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The basis on both corn and soybeans has widened over the past couple of months, depressing cash prices on both corn and soybeans.
Capacity of off-farm commercial grain storage in the United States totaled 9.74 billion bushels on December 2010, up 3% from December 2009.
Tomorrow is the big day, the Jan. 12 Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports. Here’s what you need to know before the reports are released.
Will we find this summer that the worst of the worst occurred before the stimulus programs had time to have a material effect, setting the stage for overstimulus and inflation?
Soybeans showed the most strength this week posting 50-cent gains.
See all the important data and analysis from today’s reports.
In one stroke of the pen, in yesterday’s Grain Stocks report, USDA took care of the tight-stocks issue that has carried the market since June.
Hear some pre-report commentary for the upcoming USDA crop reports.
Aggressive Sales on Rallies for corn,, soybeans and spring wheat Cotton prospects for 2010 Spring weather outlook: Regional differences Over-the-counter grain swaps on the CME are a new trading tool Lock in margins on production
All about corn profit Corn fundamentals favorable Dollar strength then weak again
Corn output in China may drop for the first time in five years because of drought in the North China Plain, the country’s second-biggest producing region.
Japan copes with disaster; Chinese crush capacity boosts oil exports; alfalfa hay in high demand
Genetically modified alfalfa available; tips for negotiating with buyers; new executive ag seminar for women
Soybeans seem to be stealing the limelight from corn, but it’s an easy thing to do when corn has been trading sideways for several months.
Oat futures for delivery in March fell 1 percent to close at $3.09 a bushel at 1:15 p.m.
Canadian wheat growers will probably reduce output by 26 percent this year and canola production will also fall, the government’s statistics agency said today.
Higher-than-previously expected rice stocks results in a 5.0- million-cwt reduction in all rice 2012/13 domestic and residual use.
When the weather says you can’t head to the field, it’s time to head to the office.
See all of the report data, coverage and analysis of USDA’s Oct. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and Crop Production reports.
The grain markets are in a constant lull, says R.J. O’Brien’s Chris Modaff. He shares what is needed to add some action back into the markets.
As yield projections inch higher and the corn prices sink, Jerry Gulke wants farmers to act as though they have nerves of steel.
The corn and wheat markets saw a weaker trade for the week as May corn closed nearly $.30 lower, while the wheat market slipped $.15 lower.
Corn prices jumped Friday on rumors that China had taken advantage of a recent price break to secure U.S. corn.