Todd Hultman

Todd Hultman realizes some may not appreciate the corn and soybean markets they depend on for a living being compared to a poker game, but the similarities are striking.

There is plenty of uncertainty about how corn and soybean yields will turn out in 2021 and where prices might go from here. This may be a good time to let the market show the way.

Spot Minneapolis wheat prices have climbed nearly $3 per bushel in 2021. Past comparisons are not easy, but there appears to be room for more upside.

After last year's surprisingly large volume of corn imports by China, many are wondering how much China will buy in 2021-22. As far as I can tell, the answer remains a lot.

OMAHA (DTN) -- December corn is up 12 cents per bushel, November soybeans are up 18 cents, September KC wheat is up 18 cents, September Chicago wheat is up 23 1/2 cents and September Minneapolis wheat is up 34 1/2 cents.

On Monday, July 12, USDA will release its latest Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports.

Wednesday's lower-than-expected planting estimates from USDA, at a time when crop prices are trading at multi-year highs, makes the mystery of disappearing acres difficult to explain.

It is difficult to say which direction USDA's cannon of influence will send grain prices Wednesday, but important Acreage and Grain Stocks reports are loaded and ready to fire at 11 a.m. CDT.

Despite expectations for tight U.S. soybean supplies at the end of 2020-21, cash soybean prices and soybean meal futures have fallen sharply. What gives?

For almost a year, soybean oil prices had been trading relentlessly higher. That all changed this past week when oil refiners got on the phone.

What to expect from the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report to be released on Thursday, June 10.

Cursed with the lowest good-to-excellent crop rating since 1988, spring wheat prices have the potential to go even higher.

Early indications are that China's demand for corn and soybeans will remain strong in 2021-22. DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman explains why.

The month of May began with commercials bidding cash corn up to astonishing levels. Rain then showed up in the forecasts and took prices more than $1 per bushel lower before Thursday's trade turned limit up.

For a crop estimated to have the tightest ending supplies in seven years, there is something odd about recent weakness in cash soybean prices.

Earlier this week, corn prices traded above $7 and soybeans were above $16. Why are so many expecting the bottom to fall out?

What to expect from the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, to be released on Wednesday, May 12.

Making historical comparisons is difficult as circumstances are never the same. We look at one fundamental metric for comparing today's corn price to previous highs.