
Hogs that will hit the market right when California's Prop 12 goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, were already born back in February and are just now being placed in finishing barns. Without clarity...
Oil futures nearest delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange and Brent crude on the Intercontinental Exchange rallied on the first day of...
The concerns over Chinese investment in U.S. agriculture and the proximity to an Air Force base with lots of military technology have all...
Crops continue to cook along for DTN's View From the Cab farmers in Colorado and Ohio. This week they talk about crop progress, freedom and...
Elaine Kub is the author of Mastering the Grain Markets: How Profits Are Really Made -- a 360-degree look at all aspects of grain trading, which draws on her experiences as a futures broker, market analyst, grain merchandiser, and farmer. She grew up on a family farm in South Dakota and holds an engineering degree and an MBA.
Hogs that will hit the market right when California's Prop 12 goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, were already born back in February and are just now being placed in finishing barns. Without clarity...
Once a grain crop's condition becomes reliably observable in late June, market risk premium may shift as "uncertainty" changes into "information."
Record-high fuel prices drive up shipping costs for virtually every part of the American economy, but they are particularly hard on agricultural producers who will have important fuel needs through the summer and fall harvest...
More than 5.5 million acres of intended corn ground remains unseeded after a cold, wet start to spring planting in 2022 compressed the season, but despite passing cutoff dates for full insurance coverage, market prices still...
Usually, grain prices go down when the dollar goes up, and vice versa. Today, however, we're seeing a rare test of what happens when both the dollar and the grain markets move higher at the same time together.
Grain marketers focused only on today's hot prices could miss out on the opportunity for locking in five straight years' worth of profitability.
Once a market becomes unstable, you never know how far the other market participants are willing to go, just like a madman president with his finger on the red button.
It's exciting when soybeans are worth a lot of money and might easily be worth 30, 40 or even 50 cents more per bushel by the end of the day. But for most producers and end users, this kind of volatility isn't enjoyable. The...