Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year's from Chris Winward, Shawn Gammon, and myself.

1 | An Observation Never in a million years would I have imagined I would be writing updates on policy. In fact, the most frustrating thing about writing updates on policy is detailing the domino effect. Think about it… The Renewable Fuel Standard was born and now we are so...

The wheat market is trading with Monday gains to start the holiday week. Chicago SRW futures are up 9 to 10 cents so far on Monday. KC HRW contracts are trading with gains of 7 to 8 cents at midday. MPLS spring wheat futures are trading 4 to 6 cents...

Soybeans are starting off the holiday week with contracts down 2 to 4 cents through midday on the Monday session. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price is down 3 cents at $9.23 ¼. Soymeal futures are back down $2.90/ton. Soy Oil futures are up 44 points so far on...

The corn market is showing some slight gains to kick off the Christmas week, with contracts up 1 to 2 cents at midday. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is up 1 1/2 cents at $4.18 1/2. USDA reported a private export sale of 132,000 MT of corn...

Low-Cost Options, With Limited Risk

Sometimes, the markets seem rational, while other times, there appears to be a mystery behind their actions. The corn market seems to be in that mystery thriller mode. The producers are aggressively adding short positions while managed money is building long ones. To unravel this mystery, we must carefully examine all the clues and piece together the puzzle to reveal the truth behind the unknown. Let's begin unraveling some clues.

Christmas Trading Schedule Grain markets will close at 12:05pm CT on Tuesday December 24th and will reopen at 8:30am on Thursday December 26th. Grain markets are holding on to narrow gains as the holiday week kicks off

Wheat futures are trading with gains across the three markets to start the Christmas week. The wheat market went into the weekend on a mixed note, as the soft red contracts failed to push higher. Chicago SRW futures were steady to down 1 ½ cents across the board on the...

The corn market is trading with fractional to 2 cent gains so far on Monday morning. Corn futures closed out the Friday session on a high note, as futures rallied o close out the week. Contracts were up anywhere from a penny to 5 ½ cents. March finished the week...

Soybeans are trading with contracts 1 to 2 cents lower early on Monday. The soybean market took back most of the midweek losses on Thursday and Friday, with the latter session closing up 7 to 13 cents. January was still down 13 ¾ cents on the week. CmdtyView’s national front...

There was no rest for the wicked heading into this holiday disrupted trading week, meaning natural gas stole the spotlight once again.