Tag: grain markets
Strange markets as traders watch planting progress
Traders fell over themselves finding reasons for the differences, but they are hard to explain.
USDA supply and demand report produces one-day wonders
As usual, the results in the market were based more on the spin than the actual numbers.
Ohio farmers making good planting progress
Farmers are making a lot of progress, at least locally.
Perspective is hard to come by
Ohio is reported at 27 percent planted on corn, with 17 being the five-year average. That was a big uptick from the 8 percent reported last week, or the 11 percent of last year.
Tipsy markets still looking for direction
The markets have been a bit under the influence lately, with some unexplained swings.
Grain market higher and experts struggling to explain
Grain markets are moving higher on the Chicago Board of Trade this Tuesday morning, April 19, and analysts are struggling to explain why this recent rally continues.
Mixed news and higher grain prices
All across the Midwest, the phones are finally ringing in grain elevator offices: Sell!
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.
The ag cycle is stuck on repeat
The message from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Outlook Forum in late February was pretty clear: In 2016, we will again grow more farm goods -- and, in some cases, far more -- than the U.S. and world markets can profitably use.
Another Tuesday, more market struggles
We got down to the new market low, then we have struggled to get off it.
