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Good morning Farmer Family … US farm markets sold off yesterday. Mounting concerns about a global economic slowdown pressured commodity markets. Wall Street stocks slid early in the session, before recovering and posting modest gains by the close. Thursday’s economic data showed that U.S. manufacturing grew steadily in August. That, has worried some investors, as a […]

Good morning Farmer Family … US farm markets were mixed but mostly higher in the midweek session. Dec corn prices declined 1%, on profit-taking at the end of the month and mounting recession worries. December contract, indeed, hit a two-month high on Monday and with a long weekend approaching, due to Labor Day, (the Chicago market

Good morning Farmer Family … US farm markets landed in the red on Tuesday. Increasing concerns over rising interest rates sent lower a broad set of stocks and commodities yesterday. In this context, the corn market partially faded Monday’s gains, as Sep contract ended the day with 0.59% losses. September soybeans closed 1.42% weaker.  As for

Good morning Farmer Family … US farm markets were mixed but mostly higher to start the week.  Corn prices found double-digit gains up 2.24%. Soybeans failed to follow suit and after the Sep options either expired or were converted to their corresponding futures position, the September soybean contract dropped a sharp 4.39%.  The other front months

Good morning Farmer Family … US farm markets fell on Thursday. Corn gave back 1.24% on the day. Soybean was down 0.53% helding above $15.50.  Soybean meal prices went home with 2.07% losses.  Bean oil were firmer, closing mixed with Sep 0.47% higher and the other nearbys less than 0.1% in the red.  Wheat prices have