4-25-22

• Turn around in Corn

• Came off session lows in grains

• News is on the quiet side

• Crop update out later today

• Limit down on the livestock

• Crude oil off their lows

4-22-22

• Pull back in the markets

• Worst crops since ‘96

• World crops

• Heifers/cows headed to market

• Dry weather concerns with high feed stuffs

4-21-22

• Dry weather going into spring planting

• Ethanol margins

• Important high in May on the grains

• Black Sea Region planting progress

• South America second crop

• Milk prices

• Herd liquidation beef/dairy

4-20-22

*Weather

*High inflation

*Corn make new highs while beans had a breakout day

*Brazil weather

*Winter Wheat index

*Spring planting implication

*Cattle saw a breakout to the upside

4-19-22

• Turn around Tuesday

• Weather

• Undertone to the funds

• Inflation

• Short crops, crops not reaching protentional

• Global crops

• Movement in cattle & hogs considering what’s happening on grains

4-18-22

• $8 plus corn $17 plus beans

• Natural gas prices

• Corn vs. bean acre concerns

• Ukraine issues with planting

• Will we see more cattle sales this year?

• How today’s markets are setting up cattle for ‘23

4-15-22

• Markets are closed

• Weather concerns dryness

• Longer term is it tougher on livestock vs. crops?

• Spring planting snow to the north dry in the mid-section south wet in the east

• Brazil’s second crop corn

• Oilseed popularity

• Drought in Middle East

• Livestock heifer/cows going to market when grass is short

4-14-22

• Market drivers

• Wildfires increase across the U.S. with Red Flag Warnings

• Winter Wheat crop

• Ukraine still a dominate factor

• Dry in Argentina & drier in central Brazil

• $8 corn bids

• Livestock heifer/cows going to market when grass is short

4-13-22

• Inflation

• E15 into the summer

• Update on the South American harvest

• Winter wheat conditions

4-12-22

*How would you describe the corn and soybeans markets?

*Were there any surprises from the weekly crop progress numbers?

*What does the soil moisture situation look like?

*Question from Rick in Lexington: If/When China invades Taiwan, we have heard from congressmen and the Administration that we are prepared to impose sanctions on China.

*How drastically would that affect our grain market futures?

*Given that China is such a large buyer. Possibly why China has been buying a lot of corn recently?

*How is planting going in Ukraine?

*Is the demand holding up okay for corn for corn?

*How does the demand look for soybeans?