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Managing market volatility

A senior market advisor at Total Farm Marketing says farmers should be strategic when it comes to managing market volatility. Naomi Blohm says producers have been waiting for a price increase. “The result was corn prices rallying nearly $0.50,” she says. “Soybean prices rallied...

Wheat volatility

CoBank economist Tanner Ehmke says following back-to-back years of record or near-record  production, this year’s Russian wheat crop is suffering from adverse weather. He tells Brownfield estimates continue to decline, and once harvest pressure subsides, the wheat market could get extremely volatile. The post

Russia wheat struggles could spark market volatility

Global wheat supplies are expected to tighten because of Russian production challenges. CoBank grains and oilseeds economist Tanner Ehmke says weather problems are going to limit the size of this year’s crop. “The estimates on the Russian wheat crop are all down across the...