Time-stamped grain marketing is a tool for mitigating risk and planning for profit. By selling portions of your crop at intervals throughout the year, you may increase your chances of encountering favorable market conditions. Hugo VanRoessel, ADM Area Sales Manager, states, “Effective grain marketing can seem like a Herculean task. When you break down the…
Historical trends in the market make a strong case for forward selling. While there have been exceptions, history generally supports forward marketing. Since 2000, early crop-year futures have outperformed harvest prices by 79% of the time for corn and 71% of the time for soybeans. Despite weather years like 2012 making some farmers hesitant to…
What’s Ahead in 2025? As we look toward the 2025 crop year, the USDA projects a slight increase in corn and soybean production compared to 2024. However, global demand remains strong, potentially supporting prices. Weather patterns and geopolitical factors continue to introduce uncertainty into the market outlook. ADM’s Seasonal Price contract offers a strategic solution…
While most of the hard work at harvest takes place in the field, there are other steps you can take to make life easier off the field and avoid administrative snafus from getting in the way of moving your crop to market quickly and easily. Here are a few things you can do to ensure…
