Opinion
Analysis and insights from experts across the agriculture industry.
With the USDA report behind us, what’s next for the markets?
Jon Scheve explains how farmers LOSE money with “free” storage or DP (delayed pricing) offerings and urges farmers to stop using them.
NGTs give us a chance to hit the reset button—and embrace a technology that can make agriculture more climate conscious, more sustainable, and more fruitful.
Grain futures prices were under pressure to start the week with soybeans making new lows for the move. What could be the catalyst to encourage a short covering rally?
Jon Scheve discusses different rationale for why corn prices could rally in 2024.
Livestock futures were sharply higher last week, will that momentum carry over into this week’s trade?
Protests have an impact, but they also show that a understanding of ag problems has not yet reached politics. Our goal is to make sure that the voice of farmers is heard in the corridors of power and among the public.
Weekly overview of ag commodity market news & price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.
Grain markets were fairly mute to start the week, which I guess is better than under pressure? Cattle futures finished the day mixed.
Grain markets have traded on both sides of unchanged to start the week. Will the Bulls be able to hold ground and recover recent losses?
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.
COP28 is a big deal. Some 85,000 people attended, including 150 heads of state. In the past, farmers were rarely part of the program. In our absence, we could not defend ourselves, let alone explain what we do.
Major disruptions to shipping through the Panama and Suez canals, occurring for very different reasons, are contributing to the recent spike in ocean freight rates.
Grain futures markets were weaker again in yesterday’s trade but are holding their own in the early morning trade. Will the selling resume at the 8:30 open?
Weekly overview of ag commodity market news & price action compiled by Austin Schroeder with Brugler Marketing. Not intended as trading advice. Actions taken are responsibility of the reader.
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.
We suffer from food insecurity. It shouldn’t be this way. We should be a global breadbasket, not a hopeless continent now known for losing its youthful population dying in the Mediterranean trying to migrate to Europe.
Grain markets had a mixed day with corn and wheat higher while soybeans continued to struggle. Limit up in lean hogs gives us expanded limits tomorrow.
Grain markets consolidate following a rough start to the year. Will the market be able to carve out a low or is there more downside to come?
Grain markets were able to stabilize following heavy pressure on Monday. Cattle grind higher and lean hogs put a bandage on yesterday’s wound.
Cattle futures pop and lean hogs drop to start the new year of trade. Will this set the tone for Q1?
John Phipps reflects on his 30 years of writing for Farm Journal’s audience.
Will turning the calendar over into a new year bring about a sentiment shift in the grain markets?
Comparing his mediocre welding skills to a young guy who knows how to weld very, very well, Dan Anderson noticed several things he needs to incorporate in his welding skills.
The gray wolves relocated from Oregon to Colorado have a lengthy rap sheet. Maybe the secret reintroduction ceremony included a secret clemency grant from the Governor.
Our wish is for an African agriculture that is resilient, food secure. To witness a prosperous Africa catalyzed by ag advancement. For more people to know the truth about faith and science—and have faith in science.