Tag: markets
Planting winds down, while trade issues wind up
Marlin Clark offers a planting update and analyzes how markets have been affected by trade with China.
Chewing on the small green apple market
Marlin Clark shares an update on the grain markets for the week of May 11, 2020.
Guebert: Buy local now to prepare for future
Alan Guebert ponders the problems in the current agricultural landscape and considers the idea of buying local as a potential solution.
After 2019, farmers get early start on planting
Marlin Clark offers an update on the agricultural markets for the week of May 4, 2020.
We have to start somewhere
Alan Guebert breaks down factors affecting various agricultural markets during the COVID-19 shutdowns and subsequent economic downturn.
Prices plunge under COVID-19 uncertainty
An analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation shows crop and livestock prices falling to levels that threaten the livelihoods of many U.S. farmers.
Another grain market domino falls
Marlin Clark analyzes the market impacts of major meat packing houses closing because of outbreaks of COVID-19 in their workers.
Prepare for worst, pray for the best
As analysts account for the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, 2020 farm income prospects remain dismal.
What will the projected planting report tell us?
Marlin Clark offers insight on the latest data released in the USDA Projected Planting Report and the March 1 Grain Stocks Report are released.
Economic crash still defines market
Marlin Clark offers insight on how commodities are being controlled strongly by the continued economic struggle related to the spread of COVID-19.
