Two ugly weeks in the grain markets
It is hard to get excited about selling me grain when corn has dropped 60 cents, beans are off $1.40 since Jan. 4, and wheat is down almost 90 cents.
Marlin: Making market history can be painful
The weekly U.S. Department of Agriculture crop condition report was released July 12. Marlin Clark weighs in on the current conditions of the grain markets.
Ugly correction may be in progress in grain markets
Some observers are speculating that corn futures could be 3.50 at harvest. Yep, you read that right: $3.50.
Markets continue to confuse producers
The crop and weather condition aren't exactly leading to the markets most would expect.
It was a bad month on LaSalle Street
Any way you look at it, July has been a tough month in Chicago. The LaSalle Street losers have seen corn down $2.63, soybeans...
Early harvest means tough grain marketing decisions
Low prices make marketing decisions easy to defer, but the big, early crops mean most farmers will have some corn and soybeans that need to go to town.
Grain market: Corn crashes, but beans hang on
Corn prices crashed on the Chicago Board of Trade the last week, even as soybeans tried to hang on to recent highs. Last week,...
Slow harvest, slow news, weak prices
Marlin Clark provides an update on the grain markets for the week of Nov. 4, 2019. Get some insight on recent price fluctuations and harvest progress.
The daunting market prevails
Our crops have improved, but from poor to fair.
Market Monitor An obstinate and opposite market
I am thinking this morning that the grain market is like a sixth grade boy this morning -- obstinate and opposite. Whatever you suggest,...
