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.

Corn, Soybean Harvest Picks Up Slowly  

By Richard Brock

Corn and soybean harvest activity started to pick up last week, but continues to lag well behind normal with crops maturing slowly...

Corn Harvest 5% Complete  

By Richard Brock

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 ...

Crops Maturing Slowly, But Frost Risk Low  

By Richard Brock

U.S. crop conditions ratings held steady last week, but crop maturation remained well behind normal as wetter weather hit the...

USDA Needs To Set ACRE Trigger Soon 

By Richard Brock

USDA must decide soon the most significant question for the new U.S. farm revenue-protection program – the trigger price for releasing payments – a senior USDA official said on Monday...

U.S. Crop Ratings Decline Further 

By Richard Brock

U.S. crop conditions declined noticeably last week as dry conditions across the Midwest continued to take a toll on filling corn and soybeans, especially in the eastern half of the ...

Corn and Soybean Ratings Decline 

By Richard Brock

Corn and soybean conditions declined last week as dry weather across the Midwest led to some moisture stress on crops, but U.S. crop ratings remained above a year...

Crop Ratings Mostly Steady to Lower 

By Richard Brock

USDA’s rating of U.S. corn conditions held steady last week, but soybean conditions declined slightly as dry weather affected crops in the eastern ...

USDA Raises Corn Crop, Cuts Soy Output 

By Richard Brock

Tuesday morning’s first USDA survey estimate of corn and soybean production held a bullish surprise for the soybean market and ...

Farmland Values Rise 8.8%  

By Richard Brock

High crop prices and low interest rates helped push the average value of U.S. farm real estate to ...

Crop Ratings Improve Further  

By Richard Brock

U.S. corn and soybean conditions improved a bit further last week as most of the Midwest growing belt continued to ...