True tales from the tractor seat
In the early 1970s, I finished spraying a field, and parked the tractor at the driveway with the booms still out. Then, I forgot about it.
Unsteady prices as harvest winds down
I am remembering the traditional harvest schedule of my youth, when we hoped to have the crop in by Thanksgiving Day.
Futures markets strong on COVID news, exports
Prices on the Chicago Board of Trade continue to please producers. Marlin Clark weighs in on recent fluctuations in grain prices.
MF Global breakdown dominates Chicago grain market talk
MF Global declared bankruptcy Oct. 31, curiously just after an audit that did not discover the discrepancies that existed deep in the bowels of this futures-trading and debt instrument-trading giant.
Lackluster grain markets trade weak news
The next real grain market news does not come until the March 31 USDA Planting Intentions Report. Currently we think that the acres will be several million below the planting of last year. Now comes the guessing.
Grain market currently is anything but steady
The grain markets have not been steady, and the market analysts have struggled to find reasons for what is going on.
Expected China market finally pushing prices
Soybean, and to an extent, corn, purchases from China have stirred a rally that has November soybean futures over $10 for the first time since Dec. 4, 2017.
Marlin: Prices strong during Christmas week
Corn, soybean and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade have remained firm so far in what is traditionally a slow and soft trading week.
Crop conditions, Ukraine news dominate trading
Marlin Clark breaks down price changes in this week's grain markets in light of the Ukrainian port of Odessa opening up and a wetter-than-expected July.
Perspective is hard to come by
Ohio is reported at 27 percent planted on corn, with 17 being the five-year average. That was a big uptick from the 8 percent reported last week, or the 11 percent of last year.
