Unraveling Corn's Seasonal Highs
Sell your grain at the seasonal high in the spring. That's good advice, especially in normal marketing years with normal weather, normal demand, and normal influence from normal outside markets. Unfortunately, even if such a year ever presents itself, we still won't be able to predict the exact future date on which the markets will hit their annual high. Predicting that date, or even predicting the seasonal pattern of prices, has only grown more challenging in the last severa
Manufacturing a Case for Chinese Soybean Demand
Picture in your mind a Fire Monkey. What does it look like? Your guess is as good as anybody's; it's a mythical zodiac creature, but it is known to be aggressive and mischievous. Now imagine that the Fire Monkey is rapidly running toward you. The Chinese Year of the Fire Monkey, determined by the lunar calendar, will arrive in about a month, starting on February 8 of the Gregorian calendar. According to legend, it is expected to be a year of great risk in business and the eco
How Many Days Until We Run Out
There have been some excitingly bearish headlines in the energy sector lately. "Oil Prices Sink to Lowest Since 2009;" "Record Crude Oil Inventory Drags Crude Prices;" "Brent Below $40 as Resource Rout Deepens;" "EIA Cuts 2015, 2016 Crude Oil Price Views." These are especially compelling to us grain market analysts who would otherwise spend the week flailing about for something interesting to say about corn, soybeans, or wheat fundamentals. Even with monthly World Agricultura