The end of August will soon be upon us. What does that mean? For one thing, the last day of August marks the last day of meteorological summer, opening the [...]

Corn has become King again with nearly every question I receive having to do with what is both the simplest and most complex of markets. If you recall last week’s [...]

There are a number of things I could talk about in this week’s column, from Thursday’s soybean rally and Newsom’s Market Rule #5 to the sandwich associated with each state. [...]

First, I apologize for this column being a bit late. It was a busy week, one that found me speaking at a meeting in Willmar, Minnesota Thursday and participating as [...]

Picture this: It’s late August 1992 and I’m sitting in my small hometown commodity brokerage office located in the main building of the grain cooperative. I’m still a relative greenhorn, [...]

I think it’s safe to say corn has been on nearly everyone’s mind of late. Most of the correspondence I’ve received over the last few weeks has had to do [...]

Yes, it’s that time of the month again. Later today USDA will unveil its latest guesses on old-crop ending stocks and new-crop supply and demand. I know a lot of [...]

As most of you know, I recently made an appearance on Farm Journal’s television program “U.S. Farm Report.” While there, and on air, host Tyne Morgan asked me and the [...]

This column originates (as so many of them do) with a question from a friend. This week a gentleman, after reading some of my daily commentary, sent me a message [...]

Those of you who have followed me over the years recall that one of my favorite movies, without question, is Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein”. This was Brooks, Gene Wilder, Marty [...]

I’m going to throw a set of price changes at you: +18 3/4, -7 1/2 (and 28 off its high), +25 3/4, -6 (and 17 off its high), +13 3/4, [...]

The explosive rally in corn, soybeans, wheat, etc., over the last couple of weeks has filled my email and direct messages on Twitter with questions. Lots of questions. But, as [...]

To recap our previous two discussion, we see based on technical analysis the soybean markets (cash, new-crop futures) are bullish and fundamental analysis shows us the old-crop U.S. situation is [...]

Last time in this space, we were talking about the technical picture of the soybean market. If you recall, the conclusion was the major (long term) trend of cash soybeans [...]

Let’s start on the technical, or chart based, side of the market this time, shall we? I’m writing this piece early Thursday morning, meaning there’s a chance things could change [...]

It has been a wild week in the grain and oilseed markets with corn and soybeans posting strong rallies and bullish technical signals (as of this writing). All this after [...]

I’m going to let Mr. Charles Dickens open my column for me this week: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age [...]

It has been another busy week on Twitter with conversations covering a wide range of subjects. One of the more humorous observations was from my friend and host of the [...]

As most of you know, it’s baseball season and I enjoy baseball more than most other U.S. sports. There was a time when baseball was considered the National Pastime here [...]

Except for a couple jogs through various airports, usually Chicago O’Hare, the last 10 months have provided me with plenty of time to catch up on my reading. On my [...]

I was visiting with a customer last week, a farmer from Nebraska if I recall, and the subject turned to the large net-short futures position held by noncommercial traders. As [...]

Here we are, having arrived at yet another Friday, with not much new to talk about in the markets. We all know about China’s African Swine Fever, have seen the [...]

I was going to title this piece "The Puzzle (Pt. 2): Wheat," but honestly, wheat isn't really a puzzle. It's bearish. It looks like it's going to stay bearish for [...]