By Bob Utterback

• Utterback: What Will Spring Bring?
  
  03/15/2013
  Farmers are anxious to begin spring planting, but “hope” is now the predominant emotion driving grain marketing plans.
• Bob Utterback: ‘The Storm Clouds Are Looming’
  
  02/15/2013
  While market conditions in 2013 will be good for livestock producers, USDA figures and other indicators point to a lower price structure for corn growers in the future.
• Outlook: A Mix of Old and New
  
  02/11/2013
  So far the market is following the short-crop, long-tail price pattern.
• Outlook: Be Ready to Adjust
  
  01/30/2013
  Technology has improved farm production capabilities, we all know Mother Nature often trumps the best laid plans.
• Who's Ready for a Fresh Start in 2013?
  
  01/11/2013
  Farm Journal Economist Bob Utterback says there are great expectations for good yields and prices this year, but beware of storm clouds on the horizon.
• Who’s Ready for a Fresh Start in 2013?
  
  01/07/2013
  There are great expectations and hopes for good yields and prices. This year is starting out no different, but there are more storm clouds on the horizon than usual.
• Back in Recovery Mode
  
  12/08/2012
  The past year will be remembered as a time of considerable supply reduction due to a historic drought that caused prices to rally to levels that effectively rationed demand.
• Do You Have an Exit Plan?
  
  11/10/2012
  Harvest is behind us and it’s time to take what we’ve learned from a challenging year and apply it to our 2013 game plan.
• Outlook: Understand the Risk
  
  10/18/2012
  When $8 corn and $18 soybeans are put in the bin, farmers assume a lot of risk, including direct storage, quality management and high opportunity costs.
• Outlook: High Prices Ration Use
  
  08/25/2012
  This year will go down in the record books as one with the biggest swings in corn and soybean conditions for the Midwest.