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Lane Akre

Lane is an 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.

Corn, soybeans and wheat saw strength in the latter portion of the overnight session and went into the break trading higher.
Soybeans continue to see relative strength and traded above key technical resistance overnight.
Soybeans continue to lead strength with prices hitting the highest level in four weeks early this morning.
Soybeans led strength overnight while corn follow to the upside. Wheat saw action on either side of unchanged.
Soybeans saw relative strength overnight through gains were limited by technical resistance, corn traded narrowly near unchanged and wheat saw relative weakness.
Wheat saw persistent selling pressure early this morning, seeing relative weakness compared to corn and soybeans.
The ongoing sideways to lower trend amid the ongoing data deficient government shutdown continues with corn and wheat pushing to fresh lows overnight.
Soybeans saw corrective buying overnight while grains were steady to modestly lower, led by weakness in the winter wheat markets.
Corn, soybeans and wheat each favored the downside in overnight trade despite comments yesterday that Trump predicted China would resume U.S. ag purchases.
Wheat saw relative strength overnight, soybeans gave up a portion of recent gains and corn continues to trend sideways.