Todd Hultman

Until this month, spot KC wheat prices slugged it out below $6.00 for nearly six years. Do prices deserve to trade higher?

Tuesday's new corn crop estimate of 14.182 billion bushels was the latest in a string of confusing surprises that keep coming from USDA.

On Tuesday, Jan. 12, USDA will release its latest Crop Production, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), Quarterly Grain Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings reports.

On Jan. 6, March corn briefly traded above $5 for the first time since 2014. Corn has come a long way from the bearishness of early 2020, but are supplies tight enough to support prices at $5 or more?

Here in the U.S., USDA gathers important grain supply information and freely publishes the data for the world to see. Grain supply information for China is largely hidden, which leaves the U.S. vulnerable.

No. 4 in DTN's yearly countdown of the top ag news stories looks at the tumultuous 2020 marketing year. There were so many significant market-moving events in 2020, it is easy to forget how much happened.

Since soybean supplies were also tight during the 2013-14 season, prices from that time offer clues as to what to expect for soybean prices in 2021.

USDA's December WASDE report is usually a mere formality, but traders will be interested to see how tight USDA says soybean supplies are in Thursday's report.

While the trend of U.S. soybean prices remains up, the market has new bearish concerns to consider.

The future soybean market has so many uncertainties, including China and South America, growers are urged to reduce production risk.

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably market manipulation.

Supply and demand theory only explains part of what happens when supplies get as tight as soybeans are expected to get. Human emotions often add more fuel to the mix.

Like most WASDE reports, USDA's latest one gave us a lot of new numbers to consider -- some are reliable and some are not. It's important to know which are which.

Livestock futures have quickly broken away from the aggressive early week gains with prices mixed in a very narrow range. The lack of activity may keep prices in the current trading range with a combination of follow-through...

A look at what to expect when USDA releases its next round of supply and demand estimates, due out Tuesday, Nov. 10.

USDA estimates 290 million bushels of U.S. ending soybean stocks for 2020-21, the lowest in five years. Estimate aside, there is a risk that the U.S. could run out of soybeans.

Higher winter wheat prices look likely for early 2021.

This was one of those weeks when price moves don't always make sense in grains.

OMAHA (DTN) --After the Sunday evening open, December corn is down 3 cents, January soybeans are down 5 cents and December KC wheat is down 3 cents. The weekend saw more favorable harvest weather across the central U.S.

December cattle were steady to lower early and December hogs higher early Friday, waiting for more cash cattle trade to develop. Outside markets are leaning bearish for commodity prices early Friday, influenced by a new high in...

December hogs were starting lower Thursday after USDA reported 29,000 mt of export sales for last week, only 2,500 mt of which was for China. Cattle and feeders are cautiously steady after a favorable GDP report and also...

Active contracts of cattle, and lean hogs traded lower to start on Wednesday, pressured by outside macro markets, while January feeder cattle moved higher on falling corn prices.