We kicked off this NFL Draft Day with Advanced Durable Goods, Export Sales and Jobless Claims at 7:30 A.M. Central followed by the EIA Gas Storage at 9:30 A.M. It is also Last Trading Day on May Natural Gas. The Grains staged an impressive rally in yesterday’s trading session. In the overnight electronic session the […]

Today’s reports are Cattle on Feed and Milk Production at 2:00 P.M. Central. Word on the city streets is that farmers in certain areas are getting in the field. And global investors are wagering that the U.S. Farmer will beat Old Man Winter. It is still too early to tell because as are recent reeducation, […]

We started off the day with Export Sales and Jobless Claims at 7:30 A.M. Central followed by EIA Gas Storage at 9:30 A.M. On the Corn front we are looking ahead to Export Sales data and allegedly the last punch from Old Man Winter. In the overnight electronic session the May Corn is currently trading […]

The Beige Book will be released today. Other reports will be EIA Energy Stocks at 9:30 and Dairy Product Sales at 2:00 P.M. Central. Weather continues to delay cultivation for plantings and more snow is forecasted tonight. And soil temperatures are dramatically lower than last year at this time. The May Corn is currently trading […]

We kicked off the day with Housing Starts & Permits at 7:30 A.M. Central, Capacity Utilization and Industrial Production at 8:15 A.M. followed by API Energy Stocks 3:30 P.M. Goldman Sachs beat the street in earnings and we have plenty more earnings expected today. European stocks were solid and economic data out of China was […]

We kickoff this morning with Export Sales and Jobless Claims at 7:30 A.M. Central followed by EIA Gas Storage at 9:30 A.M. The Export Sales number should be interesting with Argentina being a featured buyer of Soybeans on Tuesday and Wednesday. On the Corn front the market is not trading like a raging bull with […]

The market freaks out again with China imposing further tariffs attacking U.S. Soybeans, cars and whiskey. The poor sons of guns. The market is facing the next drama to see the VIX seeking higher highs. In the overnight electronic session the May Corn is currently trading at 379 ¼ which is 9 ¼ cents lower. […]

With the European markets back in action today there will be more volume of trades and the fear factor of tariffs and high tech espionage rattled the markets yesterday after a long Easter weekend. At the moment the market is showing me that it cannot justify the overreaction of yesterday’s selloff. However, the market is […]

This morning we have Consumer Confidence at 9:00 A.M. Central, which should be interesting with all the tariff talk and what investors expected Friday with a trade war with China seems to be averted with the U.S. holding all the cards and the good news that this administration is doing everything in its power to […]

Although temperature wise it does not feel like spring on the calendar is. Today we have reports on Milk Production at 2:00 P.M. Central and API Energy Stocks at 3:330 P.M. We also have FED meetings today and tomorrow. The April Crude Oil expires today. On the Corn front the May Corn is currently trading […]