Wednesday, June 18, 2025
corn field

Marlin Clark predicts changes in the corn and soybean markets ahead of the March 31 Prospective Planting Report.
grain silos

Marlin Clark discusses the reasons behind a still weakened grain market, detailing year-over-year export comparisons and historical commodity price trends.
combine in corn field

Low prices make marketing decisions easy to defer, but the big, early crops mean most farmers will have some corn and soybeans that need to go to town.
corn stalks

Marlin Clark digs into global production and trade patterns that have been exacerbating low commodity prices, especially, related to corn and soybeans.
corn planting

Marlin Clark details price swings in the soybean and corn markets following recent USDA reports, noting the grain markets are not behaving as expected.

China has rejected some U.S. corn, not elevators/processors warning farmers: We will not be accepting "grain containing unapproved GMO traits, including Agrisure Viptera (MIR-162) and Duracade."
Corn planting

The recent USDA planting progress report shows both Ohio and the nation are ahead of the five-year average. However, recent rains may slow things down.
grain

Marlin Clark weighs in on how grain traders on the Chicago Board of Trade are feeling about the Feb. 11 World Agricultural Supply and Demand report.
Corn during drought 2012

Marlin Clark explains grain market prices despite an ongoing drought that's affecting farmers' crops across the United States — it rained on LaSalle Street.
grain dump

Conclusions and directions are hard to wrest out of this market.