Market Outlook Seminar Featuring Darin Newsom, Darin Newsom Analysis

 

Darin Newsome, President of Darin Newsom Analysis and Senior Market Analyst for Barchart, will be the featured speaker on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 6:15pm at Lavender Crest Winery, 5401 US Highway 6, Colona.  Dinner will be served, followed by the local grain market update from Tom Parchert of River Valley Cooperative. Reservations are required and must be made by March 5 to guarantee your attendance.

 

Darin Newsom is the President of Darin Newsom Analysis and the Senior Market Analyst for Barchart. With nearly 40 years of experience analyzing commodity markets; including grains and oilseeds, livestock, energies, metals, softs, etc., he has developed a way of understanding the different characteristics of each market. Darin has appeared on numerous international financial television programs and news sites talking markets and is an award-winning columnist whose work has been featured on websites and in magazines for decades. He is well-known for his unique analytical observations on how markets work. He has been involved in the industry on nearly every level; from grain merchandiser and broker to senior market analyst for a major agricultural media organization to having his own commentary and analysis service, all while proudly reminding everyone he is neither a journalist nor an economist.          

 

Additional dates and speakers for the 2025-2026 series include:

• June 30, 2026 – Kristi Van Ahn-Kjeseth, Van Ahn and Company, Inc.

 

Cost for the series is $90.00 and a single session is $35.00 (if not pre-registered, cost will be $40.00). To make reservations, please contact the Mercer County Farm Bureau at (309) 582-5116.

 

The Market Outlook Series is sponsored by the Henry, Mercer and Rock Island County Farm Bureau Marketing Committees and the following:  Gold Star FS, COUNTRY Financial, BankORION, Alan Davis - COUNTRY Crop Insurance Specialist, Central Bank, River Valley Cooperative, Wyffels Hybrids, Big River Resources, Hertz Farm Management, State Bank of Toulon, IAA Credit Union, Blackhawk Bank & Trust.