Todd Hultman

Outside market concerns about the effects of higher interest rates have been nagging grain prices all summer long. But higher interest rates won't produce the food and feed needed this winter.

Judging by their positions, noncommercials were much more bullish about HRW wheat prices in mid-May than they were in mid-July. It now looks like specs overreacted both times.

What to expect from USDA's September Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports, which will be released on Monday, Sept. 12.

In the early 1960s, a gifted mathematician on his way to creating a new form of geometry turned his attention to cotton prices and financial markets. Several decades later, his observations remain as relevant as ever.

What would we do if missiles rained down on the U.S.? Where would we get food and basic necessities? Now think about Ukraine.

Ever since the pandemic of 2020 gave way to the realization of a production deficit of corn in China, the list of bullish market factors has continued to grow. This year, just about every important waterway in Europe and now...

A disturbing report from NBCNews.com suggests either an unthinkable catastrophe is about to happen in Ukraine or another unfounded rumor will be tossed onto history's ever-growing scrap pile of false alarms. It is difficult to...

OMAHA (DTN) --December corn is down 17 cents per bushel, November soybeans are down 41 1/2 cents, September KC wheat is down 7 1/4 cents, September Chicago wheat is down 4 3/4 cents and September Minneapolis wheat is down 10...

The current level of market demand for soybeans and soybean products is so strong that producers shouldn't have to worry about finding buyers for this year's harvest.

Friday's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production reports from USDA will not only try to refine USDA's harvest predictions but may also have something to say about this year's plantings.

For grain and oilseed prices, the first half of summer was dominated by speculative selling that had little to do with actual crop supplies. With speculative influence now much smaller, prices should soon take an interest in crop...

It's not just that corn prices turned bearish, it is more that prices turned bearish at a time when there are still important bullish fundamental risks in the market.

Less than one week before the weather is expected to turn hotter and even drier across the Midwest, December soybean meal prices broke out of their well-defined technical formation, enticing even more soybean demand at a time...

A recent webinar by Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) revealed uncomfortable realities about the state of farming in Ukraine, raising questions about the future of Ukraine itself.

Tuesday's new wheat estimates from USDA are more bullish than many realize.

Speculative selling took corn, soybean and wheat prices lower in late June and early July, but the new crops aren't in yet. There are plenty of bullish risks still ahead.

What to expect from USDA's July Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports, which will be released on Tuesday, July 12.