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Highlights Trump’s newly appointed counterterrorism adviser, Sebastian Gorka, says Trump plans to end the Ukraine war by threatening to flood Ukraine with military aid, making current U.S. support look like “peanuts.”    Andrey Sizov, the guru of Black Sea wheat market, reported yesterday afternoon that Russia, the world’s biggest wheat exporter, is gradually running out of inventory. "Russian total on-farm stocks: Lowest in three years, but still above average. Southern regi

Highlights Mexico is the leading export destination for US corn, receiving from 21% to 32% of US corn exported annually in recent years. US corn export sales to Mexico are at a near record pace.   There are six railroad border crossings from the USA to Mexico. Two of them have been closed since 8 AM Monday as the Biden Administration pulled border personnel working the crossings to assist with the illegals crossing in the USA. However, others say the two border crossing point

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Highlights Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister said Russia plans to increase their oil production in July as countries like India and China are buying up the cheap Russian oil. Grain, livestock, and dairy markets close Friday afternoon and do not open until Monday evening, in observance of Juneteenth on Monday the 20th. Extreme heat and humidity have killed at least 2,000 head of cattle in Kansas according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The corn market is

There are two grain markets. The futures market is the measure of the world supply and demand and the basis is the measure of local...