Five Factors To WatchFive Factors To Watch

Monday is a holiday at USDA for Columbus Day, but Farm Futures grain market analyst Bryce Knorr says there will be plenty of other sources of volatility in the week ahead. While Wall Street sorts out the British pound’s flash crash, a weak jobs report and another presidential debate, grain traders brace for harvest hedge pressure and larger production estimates from USDA.

Click here to see a video of what Bryce Knorr is watching in the week ahead.

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.