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Lane Akre

Economist, Pro Farmer

Lane is a Pro Farmer agricultural economist and market analyst specializing in corn, soybean, and wheat markets. He delivers daily fundamental and technical commentary, hedge recommendations, and in depth analysis to over 8,000 agricultural producers and commercial clients. The 2025 leader of the eastern leg of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, Lane combines on-the-ground field data with decades of historical context to help farmers and agribusinesses navigate volatile markets.

Previously Series 3 licensed, he brokered hedges and sold crop insurance at Silver Creek Commodities after trading overnight Globex sessions working as a junior trader at Pure Market Makers in Chicago, specializing in grain futures, spreads and options. A former Division I fullback for the University of Iowa (BBA Finance, 2019), Lane still applies the discipline, split-second decision-making, and leadership he learned on the field to the trading floor and the countryside. Outside of markets, he’s active in his church, trains Brazilian jiu-jitsu and spends fall mornings in duck blinds and deer stands.

Latest Stories
Analysts anticipate little change in U.S. balance sheets.
Grains favored the upside overnight but continue to trade near recent lows.
Cattle futures open higher but have since reversed lower.
Corrective bounces in outside markets did little to support the ag complex.
Corn hit a contract low overnight while soybeans and wheat saw modest corrective buying.
July corn futures slid to a contract low overnight.
Corn, soybeans and wheat each hit a fresh for-the-move low overnight.
Corn, soybeans and wheat each favored the downside in overnight trade with wheat leading weakness.
Soybeans led strength overnight while wheat reluctantly followed to the upside.
Soybeans saw relative strength overnight while grains fell under pressure.