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Grains: December was a fitting end for the year

By Chad Burlet | January 2, 2018

December was a fitting end for a year in which none of the major agricultural contracts – corn, wheat, or soybeans – ended more than 5% higher or lower than a year ago. The corn market was particularly quiet with only a 14-cent trading range for the month and a settlement price almost identical to a year ago.

Spill-over correction in corn

By Ryan Ettner, RJ Meyer, Jim McCormick | November 28, 2017

After Friday saw a late session correction, some spill over correction was seen Monday as well. March is now the lead contract and today's correction came within three cents of contract lows before finding better support.

August 2017 grain market comments

By Press Release  | September 5, 2017

The dominant feature for the agricultural markets this month was northern hemisphere production. Particularly important were the U.S. corn and soybean crops and the Russian wheat crop. All three crops started the month with modest expectations and some areas of concern, but by month’s end all crop estimates had increased. In the case of Russian wheat, they had increased significantly.

Grain markets chasing the bulls

By Brennan Turner | August 8, 2017

Weekly export inspections for the week ending August 3 came in at 979,000 MT. It's similar to the previous week's movement, but it's more than one-third below what had been exported the same week a year ago in 2016. Corn exports are also slowing.​

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