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The USDA released their September WASDE report last Friday. If you remember back to the August report, they added 3 million acres of planted corn and reduced the soybean acres by a couple of million. ...
The amount of southern rust has people concerned and they are cutting their losses and harvesting on the early side. It appears that applying a corn fungicide paid a big dividend this year. We are see...
Last week we saw a lot of give and take in the markets. Sometimes we must take a step back and look at things in a whole world perspective. Looking across the road or down the highway only gives us a ...
A bigger story was the release of the annual Pro Farmer crop tour results which were released after the markets closed Friday. Their national corn yield came in at 182.7 versus the 188.8 the USDA used...
The crop in our area still looks good. There have been several reports of sudden death in some beans and southern rust is appearing in some corn fields, even some fields that were treated with fungici...
Crops continue to look good so the easiest way for the market is to trend lower. The August supply and demand report is this Tuesday. Some years it does not amount to much, but this year it has everyo...
The extended forecast does not contain any wild temps so we may coast into the harvest season. Right now, the biggest threat may come from an onslaught of fungal diseases from all the wet conditions w...
Last week the grain markets gave back everything we had gained the previous week. December corn was 9 cents lower, while November beans closed the week 15 cents lower.
For those old enough to remember 1983 we had a fantastic corn crop on July 15th. A month later after several 100-degree windy, dry days we had a terrible crop. Today’s hybrids can stand more str...
Corn and beans had a bad week as corn dropped 25 cents and beans were 42 cents lower on the week. Last Friday’s S and D report was neutral to slightly bullish, but it was not enough to overcome ...
