Market Matters Blog

If you are looking for a way to market some of your corn and still leave room for upside price appreciation, you might want to consider a Minimum Average Price contract.

The 2019 Wheat Quality Council Hard Red Spring and Durum Wheat Tour will get underway this week, with scouts checking fields throughout North Dakota, a part of South Dakota and northwest Minnesota.

DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was slightly lower at $140 per ton.

Just as parts of the Lower Mississippi River were showing signs of flood recovery, Category 1 Hurricane Barry made landfall in Louisiana on July 13. Later that day it weakened to a Tropical Storm as it moved inland and became a tropical depression on Sunday afternoon, July...

DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was unchanged on average at $141 per ton.

While the flat price of corn has fluctuated recently, the basis remains strong and shows no sign of retreating.

The U.S. House Appropriations committee recently passed a 2020 government funding package that would effectively stop the U.S. DOT from eliminating the 30-minute break requirement from current hours of service regulations.

DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was unchanged on average at $141 per ton.

U.S. planted spring wheat acres are expected to be lower than original intentions due to poor weather and final plant dates affecting how many acres went in.

DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was up $4 on average, at $141 per ton.

While water is beginning to recede in some areas along the Mississippi River and tributaries, transportation woes continue.

DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was up $4 on average, at $137 per ton.

When the calendar turns to June 1 every year, soft red and hard red winter wheat end a crop year and starts a new one. Here is a look back and a look ahead for hard red winter wheat.

DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was steady on average, at $133 per ton.

As corn producers look to capitalize on the recent 90-cent rally in December corn futures from the mid-May contract low, one notable cash contract stands out. I know the contract as a "bonus target," but it may also be known as a "premium offer" contract.

Parts of the Mississippi River have been in flood stage since early January and a wet weather pattern continues to raise the water levels on the rivers.

DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was up $10 on average, at $133 per ton.

DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was up $2 on average, at $123 per ton.

For most of 2019, inclement weather has disrupted barge traffic along the Mississippi, Ohio and Arkansas rivers. This has caused year-to-date grain barge tonnages through the locking portions of the rivers to fall below the three-year average and last year, according to...

DTN's weekly spot price for domestic distillers dried grains was unchanged on average at $121 per ton.