Markets - General
While your grain marketing plan faces many headwinds, don’t be surprised when a few tailwinds provide opportunities for you to capture profits.
The weather scare is providing market volatility and with it, opportunity.
Market rallies seem to show up at the least opportune times. While your focus is elsewhere, such as in the field planting, along comes a nice price bump that suddenly appears and then leaves just as quickly.
USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum in February showed an acreage bump, but didn’t acknowledge the Phase One trade agreement. Analysts think that decision was wise, but forecasts buys from China to start showing up soon.
The Chinese government has asked its state-owned enterprises to suspend imports of U.S. agricultural products.
Grain-market watchers lashed out at USDA after the agency on Wednesday tweeted that farmers planted 91.7 million acres of corn this year, citing data that many traders believe is inaccurate.
Both sides have different views on what was promised in Osaka
Every qualifying farmer will receive at least $15 an acre, according to Perdue.
The amount of uncertainty surrounding this year’s corn and soybean crops was reflected in today’s round of USDA reports.
Chinese tariffs deliver financial blows to America’s heartland and President Donald Trump’s base