Can we really use historical data, or is it too uselessly skewed? How are farmers supposed to watch for marketing opportunities with all the fluctuations?

We talk a lot about diversifying these days – have you considered diversifying your grain marketing strategies? It's time.

“Last year was the toughest I’ve ever seen,” says Mike Wilkins, but he is taking it in stride. “Sometimes you have to pay for the lifestyle. We’re gonna have some pretty tight budgets this year – there ain’t gonna be no frill on them.”

None of us knows for a surety just where the markets are going, but we can look at how we can manage our price risk in these markets.