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Angry Farmers, Wild Weather and Trade: A Crazy Year for Corn

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Dec 27, 2019 at 08:06 AM CST
(Bloomberg) -- There was nothing typical about this year’s grain season in the U.S. Midwest, with one exception: The size of the corn crop. Wild weather delayed plantings by the most on record, a strong dollar hurt exports, the trade war with China hit demand for the corn-ethanol industry and early snow meant some growers couldn’t even finish harvesting. Despite it all, the crop proved resilient.

Dec 27, 2019 at 08:06 AM CST

(Bloomberg) -- There was nothing typical about this year’s grain season in the U.S. Midwest, with one exception: The size of the corn crop. Wild weather delayed plantings by the most on record, a strong dollar hurt exports, the trade war with China hit demand for the corn-ethanol industry and early snow meant some growers couldn’t even finish harvesting. Despite it all, the crop proved resilient.