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The Buzz: Greek Drama

Worries about future Eurozone’s weak link could keep market off kilter.

Compiled by staff

Published: May 17, 2012

Soybeans continue to follow the dollar for better or worse, and lately that’s take futures mostly lower. Concerns Greece may abandon the euro could keep the market on edge for another month, but prospects for wheat prices are looking better. Farm Futures Market Analyst Arlan Suderman and Senior Editor Bryce Knorr go over the latest news about prices and the outlook for your business.

Arlan Suderman is Market Analyst for Farm Futures magazine and FarmFutures.com. He has served on the staff of Farm Progress Cos. since May 2000, providing market analysis and commentary for its family of 18 state and regional publications. His Afternoon Recap provides market analysis on this site each afternoon that the grain trade is open. Suderman also provides real-time market commentary via Twitter at twitter.com/ArlanFF101. Suderman brings a wealth of hands-on experience to the table after completing his Certified Crop Advisor status in 1997 while serving in the Kansas Extension Service.

The Ag Network with three affiliates in Colorado, and then added stations in Kansas and Oklahoma.

GREEK RUIN: Worries about future Eurozone’s weak link - Greece - could keep markets off kilter.

GREEK RUIN: Worries about future Eurozone’s weak link - Greece - could keep markets off kilter.

Senior Editor Bryce Knorr first joined Farm Futures Magazine in 1987. In addition to analyzing and writing about the commodity markets, he is a former futures introducing broker and is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor. He conducts Farm Futures exclusive surveys on acreage, production and management issues and is one of the analysts regularly contracted by business wire services before major USDA crop reports. Besides the Morning Call on www.FarmFutures.com he writes weekly reviews for corn, soybeans, and wheat that include selling price targets, charts and seasonal trends. His other weekly reviews on basis, energy, fertilizer and financial markets and feature price forecasts for key crop inputs. A journalist with 38 years of experience, he received the Master Writers Award from the American Agricultural Editors Association.

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