A fresh start for the new year, for you and your grain marketing plan
Plan a disciplined series of sales that get the grain bins emptied before the rest of the farmers look around and realize they have to empty the bins for next year.
Odd trading week may hurt rallies
Short week, but lots of activity still happening in the markets.
News nudges corn and wheat to highs
Speculation about Russian wheat exports seems to be the cause of recent price jumps in the Chicago wheat futures.
Short week may make erratic markets
The most notable feature of this week on the Chicago Board of Trade is the lack of trading hours.
Unsteady prices as harvest winds down
I am remembering the traditional harvest schedule of my youth, when we hoped to have the crop in by Thanksgiving Day.
USDA reports yield just a murmur on grain markets
With the big grain crops, prices do not have a good reason to improve. There are hard decisions ahead for farmers.
Market monitor: Harvest pressure hurting grain prices
The combination of a big harvest, falling storage space and the export market are impacting the price of corn and soybeans.
The grain harvest rally is on… for now
There is nothing in the market to indicate we could have high grain prices. We have just seen a bounce from awful prices.
Grain markets bob with knee-jerk report reaction
As usual, it is all about the reaction to the USDA reports. In this case, the market did not seem to look at the numbers the same way Monday as they did Friday.
Grain prices perky without good reason
Phones are not ringing in cash grain trading offices across the Midwest, and when farmers get together, they talk about why they did not sell $4.50 corn when they had the chance.
