Tag: markets
Good weather continues to keep prices low
The market continues to trade the idea that we are having great weather and will have a big crop. The result is low prices, especially in corn.
China trade deal talk scares market
Marlin Clark provides an update on the United States' trade agreement with China and its impact on agricultural markets and commodity futures.
Good weather, neutral report, flat market
Marlin Clark delivers a grain market report for the week of June 15, 2020.
Planting winds down, while trade issues wind up
Marlin Clark offers a planting update and analyzes how markets have been affected by trade with China.
Chewing on the small green apple market
Marlin Clark shares an update on the grain markets for the week of May 11, 2020.
Guebert: Buy local now to prepare for future
Alan Guebert ponders the problems in the current agricultural landscape and considers the idea of buying local as a potential solution.
After 2019, farmers get early start on planting
Marlin Clark offers an update on the agricultural markets for the week of May 4, 2020.
We have to start somewhere
Alan Guebert breaks down factors affecting various agricultural markets during the COVID-19 shutdowns and subsequent economic downturn.
Prices plunge under COVID-19 uncertainty
An analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation shows crop and livestock prices falling to levels that threaten the livelihoods of many U.S. farmers.
Another grain market domino falls
Marlin Clark analyzes the market impacts of major meat packing houses closing because of outbreaks of COVID-19 in their workers.