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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
The grain market continues to lead strength with wheat pushing to fresh highs.
Learn how Livestock Revenue Protection can serve as a subsidized safety net to guarantee a minimum price.
The grain market continues to lead strength while soybeans trade sideways.
July corn is pushing higher for the fifth consecutive session, leading strength, while wheat and soybeans saw relative weakness overnight.
Wheat led strength overnight, soybeans led weakness and corn was caught in the middle.
Corn futures continue to push higher and are leading strength, while soybeans followed to the upside overnight.
Soybeans led strength overnight with corn following to the upside. Both are trading near recent highs
The market’s attention is turning back to the fundamentals.
Heightening tensions in the Middle East grabbed the attention of the marketplace overnight.
Corn, soybeans and wheat each favored the downside in overnight trade with selling pressure increasing going into the break.