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A Market That Makes No Sense—And What To Do About It We’re in the thick of spring, and the numbers are flying: • 78% of corn and 66% of...

Market Reversal: Why This Week Feels Different Over the weekend, a surprise trade agreement between the U.S. and China set a bullish...

Beans Are Back: Why Soy Is the Market to Watch This Summer Rain, wind, and cooler temps have paused the drought chatter—but underneath...

Corn’s got a mood—and it’s ugly. No love from the funds, no bounce from the bulls, and somehow, despite strong exports and low carryout numbers, the market’s trading like everything’s just fine. Spoiler: it’s not. Jon and Ryan open this week’s Insider by calling out what isn’t in the market yet—weather risk. That’s a rare thing. For the first time in a long while, we’re entering planting’s final stretch with zero weather premium priced in. That’s the setup worth watching. And

Markets Are Split—What Smart Hedgers Should Be Doing Right Now The Great Corn Disconnect Corn is going in fast—40% planted, ahead of the...

May to Mid-June: The Most Critical Window for 2025 Crop Marketing Is Here The Clock Is Ticking: Why Risk Management Matters Now In this...

Why It’s a Week to Stay Sharp, Not Get Cute It’s All Go in the Field—But the Market’s Not Giving You Much As spring planting picks up...

The markets are moving—but not in sync. This week’s Hedge Heads Insider digs into the strange signals coming out of wheat, corn, and cattle, and why patience might be your best strategy this spring. Market Breakdown 📉 Wheat: Grinding Lower, Opportunity Ahead? Wheat's short-term outlook looks bleak, with rains in Kansas and the Ohio Valley weighing on prices. But with no major bullish news and a market that’s slowly bleeding lower, a bottom may be forming. John’s watching the

Spring Signals Are Flashing—But Markets Aren’t Cooperating (Yet) As traders wrap up their week ahead of the long weekend, many are enjoying a rare moment of calm. But while the trading floor quiets down, fields across the upper Midwest are about to get loud. With above-average temperatures and little late-season snow in areas like west-central Minnesota, conditions are looking good for early planting—a major signal for the ag markets. Unlike last year’s chaotic spring, this s

Market Breakdown: What’s Happening? Commodity markets are playing by new rules this spring. Soybeans are rallying on bad news. Corn’s...

In a market where sentiment can flip in minutes, the only constant is chaos. But for sharp traders, that chaos breeds opportunity—if you know where to look. Market Breakdown: Over the past five trading days, we’ve witnessed sharp drops, unexpected rebounds, and mid-session reversals. Volatility isn’t just back—it’s rewriting the playbook. Whether you’re trading soybeans, cattle, or the corn-wheat spread, one thing’s clear: slow decisions are costly.

In a rollercoaster day for the financial markets, the Dow experienced significant fluctuations, plunging 800 points overnight before bouncing back to gain 3,000 points. The volatility extended to commodities as well, with cattle down $2 and corn showing mixed movements while soybeans enjoyed a positive day, up 19 cents. The catalyst for these dramatic changes was a tweet from President Trump regarding tariffs, which included a monumental decision to back off tariffs for certa

When the Dust Settles, Who’s Still Standing? This week, everything that could break, did . Grains, cattle, crude, metals—you name it....

This morning, traders across the country woke up to a jolt: crude oil down $5, the Dow down more than 1,300 points, and a flood of tariff news that no one fully understands yet.

The March acreage report landed with 95.3 million corn acres—right around expectations. No shock, but definitely not fuel for a rally....

Not every young farmer is chasing the top. Some are studying volatility curves, managing risk with surgical precision, and quietly...

Corn Hedging Is Tougher, But Soybeans & Cattle Could Be the Bigger Story Corn hedging was simple last year—cheap downside protection, no...

Spring Markets Are Heating Up—Are You Ready? When feeder cattle start acting like the safest asset on the board, you know markets are...

The Market is Messy. The Opportunity is in the Chaos. There’s no shortage of uncertainty right now. Whether it’s grain markets searching...