Grain futures – and just about everything else – are sharply lower this morning after a pair of tweets from President Trump Sunday cast new doubts on trade negotiations with China. With the president threatening to hike tariffs on China as soon as Friday, money managers headed to the exits. Planting delays could also face a turning point over the next week, with weather forecasts suggesting a drying trend finally emerging next week.

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Bryce Knorr first joined Farm Futures Magazine in 1987. In addition to analyzing and writing about the commodity markets, he is a former futures introducing broker and is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor. He conducts Farm Futures exclusive surveys on acreage, production and management issues and is one of the analysts regularly contracted by business wire services before major USDA crop reports. Besides the Morning Call on www.FarmFutures.com he writes weekly reviews for corn, soybeans, and wheat that include selling price targets, charts and seasonal trends. His other weekly reviews on basis, energy, fertilizer and financial markets and feature price forecasts for key crop inputs. A journalist with 38 years of experience, he received the Master Writers Award from the American Agricultural Editors Association.