Texas producers plant corn amid strong, but uncertain markets
The corn crop is shaping up well across the state in areas that received recent rains. While prices are strong now, they are not expected to remain as high as they are under market pressures. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
The corn market has been relatively strong as Texas producers monitor planted fields in southern areas and prepare to plant in the High Plains.
But that strong market might not last due to market pressures and a large increase in projected planted acres nationwide, said Mark Welch, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist-grain marketing in the Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics.
