Grain markets closed strong on Friday and posted higher weekly closes across the complex. What drove the rally? Jim McCormick of AgMarket.Net points to a few notable factors. 1. U.S. Weather - ...

In the past 18 months, there have been very few good opportunities for farmers to market corn and soybeans at favorable levels. This has resulted in a large amount of grain being sold below break-even ...

Since late August, corn, soybean and wheat futures prices have been inching higher. The reason for the price increase seems to be two-fold; funds are exiting short positions to show profits on the ...

Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia pulled out of a wartime agreement allowing Ukraine to ship grain to the world, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about commodities through a four-decade lens of experience. Sep 17, 2024, 04:56pm EDT Sep 18, 2024, 07:32am EDT As the ...