Grain futures are posting modest gains this morning, getting a lift from weather concerns and a positive tone in outside markets. Stocks reversed higher despite disappointing jobs numbers on Friday, and that buying spilled over to exchanges in Asia and Europe today. Wheat and soybeans are also finding support from weather concerns as traders prepare for Friday’s production, supply and demand update from USDA.
Senior Editor Bryce Knorr offers his insight into overnight trade, listen using the audio tool on this page.
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.