By Mark White The Pro Farmer tour wrapped up late last week and confirmed that the corn crop will be shorter than expected while the bean crop appeared to be a touch better.
By Mark White The weather forecast for the remainder of August turned cooler and wetter last week and that was enough to send the grain markets lower as we near the end of the growing season.
By Mark White There were reports Friday that corn choppers were running in western Iowa. Chopping corn on August 12th tells you the crop is poor, and they are trying to salvage what they can.
By Mark White The roller coaster ride continues in the commodity markets. We saw a big up day last week, but most days things were lower. At the end of the week December corn was down 10 cents, but...
By Mark White There is no doubt that there is a lot of volatility left in these markets. If the forecast holds, we should work higher again this week. But, as soon as the weather starts to modera...