Tag: corn
In Ohio, facing the poorest grain marketing circumstances
In Ohio, we have the worst combination of grain marketing circumstances this year — a poor crop in a good crop year (for everyone else).
Undisputed precision ag: Ohio State logo in cornfield
Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences designed cornfield’s ‘cool’ Block O to spur conversations on precision ag potential.
Grain markets and the Monday morning upchuck blues
Grain producers everywhere are saying, ‘Please, Lord, give me another rally; I will know what to do this time!’
View USDA’s June 30 planted acreage report with healthy skepticism
USDA: Planted acreage is same as last year (but a lot has changed since that early June survey).
Crops are getting ugly out there
Ohio’s corn condition declined 19 percent for the second week in a row. Our fearless grain commentator, Marlin Clark, can't remember ever seeing that before.
Purple corn: No, you’re not crazy
Growers who have reported finding corn seedlings in their fields that have turned purple or yellow probably don't need to panic — the color change is likely just a cosmetic problem that will go away on its own.
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.
Grain marketing: Planting Progress not dead
USDA's June 8 Planting Progress report says soybean planting still lags history. This has some traders saying that all the bean acres will never be planted.
Grain markets: Rain makes grain, or so we hope
The mentality of the grain traders seems to be that we are going to have huge crops at cheap prices. This will be another marketing season for “As the Stomach Turns,” says grain merchandiser Marlin Clark.
U.S. EPA scales back renewable fuel standard
Corn ethanol mandate is scaled back, but still higher than previous years.
