In my minds eye, I see producers, laden with apples in their sacks, teetering on a dead limb to try to reach the last apple at the top.

The wheat complex is reverting from early weakness to post marginal midday gains. Chicago SRW futures are fractionally to 2 cents higher. KC HRW futures is showing 1 to 3 cent gains at midday. MPLS spring wheat is fractionally higher. The next 7 days are expected to remain dry from...

Soybeans are in rally mode, with contracts 10 to 12 cents higher so far. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 11 cents at $10.91 1/4. Soymeal futures are $2.70 to $3.30 high on the day, with Soy Oil futures up 100 to 110 points. NOPA data from...

Corn futures are trading with 7 to 8 ¼ cent gains in the front months on Wednesday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 8 1/2 cents at $4.14 1/2. Some premium may be going in the market as rain is expected over the next week in the...

A recent story in Barrons talked about how the predictive market site Kalshi was adding new commodities for "trading"; commodities like Natural Gas and Wheat.

Wheat is showing losses in the winter wheat contracts, with spring wheat posting steady to higher trade to start the midweek session. The wheat complex posted strength across the three exchanges on Tuesday. Chicago SRW futures were 7 1/2 to 10 cents higher on the day. Open interest rose 2,101...

Soybeans are trading with 7 to 9 cent gains on Wednesday morning. Futures were lower on Tuesday with contracts down 3 to 6 ½ cents across most months. Open interest was down 10,682 contracts on Tuesday, suggesting longs were exiting. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 4...

Corn price action is up 3 to 3 ½ cents in the nearbys so far on Wednesday morning. Futures closed out the Tuesday session on a mixed note, with front months up 1 ½ to 2 ¾ cents and other contracts fractionally lower. Open interest was up 19,559 contracts on...

I am Stephen Davis, senior market strategist at Walsh Trading, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. You can reach me at 312-878-2391. Corn futures today held up even while crude oil sold off. Typically, the prices of corn and other grains go down along with crude oil. A complicating factor is the ongoing...

The wheat complex posted strength across the three exchanges on Tuesday. Chicago SRW futures were 7 1/2 to 10 cents higher on the day. KC HRW futures led the way with gains of 18 1/2 to 20 1/4 cents on the day. MPLS spring wheat was up 11 to 113...

Corn futures closed out the Tuesday session on a mixed note, with front months up 1 ½ to 2 ¾ cents and other contracts fractionally lower. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 3 cents at $4.05. USDA reported private export sales of 316,000 MT to Mexico (65,000...

Soybeans were lower on Tuesday with contracts down 3 to 6 ½ cents across most months. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 4 1/4 cents at $10.91 1/4. Soymeal futures were 20 cents to $2.20 lower on the day, with Soy Oil futures down 6 to 61...