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Tidbits, Silk Road, Israel & Crude Oil, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/19/23
Highlights A sea of red (lower prices) across world stock markets and another surge in U.S. Treasury yields on Wednesday ensured a...
Wright team
Oct 19, 20235 min read
Tidbits, October S&D Analysis, ENSO, CPI, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/13/23
Highlights Now that the October USDA report has been issued, we can be quite confident that the futures have made their lows for the...
Wright team
Oct 13, 20233 min read
Tidbits, Ukraine, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/5/23
Highlights Ukraine’s leadership is highly stressed by Speaker McCarthy’s removal from office. They claim McCarthy, Jeffries and Biden...
Wright team
Oct 5, 20234 min read
Tidbits, ENSO, Corn Price History, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 9/28/23
A micro natural gas futures and options contract will begin trading on November 6th. The micro contract size will be 1,000 mbtu (million...
Wright Team
Sep 28, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Inventories, Soybeans Exports, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 9/21/23
Highlights Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested interest rates will be “higher for longer” and could stay above 5% this year...
Wright Team
Sep 21, 20235 min read
Tidbits, DP, Revenue Insurance, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 9/14/23
More on DP Contracts Yesterday, we wrote about a “dump” charge on DP grain. Several folks asked what was a “dump” charge? We have not...
Wright Team
Sep 14, 20236 min read
Tidbits, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 9/8/23
Highlights Dayton Cargill’s corn syrup plant is grinding 145,000 bushels per day, the largest daily grind in about three years. Wednesday...
Wright Team
Sep 8, 20235 min read
Tidbits, Corn Carry, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 8/31/23
Corn Carry Carry is the return storage. In the futures market, it is measured by the spread (price difference) between a pair of futures...
Wright Team
Aug 31, 20235 min read
Tidbits, Pro Farm Tour IA & IL, US PMI, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 8/24/23
Highlights Pro Farm Tour Results for Wednesday Iowa and Illinois: Tidbits The US manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was 47.0;...
Wright Team
Aug 24, 20233 min read
Tidbits, Corn Marketing, Ammonia, ENSO, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 8/16/23
Highlights Last half of August is going to be hot and dry for most of the Corn Belt. Suddenly, soybeans and soybean oil are leading CBOT...
Wright Team
Aug 17, 20233 min read
Tidbits, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 8/10/23
The markets usually do not move very much the 24 hours before a USDA monthly S&D as traders have had weeks to determine the positions...
Wright Team
Aug 10, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Grain Basis Analysis, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 8/3/23
Highlights The world markets were really shaken by Fitch’s lower credit rating for the USA government. For a hundred years, America has...
Wright Team
Aug 3, 20236 min read
Tidbits, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 7/27/23
Highlights Ukraine and the EU are considering rebuilding port facilities and fund transportation of grain to ports in Croatia and...
Wright Team
Jul 27, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Safrinha Corn Crop, Grain Deal, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 7/20/23
Yesterday, Roger recommended you price 2023 fertilizer. He meant fertilizer for 2024 crops. Highlights Is the weather or the war more...
Wright Team
Jul 20, 20235 min read
Tidbits, USDA S&D Analysis, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 7/13/23
S&D Analysis Corn After close study of yesterday’s USDA corn S&D, it was not nearly as bearish as it appeared to us nor as bearish as the...
Wright Team
Jul 13, 20233 min read
Tidbits, Drought Areas, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 7/7/23
Mowery Auction Company is located about 2 hours south of Chicago. They do a big business in farm machinery from west of the Rocky...
Wright Team
Jul 7, 20233 min read
Tidbits, July Roll, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 6/29/23
July Futures Expiration Today is the last trading day before first notice day for deliveries on July CBOT contracts. After the close...
Wright Team
Jun 29, 20233 min read
Tidbits, Pricing Corn, Drought Chart, ENSO, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 6/23/23
Highlights July CBOT options expire today. The day before and the day options expire are usually down days for CBOT futures. President...
Wright Team
Jun 23, 20235 min read
Tidbits, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 6/15/23
Highlights The US Producer Price Index for May was reported yesterday morning a negative 0.3% versus the expected negative 0.1%; April...
Wright Team
Jun 15, 20233 min read
Tidbits, Weather, Contract Rolling, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 6/8/23
Highlights Yesterday’s mid-day GFS run showed a slightly wetter Delta and a slightly drier Argentina. Last evening’s GFS run predicted...
Wright Team
Jun 8, 20234 min read
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