of tariffs sure had things all over the place. One interesting fact is that the USDA announced export sales of three cargoes of old crop beans and one cargo of new crop beans to unknown destinatio...

Good afternoon. The weeks just are flying by for sure. We had a bit of a data overload this week with all the reports. 

Good afternoon. Looks like a rainy and mild end of March coming for us. According to Dayton news stations we could see up to 2” of rain by the end of Monday. That should make the subsoil fully charged up heading into the growing season, if it doesn’t come al...

Good afternoon. Hope everyone enjoyed that warm weather earlier this week. It looks like we are going to be in a more seasonal pattern for the next week. We continue to see above-normal rain chances for the next week also.

Good afternoon. It sure has been another wild week in the corn market. Things started out higher to begin the week, but the market sentiment since Wednesday has been one of risk-off.

Good afternoon and welcome to March. It always feels good to have February in the rear view mirror. Daylight savings time starts this weekend, so don’t forget those clocks.