Articles tagged under: Ted Seifried

Crop Scouts See a Decent Crop in Southern MN

Published August 22, 2021

The western leg of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour toured southern Minnesota on its final day. Zaner Group Ag Hedge Lead Ted Seifried saw better than expected yields. "Through our first six stops in our district, we're finding 210.9 bushels…

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Weather Market Continues as Corn Enters Into Pollination

Published July 13, 2021

Grain traders continue to watch the weather forecast. "The short-term weather is the corn story and the long-term weather forecast is the soybean story," explains Ted Seifried, chief market strategist, Zaner Ag Hedge. "There's slight nuances of when the moisture…

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Zero Room for Error

Published April 1, 2021

USDA delivered a shocker to the marketplace with its Prospective Plantings Report. "Oh boy, we're going to have another year of some very exciting markets," exclaimed Ted Seifried, chief market strategist,  Zaner Ag Hedge. Corn acres are estimated at 91.1…

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U.S. Soybean Shipments Keep Up, Outstanding Corn Shipments Remain

Published February 4, 2021

Strong export sales for corn and soybeans have been a story for the markets. In monitoring shipment follow-through, Zaner Ag Hedge Chief Market Strategist Ted Seifried thinks the soybeans are keeping up well. "We are selling soybeans and shipping them…

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Soybean Futures Reach $12 Price Level

Published December 17, 2020

The soybean markets hit the $12 level on Thursday. "I haven't seen much news other than lower export sales of soybeans," said Ted Seifried, chief market strategist, Zaner Ag Hedge. "In my opinion, we only have about 150 million bushels…

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Price Rationing Seen in Soybeans

Published November 6, 2020

Soybean prices topped $11 this past week. Zaner Ag Hedge Chief Market Strategist Ted Seifried said these price levels haven’t been seen in four-and-a-half years. "Psychologically, it is a thing. From the technical perspective, $11 didn't mean a whole lot,…

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USDA’s Approach on Crop Report a ‘Head Scratcher’

Published September 29, 2020

According to Zaner Ag Hedge Chief Market Strategist Ted Seifried, it’s the way USDA lowered the quarterly stocks that is surprising. "The USDA didn't lower production really from last year. In fact, they did make marginal changes and revised it,…

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Closely Watching the Corn Markets

Published May 8, 2020

Traders are expecting Tuesday's USDA report to show U.S. corn carryout well over three billion bushels. The planting season is on track to meet USDA’s estimate of 97 million acres planted to corn. "We probably don't need that many acres…

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Opening the U.S. Economy Could Help Corn and Oil Prices

Published April 17, 2020

Opening the U.S. economy could be a big deal for the corn and oil markets. "Getting people back driving again is huge for ethanol," said Ted Seifried, chief marketing strategist, Zaner Ag Group. "It looks like under guidelines released on…

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February USDA Report “Underwhelming”

Published February 11, 2020

USDA left U.S. corn stocks unchanged at 1.89 billion bushels in the February Supply and Demand report. Zaner Ag Hedge Group Chief Market Strategist Ted Seifried says USDA did tweak the corn usage number. "They made some changes on the…

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