Saturday, May 18, 2024

This is the middle of July and we should be seeing sunshine and 85 degree weather. My hope for great crops is gone.

For some soggy Ohio farmers, the rain means no corn harvest progress may be made now until the ground freezes.

For the last month traders, processors, and farmers have been frozen by our limbo market, wondering how low we can go. We have focused...
unloading corn into semi

Although it is only the start of November, this strange and accelerated crop year is winding down to a close.

Some observers are speculating that corn futures could be 3.50 at harvest. Yep, you read that right: $3.50.
Soybean dust

USDA will release supply and demand reports later this week, but so far harvest is going quite well.

Since the direction of the market for the remainder of the crop year depends mostly upon the size of the crops, the Aug. 11 USDA Crop Production Report is a big deal.

What a difference a few days make! I have said that before and I probably will again. A few days in the corn markets...
A combine harvesting corn.

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.
wheat harvest

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.