Specialist Sell grain at harvest, store only when necessary
Story Date: 8/24/2012

Source: Steve Leer Purdue University, SOUTH EAST FARM PRESS, 8/23/12
 
As farmers prepare to harvest a poorer-than-expected corn and soybean crop, they have to consider whether to hold onto their grain and hope for higher prices or sell it right out of the field.

In most cases, farmers should skip storage and take their grain directly to the elevator, said Corinne Alexander, agricultural economist.

  
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