General Comments Markets opened weaker Sunday evening on expectations that the pace of the corn and soybean harvests will start to increase this week. Corn and wheat eventually rallied to trade higher in the first few hours of the day session, but soybean futures remained soft much of the morning.There just wasn't much in terms of news. Weather is really a non-event right now. There is still no hint of a frost/freeze in the forecast until maybe the 4-5 October time period. Harvest yield reports from the Corn Belt are still scarce, although the better than expected talk is still around the market.Trading volume today was light.U.S. financial markets were slightly weaker with crude oil losing a dollar most of the day. Gold and silver wer...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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