Markets Articles
Managing the Three-Headed Dragon
Published October 10, 2022
Virginia Tech Professor Emeritus David Kohl says it takes solid financial knowledge to manage the three-headed dragon of price volatility, higher input costs and rising interest rates. "If it's not well managed, that will take liquidty, profit and equity off…Brazil Starts to Plant Soybeans
Published October 10, 2022
While U.S. farmers are harvesting corn and soybeans, Brazilian farmers are starting to plant. Corn and Soybean Advisor President Michael Cordonnier says soybean planting is at least ten percent complete. Brazil is expected to hit another record for corn and…A Lackluster Weekly Export Sales Report
Published October 10, 2022
The weekly export sales report shows lower than expected corn sales at 227,000 metric tons. Traders were expecting export sales to range from 350,000 tons to 800,000 tons. Wheat export sales totaled more than 229,000 tons. Soybean export sales are…Record Production Expected for Brazil
Published October 10, 2022
While the U.S. is harvesting, Brazilian farmers are starting to plant a crop. Brazilian crop agency CONAB is forecasting Brazil’s 2022/23 soybean crop at a record 152.4 million metric tons. Last year’s soybean crop in Brazil was the second largest…A Different Dynamic
Published October 10, 2022
AgMarket.net market analyst Jacob Burks says the struggle to get grain moved down the Mississippi River is impacting grain demand. "With the river being so low, we're having difficulties to get Gulf bids to be aggressive." The wide basis at…Barge Backup
Published October 10, 2022
Despite low-water restrictions on barge loads, the U.S. Coast Guard is reporting at least eight groundings of barges this past week. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is dredging the Mississippi River in several locations and placing limits on the…Russian-Ukrainian War Accelerates
Published October 10, 2022
The conflict in Russia and Ukraine is escalating and it is impacting the markets. Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling the explosion of the bridge connecting Russia and Crimea an act of terrorism. Meanwhile, Russian missile attacks hit Kyiv and…What’s Hot, What’s Not
Published October 10, 2022
The Russia-Ukraine conflict escalated over the weekend. In this week's editon of What's Hot, What's Not in the Markets, Martinson Ag Risk Management President Randy Martinson says the tensions between Russia and Ukraine is driving grain markets higher to start…Commodity Groups Oppose Possible Mexican Investigation
Published October 10, 2022
Twenty farm groups have asked the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office to reject an attempt by some lawmakers to establish a Section 301 investigation into fresh produce imports from Mexico. In a letter to USTR, the ag groups said this investigation…