Richard Brock

, Brock Associates

Richard Brock, Corn & Soybean Digest's marketing editor, is president of Brock Associates, a farm market advisory firm, and publisher of The Brock Report.

Posts by Richard Brock

USDA: GM Wheat Isolated Incident

The sprouting of an unapproved genetically engineered wheat strain in an Oregon field appears to have been an isolated incident, U.S. agricultural....More

USDA Seen Lowering 2013-2014 Corn Carryout

Wednesday morning’s monthly supply/demand update from USDA is expected to show a drop of nearly 200 million bushels in the projected U.S. corn....More

Rains Create New Acreage Concerns

Corn and soybean traders are questioning the old saying that "rain makes grain" with the Midwest already wet and Wednesday weather forecasts calling....More

Farmers’ Share of Losses

With the farm bill in what could be the final stages before vote, there’s still some talk of cutting crop insurance subsidies. This led Tom Zacharias....More

USDA to Update 2013-2014 Forecasts

With Friday morning’s monthly USDA supply/demand update expected to show only minor adjustments in 2012-2013 estimates, the corn and soybean trade....More

ACRE in 2013: Making Your Decision

The Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) was part of the 2008 Farm Bill and offers an alternative to the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP)....More

Corn Planting Progress Limited

U.S. corn planting is progressing at the slowest rate in 20 years as producers were able to plant only 2% of their crop during the week ended Sunday....More

Concerns About Chinese Soy Demand Grow

While last Wednesday’s USDA supply/demand report sparked renewed concerns about tight U.S. soybean stocks, ample world soybean stocks and rising....More

Higher USDA Carryout Estimates Expected

Higher-than-expected March 1 grain stocks have traders expecting USDA to raise its estimates of U.S. corn, soybean and wheat ending stocks for 2012-....More

Competitive Advantage from Marketing, Selling Ahead

Buying crop revenue protection (RP) this year is a no-brainer on the heels of last year’s drought. But RP policies pay best when yields are reduced....More