Tag: soybean basis
Grains: Market Uncertainty, Limit Moves in Futures Rattle Basis – DTN Feb 28, 2022
All wheat futures closed sharply higher Thursday, Feb. 24, as markets reacted to the Russian army invading Ukraine after weeks of speculation. By the end of that day, U.S. agriculture […]
Soybean Market: Basis Levels on 7th Week of Downslide – DTN Aug 24, 2021
The DTN national average basis started the new-crop year of 2020-21 running close its five-year strongest level and kept climbing, reaching its peak for this crop year during the second […]
Soybeans: Tight Supplies Pushing Basis Higher – DTN Apr 7, 2021
The DTN national average basis started the new-crop year of 2020-21 running close to the five-year strongest basis and has been climbing ever since. As you can see in the […]
Soybeans: How Bad Was the 2020 Season? – Farmer Commentary – DTN Dec 4, 2019
Normally, I would have written a soybean harvest story in late October. This year, however, soybean harvest was very late for many and, in fact, is still not 100% finished. […]
Soybeans: Are Basis Levels Making a Comeback? – DTN Oct 29, 2019
It has been over two years since there has been anything positive to say about soybean basis. The past two end-of-year stories I wrote were depressing to say the least […]
Tariff Realities: Farmer’s View – Basis, Cash Flow, Storage – DTN Oct 9, 2018
DTN Editor’s Note: In our “Tariff Realities” series, DTN is looking at challenges facing U.S. farmers and grain elevators this fall as they market, store and transport soybeans under conditions related […]