The United States corn production forecast decreased to 14.63 billion bushels, down 152 million bushels from the October forecast. At 178.9 bu. per acre, the yield decrease of 1.8 bu. came in below pre-report estimates.
AgriTalk host Chip Flory gets the rundown from the guys at Pro Farmer. Editor Brian Grete, and new Sr. Market Analyst Jeff Wilson joined the show on Tuesday. Newsman Davis Michaelson covered the day’s action.
AgriTalk After The Bell Host breaks down the markets with Jerry Gidel of U.S. Commodities. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey also stops by and Newsman Davis Michaelsen covers the day’s action.
These lower prices ended a volatile week, which included USDA releasing its monthly WASDE and Crop Production reports and President Donald Trump announcing tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports.
Chip Flory asks Matt Bennett from Bennett Consulting about, not only 2018 marketing opportunities in corn, soybeans and wheat, but they start the conversation with 2019-crop marketings.
The thought that a rising tide raises all ships suggests that increasing trade should be palatable to Republicans and even the Kennedy Democrats (if there are any left) would agree.
Matt Campbell of FC Stone covered many of the moving parts of the grain markets on Friday’s AgriTalk After the Bell with Chip Flory. Davis Michaelsen has markets and the Friday Farm Fuels and Fertilizer Report.
The May 10 USDA reports had the potential to send the markets higher. The markets did go up, but that price jump vanished. The corn, soybean and wheat markets all closed lower for the week.
Mike North of Commodity Risk Management Group and Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef Agri-Marketing are on the U.S. Farm Report marketing roundtable with Tyne Morgan.
Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef Agri-Marketing and Mike North of Commodity Risk Management Group are talking about the week ahead on AgDay with Clinton Griffiths.
As is so often the case, technical action (price changes) can predict fundamental changes in price direction market, and often does sometimes weeks in advance.
AgriTalk After The Bell Host Chip Flory talks weather today with Mike Tannura of T-Storm Weather. Newsman Davis Michaelsen also catches you up on the days market action.
Host Chip Flory talks with Christine McCracken, Executive Director, Animal Protein for RaboAgriFinance, who explains additional slaughter capacity in the U.S. should help the hog market continue the price recovery
On Markets Now, Tyne Morgan talks with Michael Langemeier, ag economist with Purdue University; Christ Hurt, ag economist with Purdue University; and Jim Mintert, director of the center for commercial agriculture.
Last week’s “The Rest of the Story” ended with thinking there would be a surprise(s) in last Thursday’s report. There were surprises on all accounts: acreage of corn and soybeans as well as stocks as of March 1.
Jerry Gulke provides the rest of the story behind some of the issues in agricultural commodity markets in hopes it will provide information to help readers make better management decisions.
Yum! Brands Inc.’s KFC warned that a supply-chain breakdown that has shut more than half of its 900 U.K. outlets would persist for the rest of the week, continuing to deprive fans of their fried-chicken fix.
There’s been some political back-and-forth between China and the U.S. Traders and farmers alike have been watching to see if China does anything with U.S. soybeans.
On Thursday, the USDA released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, showing corn is seeing increased exports and reduced stocks.
Whether the outlook is positive or negative depends largely on exports, and the industry’s ability to remain a trusted trade partner, says Rabobank in a new report.
Two new pork processing plants came online the beginning of the month in Coldwater, Mich. and Sioux City, Ia. That relieved some of the pressure on the producer end, but now the question is if there’s enough demand on the processed side.
