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Tidbits, HAMAS, Corn Crops & Low, Broilers & Ethanol 8/1/24
Highlights The Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, said the Fed may be ready to reduce interest in September as recent data added to...
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Aug 1, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Drones, PMI, Cotton Competition, Broilers & Ethanol 7/25/24
Tidbits The S&P 500 and NASDAQ Indexes were down on Wednesday and had its worst day since late 2022 due to a selloff in high-flying...
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Jul 25, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Hurricane, Stock Market, Broilers & Ethanol 7/18/24
Highlights Eric Snodgrass: "We use that term derecho when we’re talking about a storm system that produces damaging winds over at least a...
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Jul 18, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Marketing Service & Tools, S&D Estimates, Broilers & Ethanol 7/11/24
Marketing Service & Tools Many (most) agricultural marketing services provide information, but make no pricing recommendations. The eight...
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Jul 11, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Drought Monitor, ENSO, Broilers & Ethanol 7/4/24
The CBOT will start trading at 8:30 AM Central Time Friday. Highlights Soybean oil leaped higher yesterday, with August up 1.6¢ per...
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Jul 3, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Corn Carryover, CO2 Pipeline, Broilers & Ethanol 6/27/24
Highlights Yesterday was a painful day for those of us expecting this oversold corn market to recover a bit before tomorrow’s USDA Actual...
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Jun 27, 20245 min read
Tidbits, CBOT Options, Weather Forecast, Broilers & Ethanol 6/21/24
Highlights July CBOT options expire today. A week from today is the Actual Planted Acres, Wheat Production, and Quarterly Grain Inventory...
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Jun 21, 20245 min read
Tidbits, USDA June S&D, Broilers & Ethanol 6/13/24
Highlights Yesterday morning, the consumer price index for May was unchanged from April and up 3.3% for the past 12 months. Core CPI was...
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Jun 13, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Crop Estimates, Weather, Broilers & Ethanol 6/6/24
Highlights The weekly ethanol report numbers were supportive for corn prices, but the market ignored it. Ethanol production was the...
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Jun 6, 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, Prices in China, Weather in Brazil, Broilers & Ethanol 5/23/24
Highlights June CBOT options expire tomorrow. Yesterday, China soybean futures traded at highs for the year at the equivalent of $15.27...
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May 23, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Robert Fico, Biodiesel, Broilers & Ethanol 5/16/24
Highlights Slovakia is a member of the EU and NATO. Its Prime Minister, Robert Fico, was shot yesterday morning US time by a 71-year-old...
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May 16, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Wheat Harvest Basis, Crude Oil, PMI, Broilers & Ethanol 5/9/24
Highlights Biden said late yesterday he will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah. Most news reports state Israel’s military...
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May 9, 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, May Options, War Escalations, Broilers & Ethanol 4/25/24
Highlights Analysts expect a military operation by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) will likely maintain upward pressure on the crude oil...
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Apr 25, 20245 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, USDA Estimates, CPI Index, Cocoa, Broilers & Ethanol 4/11/24
Market Comment The USDA will issue its April S&D today at 10 AM Mountain time. Given the March inventory of corn, we already know feed...
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Apr 11, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Chinese Сancelations, Russian Crude Oil, Broilers & Ethanol 4/4/24
Highlights Yesterday’s end of the day comments from a grain merchandiser: "There was little fresh news today making it difficult to...
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Apr 4, 20244 min read
Tidbits, China, Brazil, The Andes, Broilers & Ethanol 3/28/24
At 10 AM Mountain Time today the USDA will release its Planting Intentions and Quarterly Grain Stocks Report. This is the second most...
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Mar 28, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Puts Education, Chinese Auctions, Soy Oil Inventories, Broilers & Ethanol 3/21/24
Planting Intentions Survey At noon Eastern Time on Thursday, 28 March, the USDA will issue results of its survey of farmers planting...
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Mar 21, 20244 min read
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