Market Commentary 

Good afternoon. I hope you all have been able to enjoy the weather this week. It was a change, for sure. This week was a rough one for the grain markets.

Stay hydrated out there—this weekend into next week is shaping up to be the hottest stretch we’ve seen all year, with temps climbing into the 90s every day.

I hope everyone had a great four-day week! This month has flown by, and we are already making our way into June! Hopefully, we will see the summer heat, and some early-in-the-week dryness, start to move into the area next week.

Good afternoon. It's hard to believe that we are ending yet another week. Planting progress,  or lack thereof, seems to be the topic of discussion in our corner of the world.

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.