Basis Contracts 9/24/22
Basis Contracts: Purpose Math of a Valuable Marketing Tool Basis contracts allow a farmer to deliver grain he cannot store, maintain a...
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Wright Team
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Highlights, May/July Spread, Export Inspections, Markets & Rain Days Update 8/16/22
Highlights Yesterday’s news included the US Congressional visit to Taiwan for the purpose of jerking China’s chain, additional rain in...
Wright Team
- Jun 27
- 2 min
July Basis Contract? Read This. 6/27/22
July basis contracts (and long July futures positions) need to be rolled or priced (liquidated, cashed out) by the close of business...
Wright Team
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Highlights, China's Wheat, USDA S&D, Markets & Rain Days Update 6/13/22
Highlights Jon Scheve is a grain market consultant whose weekly comments are posted on our website and, when they are posted, you should...
Wright Team
- May 8
- 3 min
A Study of Open Interest 5/7/22
Open Interest Change and Market Price Direction = Price Outlook For the three weeks ending April 22, 2022, corn open interest (the number...
Wright Team
- May 6
- 2 min
Brazilian Crop, Russian Wheat, Markets & Rain Days Update 5/7/22
Highlights Yesterday, the Brazil ag consulting firm, Safras & Mercado, lowered their Brazilian bean crop estimate from 125.08 to 122.3...
Wright Team
- Mar 20
- 6 min
Marketing Plan, Railroad Transport, Markets & Rain Days Update 03/21/2022
On Sunday, Canadian Pacific (CP) locked out 3,000 employees over a labor dispute. CP is the 2nd largest railroad in Canada, with service...
Wright Team
- Mar 7
- 2 min
How to Use Put Options: Simplified Version
When a farmer contracts grain, that includes locking-in the futures price at to arrive at a cash price. Often times, the futures price...
Wright Team
- Mar 6
- 2 min
Wheat, Russia, Market Update & Rain Days 03/07/2022
May Chicago wheat did open up the 85 cent limit. One hour after the market opened, 5,300+ May contracts were traded. After two hours,...
Wright Team
- Mar 5
- 4 min
Market News & Rain Days 03/06/2022
With the hot wheat market, there has been a lot more mention of MATIF wheat. Marché à Terme International de France (MATIF) is a former...
Wright Team
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Market conversation – cash versus basis and futures selling
Roger Wright joins FarmProgress.com webinar for a live marketing discussion. He'll explore the idea of separating the pricing of the...
Wright Team
- Feb 7
- 5 min
The Chicken Sexer
In the early 1980’s, I was a commodity broker with Heinold Commodities and Securities. The year of 1980 started with a bang on January...