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 - ...

GALENA, Kan. — Several factors are working together to put a financial strain on local farmers. “It’s very hard for farming to respond to the market conditions, which indicate that we have too much ...

USDA planting report shows modest changes, but geopolitical uncertainty keeps producers cautious about locking in attractive ...

As September contracts went into delivery this week, Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management was impressed with the performance of the grain markets. "What I've been impressed with is that the ...

In overnight trading on Sunday evening and early Monday morning, the corn (ZCK26) and wheat (ZWK26) (KEK26) futures markets were posting decent gains, and so were Brent (CBK26) and West Texas ...

Corn, soybean, and wheat futures prices have traded in a relatively quiet, mostly sideways price pattern for much of October. Naomi Blohm. (Courtesy photo.) The government shut down silenced important ...

While domestically old crop wheat has remained steady in the south trading in the low $370s a tonne delivered Melbourne and ...

Nick Paulson, U of I ag economist, noted that the conflict in Iran has particularly affected urea since it’s a key product ...