Traditional Time for Pre-Harvest Hedging
Even more than in most years, this February feels too early to start caring about new-crop grain prices. I've just returned from another...
Welcome to the Roaring 20's
An American farmer from Jan. 1, 1920, and a farmer from Jan. 1, 2020, would hardly recognize each other, their operations having changed...
As if Warren Buffet met Louis L'Amour
Every once in a while, I go on Amazon and check the reviews for Mastering the Grain Markets: How Profits Are Really Made. Obviously, it's...
New Ways of Thinking about Grain Trading
The annual Iowa Women in Agriculture conference has built a consistently excellent community which, year after year, offers truly...
Are you better than the "average" marketer?
It’s generally considered rude to ask a farmer or rancher how many acres she owns or how many cattle he’s got. On the other hand, if two...
The multiple problems with multi-year cycles
Perhaps, sitting in a bar one evening, a friend told you that corn yields tend to be great during years that end in "6." Or perhaps...
The one upside ...
... to still not having my corn fields harvested, is that they make an excellent backdrop for a little bit of market punditry!
Let the Bitcoin folks have their fun -- Grain markets could put blockchain to better use
Originally published at https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2017/11/08/grain-markets-benefit-blockchain Soon it will be...
Happy 100th Birthday, Big Red Barn!
Originally published at https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2017/10/11/really-old-corn Today -- October 11, 2017 -- is...