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Carrying Charges, Part 2
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Ed Usset
Last month I started a series of columns to address the topic of carrying charges in grain markets. I discussed how carrying charges (or lack of) send... More
New Marketing Blog
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM | Compiled by Greg Lamp
Don't miss Corn & Soybean Digest Marketing Columnist Ed Usset's new grain marketing blog at http://edsworld.wordpress.com/. Ed's World is updated about... More
Cattle and Swinge Feeders Still Good Customers
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Larry Stalcup
Like many Midwestern states, Nebraska is dotted with ethanol plants hungrily consuming more and more of its most famous commodity: corn. But entities... More
O-N-D Marketing
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Larry Stalcup
October-November-December (O-N-D). That's long been staple for many growers eager to get their corn and soybeans sold and delivered at harvest. O-N-D... More
More Marketing Articles
Carrying Charges, Part 2
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM | By Ed Usset
Last month I started a series of columns to address the topic of carrying charges in grain markets. I discussed how carrying charges (or lack of) send... More
Grain marketing is simple, it's just not easy
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM | Ed Usset
Traveling the scenic country roads in the land of 10,000 lakes gave Ed Usset time to ponder one of life's big mysteries: commodity marketing. And in his... More
Market Tips
Cash Flow Crunch
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM | BY JOHN POCOCK
The need to borrow money is the reality of doing business in today's new era of farming, says Chris Hurt, Purdue University Extension economist. The risks... More
Seven Reasons Businesses Fail
Jul 3, 2007 10:30 AM
Steve Abercrombie is a lecturer at the Louisiana State University Graduate School of Banking who teaches a course on Advisory Banking. The following are Steve’s thoughts on why businesses fail based upon the many thousands of businesses he and his firm work with annually... More
Trade
Trade Sees Larger Corn, Soy Crops
Sep 11, 2007 2:26 PM | By Richard Brock
The grain trade expects USDA to report larger U.S. corn and soybean crops when it releases its second survey estimate of 2007 production on Wednesday morning... More
U.S. Ag Trade Update – State Exports
Jul 3, 2007 11:01 AM | Source: USDA-ERS
U.S. agricultural exports reached a record in fiscal 2006 at $68.7 billion, some $6.2 billion higher than the record set in fiscal 2005. California, Iowa, Texas and Illinois continued their reign as top exporting states... More
Richard Brock: Market News
Corn, Soybean Harvest Picks Up Slowly
Sep 30, 2008 12:04 PM
Corn and soybean harvest activity started to pick up last week, but continues to lag well behind normal with crops maturing slowly... More
Corn Harvest 5% Complete
Sep 25, 2008 10:00 AM
Crop maturity continues to lag as much as three weeks behind normal, but the U.S. corn harvest is slowly picking up steam and was 5% done at the end of last week according to ... More
