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What is the grain market telling us?
As corn and soybeans cash prices flutter around their post-harvest highs, a farmer telephones with a question: How do February’s stronger prices compare to 2010 season average prices for corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton? Well, let’s see. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, the national average cash price for 2010 corn was $6.38 per
USDA: More grain stocks than thought
URBANA, Ill. — The USDA’s June Grain Stocks and Acreage reports revealed larger numbers than generally expected. These current estimates were negative for corn prices, but provided some support for soybean prices. “Taken together, the USDA reports were negative for corn prices,” said Darrel Good, University of Illinois Extension economist. “With a slowdown in corn
Business Profile: Seed Consultants
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — Seed Consultants, Inc. started with zero sales in 1990, and expanded to over $25 million in gross sales in 2008. Based in Washington Court House, Ohio, it is currently the largest independent seed company in Ohio, and third of all seed companies doing business in Ohio. Seed Consultants, Inc. is
Market acting as though the harvest is over
Price action last week on the Chicago Board of Trade would have one think that the harvest was finished. Marlin Clark explains in this week’s grain report.
Surprise fundamentals crash grain market
The trouble with fundamental news coming from the government is that the market is forced to trade them as fact. Never mind that Ohio traders do not believe the acres said to be planted in Ohio. They are right until they are proven wrong.
Waiting for February reports to move the market
As we await the next round of reports, Marlin Clark reports on the lack of news as grain prices have continued to follow a downward trend.
More pork produced, less available
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — More pork is being produced in the U.S. but less is available for U.S. consumers, said a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist. “What does more pork production but less available for U.S. consumers mean?” said Chris Hurt. “Pork exports grew by 68 percent in the first half of the year and
Hurricane Katrina: Ports closed, grain shipments clogged
SALEM, Ohio – Hurricane Katrina devastated millions in the Southeast, but her wrath is a setback for farmers across the country who rely on ports along the Mississippi to ship grain.
Appetite for ethanol fermenting in Pa.
Questions that involve developing ethanol production in Pennsylvania and the Northeast were on the table late last month with a pair of “Ethanol Workshops for Rural America” sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Regional Biomass Energy Program, and organized by Ethanol Producers and Consumers.
Stored crop could be at risk for mycotoxins
Temperature, moisture, oxygen and crop damage during storage can create an environment where molds can produce additional mycotoxins.
