Turbulent market leaves grain buyer scratching his head
The next big news is projected plantings, out the end of March from USDA. If low prices compared to input costs limit corn acres, we can get some pop in the market.
Two ugly weeks in the grain markets
It is hard to get excited about selling me grain when corn has dropped 60 cents, beans are off $1.40 since Jan. 4, and wheat is down almost 90 cents.
Midwinter grain report from Great North
The grain markets crashed after the USDA Inventory Report earlier this month.
Grain market bounces into the new year
In my grandmother Faragher's Manx household was the tradition of the "Qualtagh."The qualtagh, the first visitor to your home in the New Year, was...
The silly season is upon us
In NASCAR the so-called "silly season" is that period at the end of the year when teams are realigning. Drivers are going to other...
Grain market turns back south
Last week we looked at charts, trying to find signals of direction. Well, we know more about direction now. Corn prices broke sharply on...
I call it ‘the rearview mirror’ grain market
It is hard to get a handle on where markets are going these days. The easiest method, with the least recriminations when you are...
Grain harvest struggles to its conclusion
When prices go up and down, sometimes without reason, we call it "volatile." When we can explain it, we describe cycles and retracements and...
Crop harvest drags into Thanksgiving
USDA released the Sunday night Crop Progress Report Monday after the close, and it was not pretty. Harvest still drags on, and rain coming...
Slow crop harvest, but a fast market
December corn futures gained 9 cents in the last five minutes of trade Monday. Traders seemed to be reacting to fears of lack of...
