Bad timing for a weak grain market
Farmers are facing the need to sell corn for spring cash flow into a weak market that continues lower over the last few days.
The calendar, the weatherman, and the bean counter all want center stage in the...
The calendar, the weather man, and the bean counter are all fighting for attention in the market this week. So far the weather man is winning.
Weather market: Hold onto your hat (and call your grain buyer ASAP)
Two weeks from now we may know more about this grain market, but it may be too late. Catch this market while there is fear in it.
Miracle Max grain market moves lower
The grain market is just "mostly dead." We still have the race to find out what the average crop is. If we have over-estimated the size, prices will stabilize. If the huge crop is really rolling in, the worst is still ahead of us.
Grain markets: It looked good there for a while
Now is a time for hoping, and for looking at grain marketing option strategies. We can’t afford these corn and soybean prices long-term, and we have been too good at production for good prices.
Good grain market news is harder to find
Maybe the only good news is that the corn and beans have not fallen through support and may bounce higher.
Volatility continues at the top of the market
Marlin Clark explains volatility at the current top of the market in this week's rain markets report.
History made, but not in grains
History was made even as China, a major producer of urea, has its production cut off. Marlin Clark weighs in on this and the grain markets.
Soft grain markets blamed on slowing economies
Grain market analysts are not focusing so much on the weather this week but on the generally negative tone of economic projections, both here and in China.
Conflicting news confuses grain markets
Planting progress drives the grain markets every spring. Marlin Clark weighs in on where grain prices currently rest and how he expects prices to evolve.