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The anticipated pattern could be described by the adage that “short crops have long tails.”
Corn futures have soared, crop condition ratings have dropped, and the world is hearing about risks of U.S. drought driving food prices higher.
Average yields for corn and soybeans could drop dramatically lower, unless it starts raining and continues to rain hard every week across the central Corn Belt.
Find out where several market estimates expect the average national corn yield estimate to come in at.
What effect will the longer trading hours have on the markets when USDA reports are released? Jerry Gulke analyzes.
Hot, dry forecasts are causing alarm in the grain markets. Will the upcoming weather singe the early-planted crops? Jerry Gulke discusses.
Find out what you need to know and how you should be positioned going into tomorrow’s reports.
Look for corn to continue to gain on wheat over the next several weeks.
When corn growers start planting this spring, they’ll probably keep planting corn until they’ve seeded nearly 96 million acres.
See the data, read the biggest news and listen to analysis of today’s Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks reports.
Read the latest news and listen to analysis of the upcoming March 30 Grain Stocks and Prospective Plantings reports.
Corn acreage may climb to 95 million acres this spring. Then again, maybe not.
A poor South American crop may push U.S. corn and soybean exports higher.
The next 30 days should hold excellent opportunity to sweep out some old crop inventory and advance sales for this summer’s crop.
See all of the report data, coverage and analysis of today’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.
Volatile weather patterns are likely to persist in 2012.
This week’s reports removed the focus on tight supplies and sent prices lower. Weather trouble here or abroad could still move prices back up.
See the data, read the biggest news and listen to analysis of today’s Crop Production and WASDE reports.
It is not clear why, on average, analysts expected a 30-million-bushel reduction in the estimated size of the crop.
Tomorrow we’ll know exactly how these reports will rock the markets. Here are some expert expectations.
See all of the report numbers and analysis from today’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production reports.
Montana grain and cattle producer, Marty Klinker, says the MF Global fallout could be bigger than anyone believes.
Find out what the big news could be with Wednesday’s Crop Production and WASDE reports.
Many questions surround the availability of trading funds from MF Global account holders.
See the data, read the biggest news and listen to analysis of today’s Crop Production and WASDE reports.
USDA’s grain stocks report released this morning raises the question as to what livestock producers are feeding their animals.
Grain and soy futures markets collapsed today, but analysts think this will turn out to be just one of the down days in continued volatile markets.
Analysts expect USDA to peg the average soybean yield at about 41 bu./acre in the Sept. 12 Crop Production report, but more adjustments might happen.
Corn open interest climbed to another record high as outside money continues to flow into the most solid of grain markets.