Lots of news, little price progress
Despite hopes that Nov. 8 USDA reports would challenge ideas about crop size and change prices, the numbers changed little, and the market remains stagnant.
Anticipation and disappointment
Marlin Clark gives an update and offers insight on recent price changes in the grain markets.
Corn, bean harvests well off avg.
Grain market analyst Marlin Clark offers insight leading up the release of the Oct. 10 Supply and Demand Report.
Uncle Sam’s numbers are helping the grain markets
November soybean futures rallied to the highest level since July and corn futures had similar gains, following the release of the Grain Stocks Report.
Harvest uncertainties loom over market
Can we believe in the U.S. Department of Agriculture or even private surveys to have given us reliable estimates of crop size? Marlin Clark weighs in.
Expectation versus reality in the grain markets
Marlin Clark braves the 35-foot commute from his bed to his computer to bring us this week's grain report, breaking down corn and soybean prices.
Turbulent market continues to confound farmers
Have the corn and soybean markets finally bottomed out? Marlin Clark offers insight on the most recent prices and projections in this week's report.
Prices hitting bottom, but why?
Marlin Clark offers insight into corn and soybean futures, following Labor Day weekend.
Lots of talk, little information, no knowledge from crop reports
Marlin Clark provides the latest corn and soybean yield predictions from Pro Farmer and USDA and offers his own insight on what to expect this year.
Summer fun with August numbers
Alan Guebert digs into the aftermath of the USDA's number-filled Crop Report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, released Aug. 12.
