U.S. grain markets progress higher, retracing recent losses
Farmers, this is a grain market that wants your corn now, and will pay less for it in the future, unless the structure of the market changes.
Market Monitor: Small report, big market decline
Friday's USDA report did not have a lot of news, but what it had caught the market leaning the wrong way. The result, eventually,...
Soggy grain harvest struggles continue to dominate local markets
With no news comes fickle markets subject to the whims of Chicago traders. Now is the time to forget the highs and remember the crops in eastern Ohio are better than expected, and the prices are still much higher than planned for at planting time.
Perfect storm, crummy grain harvest
In northeastern Ohio and western Pa., rain every third day slowed the soybean harvest so that many were still cutting beans at the end of October. Only the biggest and best-equipped got any significant corn off in October between the rains.
Grain market’s acting like it’s November
"My fear at this point would be that farmers would regret missing the high prices and wait for them to return."
Long weekend takes us to the races
Long weekends make traders nervous. Anything can happen. Three days is too long to hold a position for some, so they buy back or...
Drought 2012: Dry weather, hot grain markets hang on
The drought weather market of 2012 has continued, with emphasis shifting back to soybeans once again. Last week, we made new highs in corn,...
Grain market stable and looking for news
Grain price direction from here is not clear, but one thing we know. In short crop years, we make the high before harvest, then go lower. Grain merchandiser Marlin Clark explains more.
Listen carefully for the sound
Maybe you can't hear clearly, but if you shut off all machinery and stop the conversations within a few feet, it is possible. It...
Grain markets: There’s no romance when flirting with the high
How bad is the current drought situation down on the farm? Things are so bad that analysts are now talking about 1956 instead of 1988.
