Marketing grain like a stunned gull
Farmer marketing is an art, not a science. Sometimes it feels good to eat the mouse, but it is always more comfortable to nibble along on worms.
Another Tuesday, more market struggles
We got down to the new market low, then we have struggled to get off it.
Good grain market news is harder to find
Maybe the only good news is that the corn and beans have not fallen through support and may bounce higher.
Erratic market dashes hopes again
The hope that the Monday markets represented a return to bullishness was dashed early Tuesday.
Long weekend helps grain prices
The end of winter is in sight, and the end to the winter price doldrums is not. We need news to spark this market, says our fearless grain commentator Marlin Clark.
Markets remain stalled, waiting for more news
Conclusions and directions are hard to wrest out of this market.
New month, but same old grain market
Punxsutawney Phil has gone back underground, but farmers need to be up and alert, looking for grain marketing opportunities.
Dissecting the Sgt. Schultz market
In northeast Ohio, farmers are mostly standing on the carpet in front of the Farm Credit officer, trying to get the line of credit renewed, and trying to explain why they are still sitting on most of their corn and beans.
Long weekend offers some market hope
The long weekend seemed to help the grain markets, at least for a while.
Numbers added to an emotional market
I have long held our modest hope that we would see some rebound in prices after the holidays.
