Here are a few more things to keep you up at night as we head home for the long holiday weekend.
It appears we survived the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar. Some believe that this week's collapse in grain and oilseed prices was the result of Mayans liquidating their positions. Maybe they will buy them back next week. The U.S. fiscal cliff will replace the Mayan calendar as the primary topic of conversation over the next week or so. No one appears capable of agreeing to anything, even within their own political parties. Financial markets crashed early today because the Republicans in the House couldn't support Speaker Boehner's Plan B. A Bloomberg survey of 31 analysts this week showed the following estimates of pric...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...