For the first time in 19 years, this week's U.S. Drought Monitor map will likely show no area of the continental United States in anything worse than "moderate" drought. This isn't automatically...
Elaine Kub
Contributing Analyst
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.
Recent Blogs by Author
More From This Author
-
Kub's Den
Strong basis bids might make harvest season cash corn prices look profitable in 2019, but nobody wins when the wet corn needs to be dried using expensive (and scarce) fuel.
-
Kub's Den
A list of selected sources of geopolitical instability in late October 2019 includes several hot spots that may influence grain futures trade.
-
Kub's Den
Hay's complex commodity market is reflecting the muddle of 2019's weather -- there was no shortage of forage this summer, but there were challenging conditions to harvest and transport the product.
-
Kub's Den
The global number of animals consuming soybean meal has taken a major hit. Pork supply in China was actually abundant in recent months during the pre-emptive swine herd culls, but higher pork prices are finally starting to appear...
-
Kub's Den
Wheat prices are notably low and spring wheat harvest is notably slow, but this is a market that typically shows no seasonal influence, especially when those late harvesters are eventually bringing in heavy yields.