Tag: grain marketing
Harvest weather is gone, crops aren’t
A fair amount of corn and soybeans still remain in the fields in Ohio, but it remains to be seen just when the harvest will finally end.
There are still pockets of corn, soybeans to harvest
Grain merchandiser Marlin Clark says only the strong seasonal trend of corn especially to rally after harvest gives us hope for better grain prices.
Corn, soybean harvest is ahead of schedule
The U.S. corn crop is now rated 69 percent good and excellent, the national soybean crop is rated 68 percent good and excellent -- and the combines are running.
It’s a weather grain market (again)
The crops are ahead of normal in development, well on the way to an early harvest. Here's veteran grain merchandiser Marlin Clark on the current grain market.
The word from Washington on tax break for farmers: ‘Whoops!’
The new tax law gives a 20 percent deduction of the gross proceeds for any commodities sold by farmers to a co-op. That is not just huge, it's gigantic.
Weather changed, but the grain prices, not so much
Another week, and still no good reason to be bullish on these grain markets, says grain merchandiser Marlin Clark.
Grain markets are looking for Mr. Good News
Our fearless grain commentator, Marlin Clark, is brutally honest this week: "I am looking for something to excite me in the market, and it just isn’t there."
Understanding ‘carry’ in grain marketing
How to calculate carry and begin to formulate your grain marketing plan. John Berry, PSU Extension educator shares his grain marketing advice.
Harvest pace controls grain market
At current corn and soybean prices, the farmers will resist selling as long as they can.
Hard grain marketing decisions ahead
If there is good news in the current grain market, it has to be that we may be making the harvest lows on negative news ahead of the actual harvest, says grain expert Marlin Clark.
