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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
Wheat led corrective strength overnight with corn and soybeans following to the upside.
The grain and soy complex is undergoing modest selling pressure alongside the livestock markets.
Corn and wheat traded in tight ranges near unchanged overnight while soybeans favored the downside.
Weakness is featured across the agricultural complex this morning.
Corn saw profit-taking, soybeans saw modest strength and wheat was caught in the middle in overnight trade.
Corn, soybeans and wheat are each favoring the upside, though gains have been modest.
Corn and wheat posted modest gains overnight, trading in tight ranges. Soybeans favored the downside, though buying interest in all three increased into the break.
Soybeans are leading strength ahead of today’s USDA reports.
Soybeans favored the upside while wheat modestly favored the downside in overnight trade, with corn caught in the middle.
After a strong open across the grain and soy complex, technical headwinds have limited gains.