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.
Grain harvest window closes again
U.S. grain prices continue to anticipate a huge harvest by going lower. We keep hoping the bottom is in on the charts, but then we slip lower.
Miracle Max grain market moves lower
The grain market is just "mostly dead." We still have the race to find out what the average crop is. If we have over-estimated the size, prices will stabilize. If the huge crop is really rolling in, the worst is still ahead of us.
Market Monitor: Ugly transitional year defines market
For the last month traders, processors, and farmers have been frozen by our limbo market, wondering how low we can go.
Market Monitor: Ugly transitional year defines market
For the last month traders, processors, and farmers have been frozen by our limbo market, wondering how low we can go. We have focused...
