With seeds in ground, what prices will emerge?

Des Moines Register
By DAN PILLER • dpiller@dmreg.com • May 9, 2010

From their tractor seats, Iowa farmers have enjoyed what they describe as the smoothest, easiest planting spring in decades.

But the ride in corn and soybean markets that annually return about $15 billion to Iowa's economy is described as choppy.

Farmers normally like to empty what corn and beans are left in their bins during commodity rallies in May or June. At the same time, they plot strategy for using the futures market to sell the crop they'll harvest in October and November.

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