New-crop corn basis bids throughout the state of Iowa have strengthened by an average of 15 cents since the derecho storm damaged fields in mid-August. Strong basis bids at harvest are...
Elaine Kub
Contributing Analyst
Elaine Kub is the author of Mastering the Grain Markets: How Profits Are Really Made -- a 360-degree look at all aspects of grain trading, which draws on her experiences as a futures broker, market analyst, grain merchandiser, and farmer. She grew up on a family farm in South Dakota and holds an engineering degree and an MBA.
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Kub's Den
Before much is known about an upcoming row crop growing season, new-crop futures prices for corn tend to be less than $4, and for soybeans, less than $10 per bushel. But already for 2021, cognitive biases may be at work...
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DTN Before The Bell Livestock
Eager buying interest is still present for lean hog futures at fresh contract highs Friday morning, and the cattle contracts are higher too.
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DTN Before The Bell Livestock
The weekly export-sales report was generally disappointing for the beef and pork markets, but live cattle and lean hog futures traders have largely shrugged it off in favor of a mixed open.
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DTN Before The Bell Livestock
Lean hog futures are still attracting enough buying interest to set fresh contract highs Wednesday morning, but cattle futures are moderately lower.
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Kub's Den
Chinese celebrations of the Lunar New Year will be different in 2021, with widespread travel discouraged and implications for the grain markets uncertain.
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DTN Before The Bell Livestock
Livestock futures have started Tuesday morning mostly lower in anticipation of volatility in the feed grains sector, but there may be enough bullish momentum on the charts, and supportive fundamentals from meat prices, to prevent...
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DTN Before The Bell Livestock
Monday morning live cattle futures are mixed, feeder cattle futures lower and lean hog futures are already setting new contract highs.
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DTN Before The Bell Livestock
Confident buyers of lean hog futures were still present at the open Friday morning, but live cattle and feeder cattle futures seem to be pulling back from past gains.
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DTN Before The Bell Livestock
Bullish export sales emphasized the bullish underpinnings of the pork market, and thus, the support this week for lean hog futures.
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DTN Before The Bell Livestock
Futures traders have been eager buyers in the livestock sector so far Wednesday morning, led by the rallying lean hog futures exploring fresh contract highs.
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Kub's Den
With enough planning and motivation, a group of internet commenters probably could influence the price of oat futures up or down for a while, but they likely can't get enough access to the...
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DTN Before The Bell Livestock
The packing industry continues to bring through large daily numbers of both hogs (495,000 projected Tuesday) and cattle (119,000 projected Tuesday), and find supportive prices for the pork and beef.
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DTN Before The Bell Livestock
The implications from a bullish Cattle Inventory report, released Friday afternoon, are giving cattle futures traders a reason not to follow the steep losses seen at the end of last week's trade.
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DTN Before The Bell Livestock
Traders of livestock futures are maintaining a cautious tone Friday morning, refusing to stick their necks out for either more erosion in prices or any serious attempt at regaining the highs from the start of the week.
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Kub's Den
More so than most years, pre-harvest hedging activity in the early months of the year will likely be influenced by fears and uncertainties regarding yield prospects in dry areas of the country.
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Kub's Den
The U.S. has been using up soybeans at a blazing pace since harvest, but soybean disappearance commonly slows down through the winter, spring and summer months -- especially as the market looks forward to South American supplies.
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Kub's Den
Trading commodities is as ancient as it is new at the end of 2020, with dry ice, water and cannabis joining the usual grain, metal and energy commodities on traders' minds. As always, the practice of setting future prices is...
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Kub's Den
Hedge funds sometimes venture into commodity futures, farmland or commodity production as a way to diversify beyond their core stock market investments. But how often do farmers diversify away from commodities into stocks?
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Kub's Den
When it comes to opposite movement in the U.S. dollar and the grain markets, there are deeper forces at work.