December 19, 2022

December Corn & Soybean Outlook Update

Purdue ag economists Michael Langemeier, Nathan Thompson and James Mintert hosted a live webinar on December 19. The team took a longer-term view of the changing cost structure facing corn and soybean prices, key factors likely to impact corn and soybean prices in 2023 and discussed how to use scenario’s when analyzing price risk and making marketing decisions.

The webinar recording and slides used during the webinar presentation are available for download below. The video recording from the webinar broadcast is also available via YouTube, please consider subscribing to the Center’s channel. And the audio recording from the webinar broadcast can also be accessed as episode 112 of the Purdue Commercial AgCast on your favorite podcast app.

Download the Slides

TAGS:

corn, outlook, soybeans, USDA

TEAM LINKS:

James Mintert

Michael Langemeier

Nathanael Thompson

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