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Max Armstrong is at the desk this week and Mike Pearson is reporting from World Pork Expo where hog producers are feeling optimistic.

Producers are anxious about making sales in volatile marketplace.

Grains climb on weather worries.

5/6/2021 By Tom Polansek and Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. grain brokers and analysts on Wednesday lamented CME Group Incs decision to permanently end open-outcry options trading at a time when crop prices are surging, saying that pit traders could help navigate volatile markets. The owner of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) on Tuesday said it will never reopen physical trading pits it shut last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though a Eurodollar options pit will remain o...

5/5/2021 By Tom Polansek and Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. grain brokers and analysts on Wednesday lamented CME Group Incs decision to permanently end open-outcry options trading at a time when crop prices are surging, saying that pit traders could help navigate volatile markets. The owner of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) on Tuesday said it will never reopen physical trading pits it shut last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though a Eurodollar options pit will remai...

iStock/Getty Images The market we are in is not typical and there are risks from the market going higher. Suggested Event Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021 Typically, my time spent writing this blog will involve explaining our perception of the corn and soybean balance sheets, spotting actionable patterns in the market, or proposing methods to consider for managing farm profitability. But nothing is typical about the market we are currently dealing with and there are othe...

Wheat rallies on Russian export tax.