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Tidbits, Iran & Crude Oil, Crop Progress, ENSO, Export Inspections 6/24/25
Tidbits On June 23, crude oil prices plummeted over 6%, after Iran launched a missile attack on the U.S. military base at Al Udeid in...
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4 days ago5 min read
Tidbits, 45Z & Bean Oil, Corn Market, Crop Progress, ENSO, Export Inspections 6/17/25
Highlights Bio Fuel consultant, Corey Lavinsky, reports the Senate's proposed changes to the 45Z clean fuel credit have been released &...
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Jun 175 min read
Tidbits, April Crush, Crop Progress, PMI, ENSO, Export Inspections 6/3/25
Tidbits The USDA reported the crush numbers for April after the close yesterday. The soybean crush was 202 million bushels. That is 13.5%...
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Jun 34 min read
Tidbits, Wheat Marketing, Crop Progress, ENSO, Export Inspections 5/28/25
Tidbits Corn planting progress is now at 87% vs 85% 5-year average. Corn crop conditions were rated at 68% good or excellent vs 75% this...
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May 285 min read
Tidbits, Oil Demand, Crop Progress, ENSO, Export Inspections 5/20/25
Tidbits Late morning yesterday, President Trump issued this press release: Yesterday morning the USDA announced the sale of 145,000 mts...
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May 204 min read
Tidbits, China Trade Deal, S&D Report, Crop Progress, ENSO, Export Inspections 5/13/25
Highlights The U.S. and China trade agreement details announced yesterday morning: A 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs. Both Countries...
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May 134 min read
Tidbits, Corn, Crop Progress, ENSO, Export Inspections 5/6/25
Tidbits There were two major factors that crushed the corn market yesterday: A weather forecast which will allow most of the nation’s...
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May 64 min read
Tidbits, Wheat Lows, Crop Progress, ENSO, Export Inspections 4/29/25
Tidbits Today is the day to liquidate all May long futures positions and basis contracts to avoid any chance of delivery on May futures. ...
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Apr 294 min read
Tidbits, China Trade War, Crop Progress, ENSO, Export Inspections 4/22/25
Tidbits China made several announcements yesterday which show they are going to advance their effort to counter the U.S. trade actions...
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Apr 224 min read
Tidbits, Rice, Crop Progress, Ethanol & Oil Demand, ADM, ENSO, Export Inspections 4/15/25
Tidbits The markets will be closed on 18 April, Good Friday. Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 120,000 mts of old crop...
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Apr 155 min read
Tidbits, Stocks & Estimates, Markets & Rain Days Update 12/2/23
Highlights The October Census Bureau crush was reported after the close yesterday and it was an all-time record high for any month. The...
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Dec 2, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Crop Progress, Export Inspections, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/31/23
Highlights The Nation’s corn crop is 71% harvested, 1% more than the high end of the 3% range. That is 5% ahead of the 5-year average...
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Oct 31, 20235 min read
Tidbits, Crop Progress, Brazil, Weather, Export Inspections, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/24/23
November CBOT options expire Friday. From far west Iowa, a little closer to Sioux City than Omaha, Andrew reported Saturday evening:...
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Oct 24, 20235 min read
Tidbits, Firm Basis, El Nino, Export Inspections, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/17/23
Highlights Crop progress: The nation’s corn crop is 45% harvested, 3% ahead of the 5 year average; the market expected 46%. The beans are...
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Oct 17, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Export Inspections, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/11/23
Highlights USDA issues an Export Inspections Report the first business day of every week which reports the amounts of commodities loaded...
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Oct 11, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Crop Report, ENSO, Export Inspections, Markets & Rain Days Update 6/6/23
Highlights The Weekly Crop Condition Report was a shocker to the market. The market expected the nation’s corn crop to be 67% good or...
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Jun 6, 20233 min read
Tidbits, Rolling the Basis, Crop Progress, Export Inspections, Markets & Rain Days Update 4/25/23
Rolling Basis Contracts: The Math A May basis contract needs to be rolled or priced by the close of business Thursday. We recommend all...
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Apr 25, 20234 min read
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