Low River Levels, Barge Freight, and Widening Basis

USDA Refining of Forecasted U.S. Cotton Production

Supporting Sorghum Prices in the 2023/24 Season: Exports and Basis

The Importance of Wheat Production in the South 

Comparing the Harvest Price and Projected Price in Revenue Protection Crop Insurance for Rice and Corn

How is the Cotton Crop Looking in 2023?

The Fast Two Minutes in Crop Markets

Peanut Farmers Find Marketing Opportunities through Agricultural Cooperatives

Brazilian Reais, Chinese Yuan Renminbi, and United States Dollar:  Exchange Rates Could Provide Support or Hindrance to U.S. Soybean Exports

Implications of the Black Sea Grain Deal Cancellation

Soybean Indemnity Payments for Wildlife Damage

The U.S. Corn Market: a Look Ahead and Lessons from the Past

USDA Acreage Report Results: Price and Crop Insurance Impacts

Interest Rates and Grain Storage

The Relationship Between Wheat Stocks Held by Exporting Countries, Global Imports, and the U.S. Marketing Year Average Price  

Our Most Read Articles for 2022-2023

Difficulty in Forecasting 2023 U.S. Cotton Production

The Impact of Interest Rates and Basis on Net Cash Price for Corn

Sorghum Exports and Production Expectations for the 2023/24 Season

Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River is Associated with Relatively Weak Soybean Basis in the Midsouth 

Higher Supplies and Lower Prices Projected for U.S. Crops in 2023

The Importance of Corn Production in the South to the U.S. Corn Supply

Urea, Natural Gas, and Corn Price Correlations

Peanut Acreage Projected to Increase in 2023

Competing Influences and Expectations for World Cotton Demand

Rethinking Fertilizer Prices

Key Takeaways and Reliability of the 2023 Prospective Plantings Report

Sensitivity of USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum Projections to Changes in Soybean Crush Demand

Sensitivity of USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum Projections to Changes in Corn Exports

The Soybean to Corn Price Ratio as a Guide to Farmers’ Planting Decisions

February USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum Projections Compared to USDA Final Estimates

One Last Thought on Revenue Insurance for Rice in 2023

2023 Peanut Market Outlook

Possible Extreme Outcomes for 2023 Cotton

Do Corn and Soybean Harvest Futures Rise or Fall During the February Projected Crop Insurance Price Determination Period?

Traditional Stock-to-Use Ratios are of Little Value in Determining Peanut Prices

Trading Ranges and Volatility for November Soybean and December Corn Futures Prices

The Demand Side of the Supply and Demand Balance Sheet

The Peanut-Cotton Price Relationship

Navigating the “Winter” in Cotton Farming in 2023

Quantifying U.S. Corn Exports to Mexico

What to Expect from Brazil’s Soybean Crop?

Corn Exports: Quality, Value, and Prices

Looking Ahead to the 2023 Cotton Market

Risk Management Considerations for the 2023 Growing Season

What Does Trendline Yield Tell Us About How Corn Futures Prices React During and After the Production Year?

Considerations for Developing a Pre-Harvest Marketing Plan

Who’s Buying U.S. Peanuts?

Low Water Levels in the Mississippi River Result in Abnormally Weak Soybean Basis

Fences Aren’t Just for Cattle

Wheat Acres in the South

U.S. Sorghum-Corn Premium Prices Fell Sharply During this Quarter

Refinement of U.S. Cotton Production Forecasts

Marketing Strategies if Producers Do Not Have Access to On-Farm Storage

U.S. Feed and Residual Use: Consumption Trends in the Biofuel Era

On-Farm Grain Storage in Southern States

High Abandonment Acres for U.S. Cotton Projected Due to Drought

2022 Peanut Production Projections

The Option to Augment the Crop Insurance Price Floor

Key Farm Management Considerations in Turbulent Times: The 5% Rule

July Volatility in November Soybean Futures Prices

More Volatile Cotton Prices

U.S. Sugar Policy and Prices

The USDA June Acreage and Grain Stocks Report

What is Behind the Recent Cotton Futures Market Plunge?

Wheat Production of Major Exporters in the Southern Hemisphere

Some Quirky Aspects of Cotton Marketing

Shelled Peanut Product Disappearance Increasing

World Per Capita Grain Consumption and Global Economic Growth

Soybean Acerage Higher in Southern States with Increased Price Outlook

Managing the Price Risk Gap between December Corn Futures and Projected Crop Insurance Prices

Forward Pricing with Options on ICE Cotton Futures

Outlook for Feed grain Fundamentals in the 2022/2023 Marketing Year

Milestone Indicators of U.S. Cotton Supply and Demand

U.S. Total Rice Acerage Projected at 35 Year Low

Projected Decrease in Peanut Acreage Could Have Greater Impacts on Overall Production

World Wheat Supplies in Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Less Corn, More Soybeans, Cotton, and Wheat Projected to be Planted in 2022

Indirect Effects of the Eastern European Conflict on Cotton

Using Put Options for Risk Management

Peanut Production Up in 2021 Despite Lower Acreage

Ukraine-Russia Implications in Grain and Oilseed Markets

U.S. Cotton Planted Acres

2022 Corn Outlook

Soybean Meal and Oil Stocks Supportive for High Soybean Prices

Rice Production Down in 2021 Despite Strong Yields

Rise in Input Costs for Cotton Production: Make and Keep a New Year’s Plan

Variation in Corn Prices in the Southeast

2022 Price Outlook for Hard Red Winter and Soft Red Winter Wheat

The U.S. Dollar’s Influence on ICE Cotton Futures

Input Price and Availability is Influencing 2022 Planting Intentions

Is Shelled Use of Primary Peanut Products Softening?

Getting to Know FLOID

U.S. Sorghum, An International Commodity

Current “Squeeze” Dynamics in ICE Cotton Futures

Peanut Outlook

Did Speculative Money Cause the Recent Surge in Cotton Futures Prices?

Estimating U.S. Corn Acres for 2022

Speculative Influence on ICE Cotton Futures

What’s Driving Soybean Value: Meal or Oil?

Corn and Sorghum Outlook

Cotton Outlook

Rice Outlook

Exports to Canada and Mexico Provide Stability to Peanut Market

Cotton Prices Above 90th Percentile of the Historic Range