Corn
Spring Has Sprung- Time For A Look At Corn Futures!
Corn Futures Traders- Watch These Reports Closely! I don’t know how it is in your neck of the woods, but where I live, Spring has officially sprung! The grass is green, the flowers are blooming, and the snow has nearly melted from the surrounding mountains. Of course, for the grass to grow, Mother Nature must […]
Grains: There’s Always A Bull Market Somewhere…
No doubt about it, overall commodity performance has been abysmal as of late. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude is down a whopping 13% in the past month. Platinum, silver, and palladium are down 8%, 7%, and 5% respectively. A surging US Dollar, along with European growth fears, has investors essentially throwing in the towel on […]
Corn: It’s Popping!
No doubt about it, Monday was a very big day for the grains market. In case you’re unaware, that was when the USDA released their highly anticipated quarterly stocks and prospective plantings report. And what investors found in that report was quite shocking… But before I go into detail about the USDA’s findings, let’s take […]
Grain Gains: Ukraine Crisis Has Corn Popping!
You gotta love it… It wasn’t that long ago everybody hated grains. Analysts were unapologetically bearish on corn and wheat in late January. Predictions of another huge crop year had them tossing around price projections of sub-$4 a bushel corn and wheat in the low $5 range. But fast-forward a month and bears are quickly […]
Grains Update: Now Corn Is Reacting To The Cold?
No doubt about it, the winter of 2014 is a doozy… As you may know firsthand, bitter temperatures have been a common occurrence in the Midwest and Eastern US over the past few months. In fact, meteorologists say it was the coldest January in over a century. And as I’ve mentioned in recent articles, the […]
Ag Update: Has Corn Finally Bottomed?
Ag investors received a boatload of important information over the past few days. As you may know, the most recent USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report came out on November 8th. Let’s dig in and see what this essential data tells us about the price of corn and wheat… CORN Corn bulls […]
Grains: A Looming Profit Opportunity In Wheat?
No doubt about it, this summer has been a big disappointment for anyone bullish of grains. Wheat and corn sank to their lowest levels in years thanks to a blockbuster US growing season. Let me show you what I mean… As you can see, the price of corn sank like the Titanic in July. And […]
Grain Market Wipeout!
Things have gotten quite interesting in the grain markets over the past few days. But unlike last year, grain prices are moving dramatically lower instead of higher. As you may remember, last year’s grain crop was turned on its ear thanks to a remarkably hot and dry growing season. The price of corn, wheat, and […]
Summer Is Here! Will Corn Erupt To $8 A Bushel Again?
Here we are… Last Friday was the first day of summer here in the US. For you, that may mean barbeques, beer, and baseball games over the next few months. I know I’ll be spending plenty of time at my grill in the near future. But for America’s farmers, the next few months will be […]
Grains: US Farmers Hit A Home Run!
Just a few days ago I told you how the US corn planting season was way behind schedule. Wet spring weather was keeping farmers out of the fields during an essential spring planting window in early May. As a result, the US corn crop was only 28% planted as of last Wednesday- a far cry […]
