Supply and demand aren’t making sense
Marlin Clark weighs in on differing opinions on how supply and demand are projected to impact grain prices in this week's grain markets report.
Markets crash with improved weather
Marlin Clark hashes out the recent changes in grain prices and how the weather has affected the grain markets.
Outside news affects market price swing
Marlin Clark explains how the coronavirus has disrupted price patterns for commodities as diverse as crude oil and corn.
MLK weekend, USDA reports help grain markets
U.S. corn prices, which have been trading somewhat independently of the beans, have not seen the gains of the soybeans, following the recent USDA report.
American farmer has mixed emotions from market
Recent rains have helped farmers' crops across the United States, but grain prices have fallen as a result of the improved harvest outlook.
Weather news sparks grain market rise
Marlin Clark analyses recent shifts in the corn, soybean and wheat markets, identifying inclement weather around the world as a factor pushing up prices.
December USDA reports a nonevent, as usual
Last week the USDA released its December crop reports and recorded no real changes, but corn prices were firmer and soybean prices remained weaker.
Wheat problems dominate markets
Kansas City hard red winter wheat is trading above $13 a bushel. Minneapolis spring wheat is not far behind. Marlin Clark weighs in on high wheat prices.
Good weather has (some) farmers smiling again
Large areas of the Midwest still have very little planting done. Where it is good, it is very good, but where it is bad, it is awful.
Bumper crop pushes corn prices to three-year low
The USDA recently reported an increase of 1.9 bpa in corn yield, to 174.9 bpa for the national yield estimate — 90 million bushels over the record.
