Forward Marketing 101A
Determine your acres. Multiply the acres by your APH, or proven yield. Multiply this number by .70, or 70%. Divide this number by 4.
Make 4 offers on corn, [ more ]

Noah could just have predicted rain and a big flood, but he built an ark!  This was action well worth his effort.  If all he had done was to predict [ more ]

Some simple things about Covid 19.  We will get through this, even if we have some pain.
On a continuing basis, we need to take some basic, relatively simple steps.  Wear [ more ]

The corn farmer has two very important jobs.  Job number one is to raise corn for $3.00/bu, all expenses included.  Job number two is to sell this corn for $4.00/bushel.  [ more ]

*Markets average one 14% annual decline
*Daily dips of 2% or more occur about 5 times/year
*Every 5 years or so, markets decline more than 30%
*Markets rise 3 out of 4 years
*Over [ more ]

Corn and soybeans are both carry markets.  The deferred months are trading at good premiums compared to the nearby futures contracts.  2018 cash corn bid is $3.23, new crop 2019 [ more ]

In 1960, the national corn yield was 52 bushels per acre.  In 2018, the corn yield is estimated at 178.4 bushels per acre.  In 1960, the national soybean yield was [ more ]

We are in the midst of a local drought. This seems to be foremost on producer’s minds.
Producers who are proactive and good marketers have new crop sales on at good [ more ]

Successful producers are people who can make a decision.  They do the research, do the homework, and make a decision.  But we all screw up and make bad decisions sometimes.  [ more ]

I would propose that December is a good time to formulate a marketing plan for 2018.
To start the plan, take your anticipated planted acres times your APH. Take that number [ more ]