Markets shift into holiday mode, show promise for the new year

[ad_1] Friday, Dec. 22, ended a quiet, thinly traded ag market as holiday mode has certainly set in, according to Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management and Randy Koenen…

Talk of interest rate cuts and weather friendly to U.S. grain market

[ad_1] Things ended quietly on Friday despite significant movement during the week in the agriculture markets. With the incoming holiday season, it’s not an uncommon trend for things to start…

Volatility rocks cattle market, WASDE report brings little surprises

[ad_1] There was much consternation to be had over a wild cattle market during the Agweek Market Wrap on Friday, Dec. 8. Volatility gripped that market during the week, while…

Soybeans break $13, corn goes above $5 on news of weather and wars

[ad_1] While the cattle market faltered, soybeans and corn found strength this week on concerns about possible winter weather moving in and on news regarding wars in foreign countries ,…

October starts out with volatility thanks to turbulence in economy and government

[ad_1] There wasn’t a lot of news moving the markets this week, but it didn’t take much to create volatility, according to Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management. He…

A tale of 2 weather patterns to move markets

[ad_1] Weather still has a hold on markets as the Midwest is in the grip of an oncoming heat wave. That and the possibility of cool weather to follow were…

So goes the weather, so goes the market

[ad_1] Weather, or more specifically, a lack of rain , was the main topic of the Agweek Market Wrap for Friday, June 16. Randy Koenen of the Red River Farm…