Freight shipping activity is depressed in January due to the Lunar New Year holiday and tariff uncertainty.

Wheat is posting Monday strength across the three exchanges so far at midday. Chicago SRW futures are up 6 to 8 cents in the nearbys. KC HRW futures are 7 to 8 cents higher in the front months. MPLS spring wheat is 4 to 5 cents in the green on...

The corn market is trading with Monday midday gains of 2 to 4 cents, as futures shrug off the overnight and early morning tariff weakness. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is up 6 3/4 cents at $4.52 3/4. Earlier this morning, following a meeting between President Trump...

Soybeans are shaking off much if the trade threat so far on Monday, with contracts 5 to 10 cents higher at midday. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price is up 13 1/2 cents at $9.90 1/4. Soymeal futures are up 90 cents/ton, with Soy Oil futures 35 points higher....

Arabica coffee futures led the commodities asset class in January 2025, rising to a new record high. Precious metals and meats were higher, while oil futures posted gains.

Grain markets were sharply lower on the Sunday night open but have found their footing in the early morning trade. Watch us on RFD-TV, today at 9:45am CT

The corn market is trading with Monday morning losses of 2 to 6 cents after gapping lower on Sunday night. Corn futures closed out the Friday session with losses of 4 to 9 ¼ cents. March was down 4 ½ cents on the week. Preliminary open interest was down 12,080...

Wheat is down across the three markets on Monday morning. The wheat complex posted losses across the three exchanges on Friday. Chicago SRW futures were down 5 to 7 cents in the nearbys on the day, as March held onto gains of 15 ½ cents. KC HRW futures were 9...

Soybeans are shaking off much if the trade threat so far on Monday, with contracts mixed in AM trade. The soybean market posted a round of 2 to 3 cent losses on Friday, shrugging off midday gains. March slipped 13 ¾ cents on the week. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash...

From a long-term investment point of view, the value of technical analysis may be diminishing, as indicated by the end of January monthly charts.

Soybean Meal has been drifting down the channel for all of 2024.  The last few weeks, Soybean Meal has attempted to break out but has failed to hold.  Given the indicators to be reviewed and seasonal strength, I expect Soybean Meal to finally break through the channel and begin to move higher.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the resumption of cattle and bison imports from Mexico. Imports are scheduled to resume within the next several days.