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Corn price risk management a must
2014-02-17 00:08:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Risk management you will not survive without it. That warning came from Randy Blach, CEO of CattleFax, at the recent National Cattlemens Beef Association convention in Nashville, Tenn. Even though the message was aimed at beef producers, Blach says it is also advice for farmers, who face corn and soybean markets as volatile as those for cattle. read more
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2014 corn, soybean price prospects
2013-12-30 20:37:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Illinois Large U.S. and world crops have put corn prices under pressure. Soybean prices have moderated due to Chinese demand, but increased production will result in lower prices. read more
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Corn, soybean basis price concerns
2013-11-08 16:10:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
I like to think of grain marketing as a game played with two halves. The first half is pre-harvest marketing, or pricing actions taken before you harvest the crop. The second half occurs after harvest and involves a question, To store, or not to store? read more
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Short Corn Crop, Long Price Tail - Are We There Yet?
2013-08-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The drought reduced US corn crop of 2012 created expectations that corn prices would follow a "short crop, long tail" price pattern characterized by a price peak early in the marketing year, followed by an unpredictable pattern of declining prices and a return to pre-drought price levels.
$4 Corn Price Looks Closer
2013-07-21 23:24:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
There were many who expected December 2013 corn futures prices to already be below $4.50. That was before continued wet weather slowed planting and crop progression. The contract closed Friday at $5. Thats close to $2 below what the old-crop July contract expired at last week. Tight supplies kept old-crop higher. read more
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