Good weather means more poor prices
Favorable growing weather continues, putting downward pressure on prices.
Grain prices fall as seed hits the ground
The planting reality is that we caught up this week in good weather, and if the sun shines and we get a little rain on time, we will continue to expect big crops.
Grain markets: The party’s getting old in Chicago
Factors outside markets seemed to be helping grain prices: the weak dollar, the high crude price, the Libyan situation were all cited as reasons for high prices. And now, the focus of the world is on Japan and the catastrophe there.
Negative market influences add up
Avian flu is one more negative working against the grain prices.
Market Monitor: Welcome to the Jose Cuervo market
One thing grain markets have done the last few months is exhaust the supply of superlatives used to describe them. What do you use...
Grain market stagnant on lack of news
I can only talk about the March 31 USDA Planting Intentions Report so many times. It will soon be old news, but it is...
2011 crop planting progress is slow, confusing
When the weather broke, U.S. farmers did what they are good at doing, which is running day and night when they can, and sleeping next winter. The results were mixed, and a little confusing to the markets.
Grain marketing lessons to relearn
In grain marketing, the history that sometimes repeats is the history of bad marketing decisions. When will we learn?
It’s a double whammy for beans
Soybean prices on the Chicago Board of Trade adjusted Monday, May 19, to the Double Whammy of planting progress and Argentine news.
Cash traders question USDA numbers
According to Marlin Clark, the big question when grain buyers meet is simple: where is the corn? Find a full update on grain prices in his column this week.
