Marketing
Elevators Back To Offering Multi-year and –month Grain Contracts For Conr and Soybean Growers | Long-term Marketing is Back
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM | By Larry Stalcup
Growers wanting to lock in multi-year or even multi-month grain contracts when prices surged in 2008 were often turned away by margin-requirement-strapped... More
Online Marketing Tool Helps Corn and Soybean Growers Find Customers | Cyber Selling
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM | By Karen Bernick
When VeraSun Energy Corporation filed Chapter 11 late last year, Mike Schlarmann was left scrambling to replace his corn buyer. He had recently contracted... More
Richard Brock: Market News
Obama Seeks Farm Payment, Insurance Support Cuts
Feb 2, 2010 1:45 PM
President Obama’s fiscal 2011 budget proposal, which was made public on Monday, calls for lower income caps on eligibility for federal farm programs, a reduction in the maximum amount of direct payments that producers can receive annually and a cut in federal support for crop insurance... More
South American Corn Crop Looking Good
Jan 26, 2010 12:28 PM
Estimates of South American corn production for 2009-2010 are on the rise due to favorable growing weather, improved seed technology and increased fertilizer usage... More
Market Tips
Don't Stop Cutting Costs
Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Greg Lamp Editor glamp@csdigest.com
Cutting costs seems to be the mantra in almost any business these days. It sure is in our company and, frankly, it's what I hear from most buddies who... More
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
Moe Russell
Corn and Soybean Farmers Should Embrace Change and Opportunity | Change Provides Opportunity
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM | By Moe Russell
The last three years have been a volatility nightmare with the price swings we've seen in corn, soybeans, oil, gold and other commodities. Cash grain... More
Will Yields Help Pay For Farmland?
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM
I often get calls from clients who are looking at buying farmland and want me to do a feasibility analysis. I gladly do, but I would like to share some... More
Trade
Corn and soybean export activity is encouraging
Oct 6, 2009 9:53 AM | Source: University of Illinois
Corn exports will rebound sharply during the current marketing year, and soybean exports are expected to remain at the record level of the 2008-09 marketing year, according to new USDA projections. “Corn exports during the 2009-10 marketing year are projected at 2.2 billion bushels, 237 million below the record... More
Taiwanese Delegation Visits Iowa, Signs Agreement To Purchase Soybeans
Oct 1, 2009 1:56 PM | Source: Iowa Soybean Association
The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) hosted members of a Taiwan Agricultural Trade Goodwill Mission visiting Iowa to see the grain crop about to be harvested and to sign letters of intent for the purchase of soy and corn products... More
Ed Usset
Grain Markets are Mysteries, Not Puzzles
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM | By Ed Usset
On a cold winter night, few things are better than a warm drink and a good book. One of my favorite contemporary authors is Malcolm Gladwell, and his... More
Converging on a Problem
Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Ed Usset
Instructors love teachable moments headlines or events that shed light on an important concept in the classroom. Convergence problems in futures markets,... More
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