Weather will stop affecting the market now
Marlin Clark offers an update on the grain markets as harvest 2020 approaches.
Starting the planting season low on hope
Marlin Clark offers an update on the struggling commodity markets in his April 9, 2020 column.
The corn market downtrend continues
The corn downtrend has continued for 11 days. There is a little satisfaction in that, since in my last column I said that...
Grain markets: The party’s getting old in Chicago
Factors outside markets seemed to be helping grain prices: the weak dollar, the high crude price, the Libyan situation were all cited as reasons for high prices. And now, the focus of the world is on Japan and the catastrophe there.
Farmers catch up pace with surge of planting
We are ahead of the average pace for planting corn and soybeans, yet the market continues to be bullish. Marlin Clark weighs in on the grain markets.
My weekend crop tour was ugly
I put in 750 miles in Ohio and Michigan over the weekend, and I was amazed how far behind we are in reality. Yes,...
Market prices again hang on USDA report
Harvest pressure and growing sentiment that the U.S. corn and soybean crops are better than thought all summer are stressing prices right now.
Planting progress remains a struggle
Planting progress continues to be the talk of the day around the marketing world and Marlin Clark weighs in in this week's grain markets report.
Slow crop harvest, but a fast market
December corn futures gained 9 cents in the last five minutes of trade Monday. Traders seemed to be reacting to fears of lack of...
Small gains stabilize grain markets
Grain markets have stabilized on the Chicago Board of Trade in recent days. That is a nice way of saying that we have seen...
