Spring 2023

Here we are in the middle of March already. While some planting has been done in the south, most producers in the Corn Belt anxiously await a chance to get ...

Feel free to reach out to me or anyone on the AgMarket team. It is possible that the country in which you are a resident prohibits us from opening and maintaining an account for you. Whether hedging grain or looking for ways to grow it more affordably, we’d be glad to help producers get a plan in place to lock in a profitable year in 2023. While many have those needs locked in, some are buying dry fertilizer for half of what it was bringing in the fall. Diesel fuel made a 1+ year low this past week, providing a great opportunity to lock in cheaper fuel that most all of us used in 2022. What should a producer do to protect themselves in the event a big crop occurs in ’23? It's imperative to lock in profit margins when they exist. Now to the matter at hand. I was in Minnesota this past week speaking, and plenty of snow was on the ground in the Mankato to Redwood Falls area. In my area of central Illinois, we’re quite wet at the time I write this. After three years of some level of impact, the environment has switched with a neutral ENSO, which is likely to move into an El Nino by the time the 2023 crop gets harvested. While some planting has been done in the south, most producers in the Corn Belt anxiously await a chance to get in the field.