Drought 2012: Dry weather, hot grain markets hang on
The drought weather market of 2012 has continued, with emphasis shifting back to soybeans once again. Last week, we made new highs in corn,...
Prices moderate on better weather: Future prices are taking wild ride due to crop...
It is hard to be a poor-producing state in a good year.
Harvest creeps closer, but will weather hit crops first?
Many questions remain as we approach the end of the crop year. Not the least of these is: What size crop do we have?
Farmers fighting for crops in Ohio
It is no news to anyone reading this that the farmers of Ohio are fighting for their crops and their livelihoods. The hardy farmers of northeast Ohio got parts of two days this weekend to run beans on squishy ground.
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.
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.
