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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.

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by Richard Brock in News from Brock Associates May. 7, 2013

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
by Richard Brock in News from Brock Associates Apr. 30, 2013

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
by Richard Brock in News from Brock Associates Apr. 23, 2013

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
by Richard Brock in News from Brock Associates Apr. 16, 2013

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
by Richard Brock in News from Brock Associates Apr. 9, 2013

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
by Richard Brock in News from Brock Associates Mar. 19, 2013

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
by Richard Brock in News from Brock Associates Mar. 12, 2013

USDA Understating Soybean Exports?

Friday’s USDA supply/demand report received a negative initial reception from the soybean market as it lowered South American production less than....More
by Richard Brock in News from Brock Associates Mar. 5, 2013

Ag Secretary on Budget Cuts

In an eloquent speech at the Commodity Classic in Florida on Friday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack explained how the sequester will affect the....More
by Richard Brock in News from Brock Associates Feb. 26, 2013

How USDA Figures Yields

In case you are among the many wondering why USDA would project such high trend-line corn and soybean yield estimates (163.6 and 44.5, respectively,....More
by Richard Brock in News from Brock Associates Feb. 19, 2013

Seed Worries?

A new source of yield worries in 2013: Seed availability and quality. Seed company representatives say the 2012 seed crops turned out better than....More
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