Market Outlooks
It’s time for a reality check on 2021-crop corn, soybeans and wheat. If you haven’t locked in prices (and record returns on investment for many), why haven’t you?
“Don’t panic on price slides and sell into rallies.” That was the consensus marketing outlook from several analysts on “AgriTalk” following the 2021 harvest.
As of mid-December, a significant portion of U.S. wheat acres are experiencing drought.
The market trends that ended 2020 are starting to surface in the last few weeks of 2021. Could prices follow a similar pattern?
Analysts predict Class III milk prices to range from $16 to $19.50.
What factors will impact crop mixes? Market analysts share their 2022 acreage pre-dictions and insights.
Every story has a beginning and an ending. The soybean story began in August 2020 after two years of a sideways base-building affair.
It will take significant N bookings at higher prices or excess natural gas supplies to relight fires at fertilizer plants – and neither seems likely until summer 2022.
Greater transportation efficiencies will only make U.S. exporters more competitive, will support basis and put more revenue in producers’ pockets.
Dr. Pat Westhoff joins AgriTalk’s Chip Flory to share his spin on the latest trends in crop markets, livestock outlooks and projections for net farm income.
While the USDA crop report was not bullish is apparently was not bearish enough for the trade versus their anticipation reflected by the price collapses recently into the report.
In an effort to head-off some of the questions about Crop Tour sampling, here’s our answers to a few “Crop Tour FAQs!”
A 2021 big-yield scenario suggests lower prices than seen in mid-July, but not low enough to leave financials stained with red ink.
The Acreage report lit up the grain markets last week, with USDA calling for lower corn and soybean total acres in 2021. Unfortunately, those market fireworks have fizzled.
Given stubborn demand, the answer hangs on 2021 crops.
Brazil was looking at $10 soybeans at the start of their planting last fall. What if prices are $13 this fall?
Brazil just keeps breaking records. For 2020/21 the country’s soybean production is forecast at a record 4.98 billion bushels, which is up 8.6% from last season’s record crop.
Hear Esther George, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, provide insights on the current state of the economy.
The outlook for agriculture is uncertain, but more optimistic than it was a few months ago, according to the 2021 U.S. Baseline Outlook report compiled by FAPRI.
The Fed on Wednesday repeated its pledge to keep its target interest rate near zero for years to come after projecting a rapid jump in U.S. economic growth and inflation this year as the COVID-19 crisis winds down.
This year could post the largest corn, soybean and wheat acreage since 2014. That’s according to Allendale’s annual, nationwide producer survey.
The strength and timing of the economic recovery are contingent on three uncertain factors.
Try locking in a floor for projected 2021 production but also maintain marketing flexibility.
Markets soared this week after just a half-bushel drop in national soybean yield. Why is that? What does the future hold for the legume?
Here’s a look at what analysts are expecting for the upcoming growing season in 2021.
Rarely do we producers have the luxury of making planting decisions based on profit potential—regardless of planting choices.