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Tidbits Mexican drug cartels  declared war on the Mexican and U.S. governments after their drug lord, El Mencho, was killed in a joint Mexican-U.S. operation. It was 15 days ago that Mexico agreed to joint operation in Mexico with U.S. authorities and they succeeded in taking out a kingpin.   The drug cartel has declared war on the Mexican people in an attempt to motivate citizens to plead for the government to call off its persecution of the drug cartels. Many Mexican cities

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for February 21, 2026

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for February 14, 2026

Managing the Money Supply With a leadership change coming in May at the Federal Reserve, it is time to revisit a topic we covered several years ago.  In the days before paper currency, there were very few money supply problems. As populations grew and society shifted from agrarian to industrialized economy, the ever-expanding need for more money in the money supply accelerated. Thus, paper money was introduced and it was much more convenient than carrying a pound or two of me

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for February 7, 2026

What is wrong with the way we market ag commodities in this country? When grain is contracted for deferred delivery at a fixed price, the grain elevator hedges those bushels in the futures market. That enables them to pay the farmer the contracted price when he delivers the grain later.   For example, in June you execute a December corn HTA (or forward contract) at $4.40 on 50,000 bushels. When you deliver the corn in October, December corn is $3.60. The elevator sells your c

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for January 31, 2026

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for January 24, 2026

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for January 17, 2026

Corn Outlook & Tidbits At 11 AM Central Time today USDA will release its final 2025 crop production reports, monthly S&D for the U.S. and the world, as well actual planted acres for winter wheat. We will send you the numbers as quickly as we can.   Corn prices:  Yesterday afternoon Teucrium Investments reminded its clients that seasonal studies show that corn frequently finds a post-harvest low in early autumn before stabilizing and pushing higher into year-end and beyond. Th

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for January 10, 2026

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for December 20, 2025

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for December 13, 2025

Сurrency & Prices We mentioned on Saturday that the Brazilian currency was sharply lower on Friday, making Brazil’s products cheaper to buy for foreign buyers compared to U.S. products. Susan Stroud of No Bull Ag reported Brazil’s currency lost 2.3% versus the dollar on Friday. Despite CBOT January soybeans settling 14¼¢ lower on Friday, Brazil’s soybeans gained about 11¢. Here is the math:   If soybeans were $11 a bushel in the U.S. on Friday and the exchange rate of Brazil’

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for December 6, 2025

Tidbits Ukraine:  U.S. Sec. of State Rubio led U.S. negotiations with Ukrainian officials in Florida yesterday. Both sides said the talks were productive about a peace deal with Russia with Rubio expressing optimism about the progress. Rubio said the aim is to create a pathway that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent.   Venezuela:  Yesterday, Venezuela's President Maduro was requesting a conversation with President Trump according to multiple news sources. Sunday evening

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for November 29, 2025

Tidbits Ukraine:  On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio led the talks in Geneva with a high-level Ukrainian delegation after Ukraine and its European allies rejected the U.S. peace plan because of the major concessions to Russia.   Rubio said significant progress was made on crafting a plan to end the war in Ukraine during the talks, but no agreement was reached on how to guarantee Kyiv's security amid concerns about the threat posed by Russia.   European officials j

World Free-On-Board Grain & Oilseed Prices for November 22, 2025

Tidbits During the 43 days the U.S. government was shut down, December spring wheat gained 6¢, Hard Red Winter December wheat gained 42¢, Soft Red Winter December wheat gained 47¢, December corn gained 28¢ and January beans gained $1.30, new highs not only for the year, but higher than any time since June 2024.   There has been a lot of talk over the years that farm commodities are the only products in the U.S. that everyone is told what production was in the past and expecte