Jon Scheve discusses how farmers who raise specialty corn often give away their risk premium and leave money on the table. He explains how farmers should sell to maximize their profit potential.
Jon Scheve summarizes the latest weather conditions of the Mato Grosso region in Brazil and how it is impacting prices. He also discusses what to expect in this week's USDA report.
For hedgers, such as Jon Scheve, a farmer who produces the commodity with a futures sale, margin calls are not bad. Here's how to use margin calls for risk management and to increase profits.
Jon Scheve likes to have full control of his grain sales. The minor cost to carry his own hedge account is almost always offset with better basis values and improved negotiating power.
Jon Scheve discusses how likely corn will rally and walks through 5 considerations when deciding between storing corn or soybeans at harvest if storage is limited.
Some farmers on social media have suggested the U.S. might be out of corn because of high basis bid values in the Corn Belt. Jon Scheve thinks the inverses in futures and the basis market during the summer are the cause.
Jon Scheve discusses last week's USDA report and how corn carryout and demand could be an issue. Plus, he explains his corn basis strategy for last year's crop.
Jon Scheve discusses the likelihood of USDA changing the average corn yield in Friday's WASDE report based on crop condition observations, the drought monitor, high-tech tools and social media.
Jon Scheve explains why the recent corn rally is impacted more by the war in Ukraine than weather. Plus, a recent trade example using puts to put in a floor price with unlimited upside potential in corn.
