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Wheat is starting the new week 3 to 4 cents lower by midday across the three exchange traded contracts in the US. An early attempt to move higher failed to take out Friday’s highs and the longs bailed. The wheat market was in rally mode on Friday. CBT prices were...

The wheat market is continuing the slide that began on July 3 in the Chicago market, apparently bent on re-testing the May low ($5.21 ¼ Sept). At midday, CBT prices are 8 cents per bushel lower. KC contracts are around 5 lower, and MPLS spring wheat is down mostly 4...

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While corn, soybean, and wheat prices are higher than their most recent lows, they remain significantly lower than the 2022 high. As the agricultural commodities that feed and increasingly fuel the world are at the beginning of the 2025 crop year, the weather and other issues will determine the path…

The corn market in 2025 is off to a rocky start, grappling with tariffs that could reshape its future. This article examines the four fundamental principles—supply, demand, price volatility, and trader sentiment—that every trader and commercial user can utilize to inform their trading decisions. Demand is crumbling as export giants…

The gain and oilseed sector of the commodities market was virtually unchanged in Q1, posting a marginal gain. As the agricultural products that feed and fuel the world head into Q2, the 2025 crop year begins with the planting season.

Wheat prices are heading into the 2025 crop year at much lower levels than in 2022 and 2023. Wheat prices reached lows in August 2024, and while they are consolidating near the low, the recent trend has been higher.

The grain sector of the commodities market continued to move lower in Q4 2024 and was the worst-performing sector in 2024. While all grain and oilseed markets posted losses in 2024, corn was the only futures market moving to the upside in Q4.

After reaching multi-year highs, and in CBOT wheat’s case, an all-time peak in 2022, grain and oilseed futures prices have plunged. Farmers in the Northern Hemisphere are on vacation after the 2024 harvest, hoping that 2025 will be a better year and prices can rebound.