Now, we turn to a critical yet often overlooked aspect of farm marketing: you must know when to alter your plan and when to stay the course. We’ll also explore common behavioural traps that derail even the best-laid strategies.
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How to review and fine-tune your grain marketing plan
Don’t let greed, fear or wishful thinking steer you away from a solid plan
How to use the tools to build a sound grain marketing plan
Organize your marketing strategies to balance maximizing revenue, ensuring cash flow and limiting risk
This week, we turn to the nuts and bolts of marketing: what options do you have? How do they work? And most importantly, how do they fit into an overall strategy that maximizes opportunity while managing risk?
How your grain marketing plan helps you deal with volatile markets
Predicting how global events will unfold is a struggle for even the most respected grain market observers
Predicting how global events will unfold is a struggle for even the most respected grain market observers.
ICE Weekly: Tariff threats linger over canola market
Trump tariffs could sink canola prices
Tariff threats from United States President Donald Trump have the canola market on edge.
ICE Weekly: No news means no canola price movement
A lack of significant news has prevented canola prices at the Intercontinental Exchange to break out of its recent trading range to start 2025.
China’s 2024 total grain output rises to record 706 mln tons
China's total grain production reached a record of more than 700 million metric tons in 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday, as Beijing moves to boost output in its quest to achieve food security.
Russian grain exports to Syria suspended due to uncertainty
Russian wheat supplies to Syria have been suspended because of uncertainty about the new government and payment delays, Russian and Syrian sources said on Friday, while two vessels carrying Russian wheat for Syria did not reach their destinations.
CBOT Weekly: U.S. election drags down soybeans
Results from the United States election pulled down soybean prices at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended Nov. 13, 2024.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat bids rise, durum down
Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were slightly higher than the week before on Nov. 7, 2024. Meanwhile, durum prices were a bit lower.
CBOT weekly outlook: Trio of events loom over U.S. soybeans, corn
The trade's initial reaction to the re-election of former United States President Donald Trump was bearish for soybeans and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade on Nov. 6. Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate announcement on Nov. 7 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's supply and demand report on Nov. 8 are likely to have a bullish effect on those commodities, said Allendale Inc. president Steve Georgy.
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