US and the World It is that time of year again. Combines are rolling or starting to roll across the Great American corn belt. It has been a good growing season, but with caveats almost everywher

US and the World It is that time of year when many people think the crop is made. For the most part in the United States corn pollination is in the rear-view mirror and August weather becomes a f

US and the World It is that time of year again when many analysts think the crop might be made. Late July and going into August is always a critical time for crop development and 2022 is no diffe

US and the World We are off to the races. At least thats the way it feels at this time of year. The July 4th weekend is always a seminal event for the grain market sometimes seeing very volatile

US and the World It is that time of year when planting is coming to an end and plants start to grow in the June heat. As of June 6th, corn planting was 94% completed in the United States up 8% fr

US and the World It has been a frenetic start to the planting season across the greater North American corn belt. Dry hot weather in the US southwestern plains is damaging the standing wheat crop, whi

US and the World It has been an unusual time in the grain markets over the last several weeks. Usually at this time of the year we are focusing on getting ready for planting with late April and

US and the World Spring can represent many things to many people, but to farmers usually it represents a new optimism of the season ahead. There is also an anticipation to get back on the land and

US and the World      Simply put, the world has changed over the last few weeks.  War is a terrible thing and a major war on the European continent is unprecedented for commodity markets over the last

US and the World     February can be an in between time for grain markets. On the one hand we have got past the January final numbers from the USDA reflecting the fundamentals of supply and demand and