Sunday, May 5, 2024
Corn harvest 2016

The company that grain commentator Marlin Clark works for has a new name, but same focus.
combining soybeans

Markets improve somewhat, following USDA reports, but harvest is a little on the slow side.

I have had bird feeders close to the house for 35 years. The bear tore them down a couple of times a few years...

Maybe this is the week of the big thaw ... we can only hope.
sweet corn

Marlin Clark weighs in on the recent changes in the corn markets for the week of Feb. 15, 2021.
grain bins

The end of winter is in sight, and the end to the winter price doldrums is not. We need news to spark this market, says our fearless grain commentator Marlin Clark.
rutted wet farm field, Ohio farm, planting,

The reality of really delayed corn planting is that acres will be reduced by either prevented planting for a switch to soybeans.

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.
Corn planting

Farmers are making a lot of progress, at least locally.
Grain delivery

All three major grains traded on the Chicago Board of Trade have traded to new lows. This happened on the overnight trading, but we have had no rebound.