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Tidbits, S&P Futures, Artillery Shells, Market Commentary - Grain Prices 7/22/24
S&P Futures We have often mentioned that selling cash corn, beans, or wheat and replacing it with a futures or options position of that...
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Jul 22, 20244 min read
Tidbits, USDA July S&D, PPI 7/13/24
Highlights The USDA lowered old corn carryout 120 million bushels below the lowest estimate by increasing feed use and exports both by 75...
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Jul 13, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Q&A: Corn Contract, Labor Market, Palm Oil 7/10/24
Highlights Dr. Cordonnier left his yield and production estimates unchanged for US corn and beans. French Ag ministry first production...
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Jul 10, 20244 min read
Tidbits, PMI, Crude Oil 7/1/24
Highlights Eduardo Vanin reported Sunday grain export traders in Brazil are planning to extend the soybean export program through July,...
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Jul 1, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Friday’s Carnage Analysis, Water & Oxygen 6/30/24
Analysis of Friday’s Carnage Benson Quinn Commodities said the biggest surprise on Friday was USDA apparently delaying release with no...
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Jun 30, 20244 min read
Tidbits, USDA Report, PCE Index 6/29/24
Highlights The USDA reports were to be released at 11 AM Central Time yesterday. That was when corn started going down and beans began...
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Jun 29, 20244 min read
Tidbits, PPI, Paraguay, Port of Baltimore, Peace Summit, Export Sales 6/14/24
Highlights Yesterday morning, CONAB reduced their Brazilian soybean crop estimate 330,000 mts to 147.35 mil. (USDA at 153, down 1 mil.),...
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Jun 14, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Wheat, Tax Credits, USDA S&D Estimates 6/10/24
Highlights If you have soft red winter wheat to deliver this summer, you need to set the basis about three weeks before harvest starts in...
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Jun 10, 20245 min read
Tidbits, OPEC, PMI, Q&A: Shorting Wheat 6/3/24
Highlights Yesterday, OPEC+ extended its “voluntary” production cuts through 2025 with the exception of the UAE. Thus, the UAE will...
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Jun 3, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Economy, Russian Wheat, Broilers & Ethanol 5/31/24
Highlights The USA GDP for the first quarter was reported at 1.3% versus 1.2% estimate. Jobless claims were 219,000 to 218,000 expected...
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May 31, 20243 min read
Tidbits, PMI & Economy, Brazil’s Harvest, Export Sales 5/24/24
Highlights We had good news about the US economy yesterday morning. S&P Global (an independent agency) reported yesterday morning that...
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May 24, 20243 min read
Tidbits, EV Tariff, Soybean Options, Wheat Pricing 5/12/24
Highlights Between October and January are the traditional months the U.S. dominates sourcing soybeans to China. However, this marketing...
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May 12, 20243 min read
Tidbits, HTA Fees, Planting Progress, ENSO, Economy, Export Inspections 5/7/24
Fees As prices have firmed since February 26th, many of our clients have had conversations with merchandisers about marketing tools. From...
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May 7, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Crush Report, Japanese Yen, Broilers & Ethanol 5/2/24
Highlights The Fed left rates unchanged at 5.5%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said an interest rate hike was "unlikely" and that his baseline...
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May 2, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Inflation & Rates, Biologicals, Export Sales 4/26/24
Highlights The Commerce Department said yesterday morning the US economy’s gross domestic product increased at a 1.6% annualized rate in...
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Apr 26, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Trade Wars, Rice, GDP, Tools Update 4/21/24
Highlights Water rationing is becoming more frequent in the Corn Belt. On Friday, the Poweshiek Water Association, one county west of...
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Apr 21, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Dollar Index, Waterways, Sanctions and Tariffs, Broilers & Ethanol 4/18/24
Highlights The dollar index traded to 106.57 on Tuesday. Last Friday, the dollar index was at 104.30. In the world of exchange rates and...
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Apr 18, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Wheat, Economy, Markets & Rain Days Update 4/15/24
Wheat Market Comments We have often quoted Kevin Duling, a market advisor and wheat producer from Maupin, Oregon, who has the best...
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Apr 15, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Argentina, China, Fertilizer 4/13/24
Highlights The US stock markets took a thumping yesterday as JPMorgan and Wells Fargo both reported net interest income well below...
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Apr 13, 20244 min read
Tidbits, April S&D, Inflation, Ukraine, Export Sales 4/12/24
Tidbits Yesterday morning, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported inflation at the wholesale level in March was up 0.2%; the market...
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Apr 12, 20242 min read
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