Insights
ACI Market Commentary 4/16/2021
Apr 16, 2021
Agronomy, Crop Management, Grain, Market Update, Soybean, Technology
CORN Corn market tells soybean market to “hold my beer” after a BULLISH USDA Prospective Plantings report. Farmers in the U.S. reported intentions of planting a mere 91.1 million acres of corn vs. expectations of 93.2m by industry analysts. With old crop stocks dwindling and SAFRINHA crop in trouble, risk-on trade takes this thing to levels not seen since 2013. Locally we are forecasting very generous returns for anyone getting geared up to… Read More
Seller’s Remorse: A Farmer’s Worst Friend
Sep 25, 2019
Agronomy, Crop Management, Grain, Market Update, Soybean, Technology
Seller’s remorse can stifle decision making for months, even years. All grain selling decisions require small slivers of fear, both that the market may go higher, and that farm revenue opportunities may be lost. In this post, I want to discuss a couple of conversations I seem to have with growers on a regular basis:… Read More
Grain Merchandising: Increasing Your Return in an Inconsistent Market
Jul 3, 2019
Agronomy, Crop Management, Grain, Market Update, Soybean, Technology
Our job as grain merchandisers comprise many different roles. We feel the most important role is to help our customers earn a respectable return on any given acre of land. The nature of markets does not allow anyone to consistently sell the top of the market. Therefore, we strive to match sound agronomic practices and… Read More
Managing Goss’s Wilt Risk in 2019
Feb 5, 2019
Agronomy, Crop Management, Grain, Market Update, Soybean, Technology
Incidences of Goss’s Wilt are on the rise in the Dakotas, with increased damage reported throughout North Dakota during the 2018 growing season. As we head into the 2019 planting and growing season, the management decisions every grower makes will be critical to mitigating Goss’s Wilt infection and damage. And with few to no options… Read More
