Tag: markets
Futures markets strong on COVID news, exports
Prices on the Chicago Board of Trade continue to please producers. Marlin Clark weighs in on recent fluctuations in grain prices.
What’s behind China’s buying spree?
Alan Guebert reflects on how China’s swift recovery from the viral pandemic it spawned is now the key driver in world ag markets.
Harvest progress stalls new highs for now
Grain markets hit new highs at or near big psychological numbers, but perceived harvest progress and prospects of continued good weather reversed prices.
Bullish grain stocks report bounces market
Grain markets live for surprises, and that’s what came out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture grain stocks report Sept. 30, Marlin Clark explains.
What will the next grain report tell us?
The great weather pattern that had an early harvest started in Ohio came to a wet halt Sept. 28.
Early soybean, corn harvest blunts market rally
December corn futures dropped almost a dime, November soybeans crashed 18 cents, December Chicago wheat dipped 19 cents of the recent gains, in one day.
Expected China market finally pushing prices
Soybean, and to an extent, corn, purchases from China have stirred a rally that has November soybean futures over $10 for the first time since Dec. 4, 2017.
Weather will stop affecting the market now
Marlin Clark offers an update on the grain markets as harvest 2020 approaches.
Market uncertain, waiting for grain report
The Sept. 30 U.S. Department of Agriculture grain stocks report is the last gasp for USDA to essentially reduce the crop production numbers from last year.
Survivor’s guilt: Markets turn around after Iowa
Bad news for Iowa farmers was good news for those who missed the storm that damaged millions of acres of crops and brought market prices up.
