Richard Brock | Market News Archive
Richard Brock, The Corn And Soybean Digest's Marketing Editor, is president of Brock Associates, a farm market advisory firm, and publisher of The Brock Report. To see more market perspectives, visit Brock's Web site at www.brockreport.com.
CSD Columnist Richard Brock Outlines How to Make a Profit With $4 Corn
Mar 12, 2010
CSD Columnist Richard Brock Outlines How to Make a Profit With $4 Corn...
USDA Seen Triming U.S. Corn, Soy Production
Mar 8, 2010, Source: Brock Associates
The grain trade anticipates USDA may make small cuts in its estimates of 2009 corn and soybean production in the monthly Crop Production Report scheduled to be released on Wednesday...
World Biotech Crop Acres Up 7% in 2009
Mar 2, 2010, Source: Brock Associates
Worldwide plantings of biotech crops increased by 7%, or 22 million acres, in 2009 despite a decline in usage in Europe, according to an industry report released recently...
Spring Flooding Worries on the Rise
Feb 23, 2010, Source: Brock Associates
Fears that extremely wet conditions in the Midwest will result in spring flooding and planting delays appear to be contributing to the recent rebound in corn futures prices...
USDA Forecasts Rebound in Farm Income
Feb 16, 2010, Source: Brock Associates
U.S. net farm income should rise 11.8% to $63 billion in 2010, primarily because of stronger livestock prices, USDA said on Thursday in its first income forecast of the year...
USDA Lowers Corn, Soybean Carryouts
Feb 9, 2010, Source: Brock Associates
Tuesday morning’s USDA supply/demand report should be moderately friendly for corn and soybean prices as the agency cut its U.S. carryout estimates for both crops by more than the average of trade expectations...
Obama Seeks Farm Payment, Insurance Support Cuts
Feb 2, 2010, Source: Brock Associates
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...
South American Corn Crop Looking Good
Jan 26, 2010
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...
Smaller Corn Crop, Larger Soy Crop Expected
Jan 12, 2010, Source: Brock Associates
Tuesday morning’s Annual Crop Report is expected to show a modest reduction in the size of the U.S. corn crop due to low test weights and harvest problems, while the size of the soybean crop is expected to grow slightly due to strong yields...
Potash Prices Come Down
Jan 6, 2010, Source: Brock Associates
Potash prices have taken a sharp drop recently, offering Midwestern producers the chance to lock in favorable prices for the 2010 growing season...
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