Insights and Stories of Brian Wittal

Jan. 23, 2009 at 7:55 pm CST

This was a very mixed and choppy trading day for all grains. They started down in the morning, tried to rebound, then faded away into the close. Some ended up for the day and others were down. Corn is up two to three cents a bushel, beans are down three […]

By Brian Wittal

Jan. 22, 2009 at 5:50 pm CST

Jan. 22 — The markets are acting like a yo-yo: down, up, down and so on. Corn is down one to three cents a bushel, beans are down eight to 17 cents a bushel, wheat is down three to six cents a bushel, canola is down $8 to $10 per […]

By Brian Wittal

Jan. 22, 2009 at 12:34 am CST

Jan. 21 — Markets bounced back nicely today to the point where they have almost regained all of the previous day’s losses. Corn was up five to six cents per bushel, beans were up 21 to 28 cents per bushel, wheat was up 20 to 22 cents per bushel and […]

By Brian Wittal

Jan. 20, 2009 at 7:22 pm CST

Jan. 20 — There was no party mood in the trading pits today. Grain futures markets took some hard hits today. Concerns of further world economic problems are driving financial markets down and overseas investors are looking at the U.S. dollar as a safe investment option right now. U.S. grain […]

By Brian Wittal

Jan. 19, 2009 at 7:18 pm CST

Jan. 19 — Canadian grain futures markets are quiet today for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the U.S. Canola closed up $3 per tonne, and barley closed down $2.80 per tonne. With this being a quiet day I thought I would do an update on where wheat prices are […]

By Brian Wittal