Farm Business Planning & Mangement: Top Producer Magazine

Feb 4, 2012

Congratulations to Gregg Halverson: 2012 Top Producer of the Year

This North Dakota farmer is carrying on the family legacy, growing Black Gold Farms into the largest chip potato producer in the U.S. MORE>

The real story in China, says Chip Flory, editor and publisher of Pro Farmer, is not imports, but China’s lack of exports. MORE>

The days of trading commodities only in the grain pits at the Chicago Board of Trade are long gone. MORE>

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Bob Utterback of Utterback Marketing offers an AgWeb Radio summary of the Top Producer Seminar and actions that producers should take. MORE>

Read news, watch videos and view photos from this year's event. MORE>

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Warming Up
02/03/2012
Midwest weather has been warmer than normal, and the grain markets have warmed up a little as well. Potentially tighter stocks in South America, the Black Sea area and South Africa got trade attention. Cotton also finished strong this past week, thanks to a drop in the unemployment rate to 8.3% and signs that consumers might be getting their credit cards out of the deep freeze.
COT Report Shows Funds Heavy On Corn Spreads
02/03/2012
Corn Market Is Entering a Key Marketing Window
02/03/2012
The corn market will likely remain volatile throughout the first half of this year. Producers can use this volatility to aggressively market their 2012 crop.
EHedger Afternoon Grain Commentary 2-3-2012
02/03/2012