Grain Markets

Markets as of 9/8/14 8:55am

Dec Corn -9 @ 3.47

Nov Beans -14 ¼ @ 10.07 ¼

Weather

Weather is expected to turn cooler this week. A cold front pushing down from Canada into the Northern Plains for Tuesday and Wednesday bringing our first chance of frost for the season for North Dakota and parts of Minnesota.  Many locations will see temperatures 20 to 30 degrees below normal, however the crop threat seems limited, unless the frost pushes further south than expected.  With the change in weather comes the threat of thunderstorms thought the upper Midwest as well.

USDA

The USDA report is expected Thursday this week.  Many are expecting the USDA to increase yield expectations based on the many analyst reports.  Historically USDA tends to make smaller incremental adjustments through the September report, and move the estimates aggressively in the October and November once they have better proof of the yields.  We will see on Thursday how aggressive the USDA is with their report.

Corn

Bears await the USDA report this week looking for a significant bump in yield estimates of up to 5 to 7 BPA, which seems pretty hefty, regardless of the size, I think we would all be surprised if there was not some sort of increase from the USDA.

From a technical perspective, if the funds see the projected yields to be a money making opportunity, and the funds choose make sales, it is likely to see the price continue to head downwards.

It may be wise to develop a strategy for new crop bushels that must be delivered out of the field (overage).  Once producers bins are full, and crop is delivered out of the field, we may see basis weaken as elevators fill up.

Beans

The story is similar to corn, many await the USDA report to get a feel for where we are headed.  And again, analysts believe an increase in yield estimates is likely.  The concerns of early frost could cause a bit of a shift in the market.  Producers should look to capitalize on any up swings in the market caused by a weather scare.

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