Todd Hultman

What to expect on Friday, March 31, when USDA releases its annual Prospective Plantings report and the Grain Stocks report for March 1.

For soybeans, it is amazing how quickly the market's landscape has changed in such a short amount of time.

Surrounded by traders worried about this week's bank failures, May corn prices are on track to finish the week higher -- and China's purchases are only part of the story.

On Friday, March 10, the FDIC took control of the Silicon Valley Bank, a failure of cash flow directly related to the Federal Reserve's rate hikes. What does this mean for ag prices?

Two examples of Chicago wheat, 10 years apart, demonstrate how frustrating it has become to explain this year's lower prices.

What to expect on Wednesday, March 9, when USDA releases its latest Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports.

One of the reasons markets are complicated is that traders can be influenced by almost anything. Here is some advice for avoiding the inevitable confusion that happens when trying to make grain marketing decisions.

There are glimmers of hope for U.S. corn exports in 2023, and one of them comes from drought in Argentina.

OMAHA (DTN) --May corn is down 5 1/2 cents per bushel, May soybeans are down 7 cents, May KC wheat is down 18 cents, May Chicago wheat is down 12 1/2 cents and May Minneapolis wheat is down 12 3/4 cents.

On Thursday, Feb. 23, USDA added to growing suspicions that U.S. ending corn stocks will be larger in 2023-24. If so inclined, when is the best time to make forward sales of new-crop corn?

Last week's consumer and producer price reports reminded traders more rate hikes are likely ahead, a simmering bearish concern for commodity prices.

With Brazil's record harvest on its way to port, one might conclude the high is in for old-crop soybeans. Or is it?

A simple model of S&P 500 companies can be more informative than all the bearish headlines that bombard us.

What to expect from USDA's December Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports, which will be released on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

March soybean meal prices are approaching all-time highs and show no sign of turning around yet.

With new soybean supplies on the way from Brazil, it's difficult to say if U.S. soybean prices will hold up until summer.

The latest Commitments of Traders report showed commercials net long in all three U.S. wheats as of Jan. 10. The positions are strong hints of wheat's value at current prices by the firms that know the wheat market best.

Knowing the difference between price and value isn't just important for understanding markets, it's also an important skill for life.

What to expect on Thursday, Jan. 12, when USDA releases its latest Crop Production, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), Dec. 1 Grain Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings reports.

Thoughts of recession, a lack of corn export sales and chances for more favorable weather in 2023 have traders, and likely farmers, selling corn in early January.

It was a historic milestone in November that allowed DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman to look at the world in a new way, and this became his favorite article of the year.

When thinking about challenges in agriculture, consider and be wise to the ways of the ants.