| Price | Change | |
| U.S. Dollar | 80.11 | +0.50 |
| Crude Oil | 95.39 | +1.83 |
| Dow | 13,629 | +141 |
Corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat prices are all up for the week. An up week on prices was capped with good export numbers. At times, South American weather has been supportive of prices. Even then a Continue reading
Happy New Year! Best wishes for a safe and profitable year. Cotton prices are mixed with corn, soybeans, and wheat prices down for this first week of 2013. Even the somewhat resolution of the fiscal cliff and an almost 4% uptick in the Dow this week could not prevent commodity prices from continuing the slide from late 2012. Continue reading
Prices are through Thursday, December 20, 2012. The next report will be January 4, 2013. Best wishes for the Christmas Season. Cotton prices are mixed with corn, soybeans and wheat prices down for the week through Thursday. Continue reading
The joint Kentucky-Tennessee Grain Conference will be held on February 8, 2013 at the Logan County Extension Office, 255 John Paul Avenue, Russellville, KY. The program begins at 8:00 AM and ends at 3:00 AM. Program
The Middle Tennessee Grain Conference is scheduled for Thursday, January 31 at the Coffee County Fairgrounds in Manchester. Registration begins at 7:30 AM, with the first presentation scheduled for 8:30 AM. Contact the Coffee County Extension Office (931-723-5141) for registration information. Complete Program
Cotton prices are up; soybeans mixed; with corn and wheat prices down for the week. The U.S. Dollar Index before the close was at 79.55, down 0.85 for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded before the close at 13,135 down 20 points for the week. Crude Oil traded before the close at 86.76 a barrel, up 0.70 a barrel for the week. USDA released their December 11 report and was considered neutral to bullish for corn, cotton, and soybeans and bearish for wheat. Continue reading
Corn
In today’s report, no adjustments for the current marketing year of 2012/13 U.S. supply and demand numbers were made. The trade was expecting on the average a 16 million bushel increase in ending stocks. It is somewhat expected that harvested acreage will be reduced in the January 11, 2013 report. Continue reading
Soybean prices are up with corn, cotton, and wheat prices mixed for the week. The U.S. Dollar Index before the close was at 80.41, up 0.25 for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded before the close at 13,132 up 106 points for the week. Crude Oil traded before the close at 86.06 a barrel, up 2.85 a barrel for the week. Continue reading