November 15, 2023
By Meghan Grebner
An ag trader says he has a fairly optimistic outlook for producers. Tommy Grisafi with Advanced Trading says, “If we have the bushels things will be good, even with lower prices.” He tells Brownfield South America continues to be a large factor in the market. “We are in a weather market,” he says. “We have […]
September 1, 2021
By Mark Dorenkamp
Hurricane Ida has weakened the grain markets. Corn and soybean futures have traded lower in the days following Hurricane Ida swamping the Louisiana coast. Advanced Trading risk manager Tommy Grisafi says export business has been disrupted. “When your major exporters are saying they’re going to be shut for a while and don’t know when they’ll […]
November 23, 2015
By Tom Steever
Chicago Board of Trade member Tommy Grisafi says one has to look back to find out why the markets are doing what they’re doing now. Grisafi, a broker at Advance Trading, talks to audiences about risk management by first giving a lesson in recent history. In spite of the fact that many fields were either […]
March 3, 2015
By Meghan Grebner
Corn and soybean growers set their policy for the upcoming year. And while the commodity organizations are different, their goals are similar. National Corn Growers Association president Chip Bowling says the nation’s corn farmers identified three major priorities in 2015. “Biofuels, ethanol and preserving the Renewable Fuels Standard, trade and Trade Promotion Authority were at the […]
June 25, 2014
By admin
For farmers who have made forward sales and have price protection, the USDA acreage report on Monday, June 30 probably isn’t that big of a deal. For others, the report may make them a little nervous. Tom Grisafi, Risk Management Advisor at Advance Trading says anything can happen. “It’s a moving target, the yields moving, […]
August 16, 2009
By admin
From Afghanistan to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia – the very grateful Director of Agriculture of the Nangahar Province – was taken on a V.I.P. tour of the fairgrounds. Director Safi Mohammad Hussein – by invitation of Senator Kit Bond – saw see up close on Friday some of Missouri’s farming and ranching techniques […]
