It was an interesting week for market news versus market action. There were actually numerous, somewhat bullish news stories that generated little in the way of bullish market reaction, including the following:
Wheat markets continue to absorb news of further declines in volume and quality by moving lower. Frost in West Australia early this week has created more crop losses than expected. It is very early in the “recovery” process to determine how much damage occurred. That really can’t happen until harvest gets underway, but reports from trustworthy sources indicate canola was badly damaged. There will be wheat losses as well, but we’re told that the crop across the frost-hit region was in varying degrees of matu...
Markets are caught between reasons to keep selling and reasons to take another look. Fund liquidation and renewed peace talks are pressuring grains, while fresh export business and some diesel relief offer encouragement. Corn recovered nearly 10 cents from its low to finish higher, while soybea...
Key Takeaways: President Trump announced $8 billion in additional agricultural assistance through the Harvest Fuel Relief Program, as USDA projects farm fuel and oil expenses will increase 28.8 percent in 2026. The package follows $12 billion in earlier relief, while government farm payments w...
Key Takeaways: A student group from the University of Chicago is protesting to bring back onion futures trading. Trading in onion futures was banned in 1958 following a spectacular bout of market manipulation that resulted in a corner of the physical market. The ban on onion futures led t...
