When it comes to commodity marketing, most farmers are not happy with the results they generate. There are two reasons for this:
Now, farmers of all ages can change these things. Anyone can improve their marketing skills and their understanding of success.
Identifying what one market’s move means to another market is important. At DePutter Publishing we explore these connections with various tools. Things can get complex, and visualizing data and their relations is helpful.
From the standpoint of economic well-being and growth, the agricultural industry currently has two sides: one encountering a slow down and another in the early stages of a strong and exciting upswing that has lots of time ahead of it before it peaks.
A new report from the Guelph, ON-based Agri-Food Economic Systems is suggesting low prices may no longer cure low prices, as countries increasingly turn away from rules-based trade.
Syngenta Market News, October 8, 2019
“No one can beat the market.” — Edwin Lefevre
Isn’t that a fine statement from a man who enjoyed an 18-year career encouraging people to trade futures?
He had a point: There’s evidence that only two in ten people will be successful speculating on the market, and if those two stay in the market long enough they too will lose.