50 Story Idea? Email Paul.Nolan@Farms.com Better Farming | April 2024 during the seasonal bullish period during spring-summer. The average rally in corn, as an example, was $0.81/bu. The one commodity that is defying the gloom in the grains and oilseeds complex is cotton futures, which has been the best-performing commodity in the complex, climbing about 20 per cent during the first six weeks of the year. If it weren’t for the funds’ net long position in cotton, the combined position would have been even more net short. Cotton futures are supported by tight supplies and improving demand fundamentals – the classic mix for a bullish market, and a classic example of what may happen in the other grains in the coming three to four months. The fundamental impetus for a massive short covering rally could start from when we get a “real” final read on the South American soybean crop size during spring, and that impetus could be taken over by the North American 2024 growing season and prospects for the second Safrinha corn crop. The selling in commodities is overdone! BF Moe’s Market Minute ENJOY THESE FARMING & AGRICULTURE VIDEOS. VISIT FARMS.COM/VIDEOS Spreading manure Farm drainage tile installation Manage weeds on your farm: Blind cultivation Soybean pre-emergence weed control Herbicide modes of action New Kinze 5670 pivot fold/split row planters Water trough troubles Seeding wheat in Saskatchewan New Holland’s all-new CR11 MOE AGOSTINO & ABHINESH GOPAL Maurizio (“Moe”) is chief commodity strategist with Farms.com Risk Management and Abhinesh is head of commodity research.
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