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Tidbits, Sales to Mexico, Brazilian Crops, Q&A: Corn Marketing & Rally 6/25/25
Tidbits Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 554,400 mts of new crop (2025 corn) and 75,600 mts of 2026 corn to Mexico ....
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3 days ago6 min read
Tidbits, Iran, Corn Marketing: Capture Carry, FOB 6/23/25
Tidbits U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said it would be “economic suicide” for Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz because...
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5 days ago5 min read
Tidbits, Corn Marketing Opportunity and Recommendation, Iran 6/22/25
Highlights U.S. President Donald Trump says the American military has completed strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, marking a...
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6 days ago4 min read
Tidbits, 45Z & Bean Oil, Corn Market, Crop Progress, ENSO, Export Inspections 6/17/25
Highlights Bio Fuel consultant, Corey Lavinsky, reports the Senate's proposed changes to the 45Z clean fuel credit have been released &...
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Jun 175 min read
Tidbits, Q&A: Marketing Plans 4/27/25
Q&A: Marketing Plans A Prospective Client asked on 22 April 2025: "I am getting your trial emails and have a couple of questions. My...
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Apr 275 min read
Tidbits, Marketing Plan Alternatives, FOB 4/21/25
"There is just as much additional profit to be made with better marketing as there is with more yield." -Clifford Baughman, 1964; the...
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Apr 216 min read
2025 Soybean & Corn Market Plan 3/23/25
2025 Soybean Market Plan: Specific Reasons and Steps The number of days that November soybeans traded into the top 25% of each calendar...
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Mar 235 min read
2025 Corn Market Plan 3/16/25
World corn supplies are smaller compared to usage than they have been for at least 8 years and significantly tighter than they were in...
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Mar 164 min read
Tidbits, Carryover, S&D Report, Export Sales 9/13/24
Carryover and S&D The three most important factors in governing the future price direction of a given commodity are carryover, carryover,...
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Sep 13, 20245 min read
Tidbits, The Low For The Year, Urea Prices 9/8/24
Market Comment After 4 to 6 days of gains, corn, wheat, and beans all closed lower Friday, which is a down day if the markets had been...
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Sep 8, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Wheat Marketing, July Crush, Crop Conditions, ENSO, Export Inspections 9/4/24
Highlights The USDA reported the crush numbers for July: Soybean crush in July was 193 million bushels, 8 million bushels more (4.3%)...
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Sep 4, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Contracts Roll Math & Options, OPEC+, Broilers & Ethanol 8/29/24
Highlights Statistics Canada reported yesterday the 2024 Canadian corn crop is 15.229 million mts, down 1.2% from last year. The average...
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Aug 29, 20246 min read
Tidbits, Merchandiser's Advice, Key Reversal, Canada and China 8/28/24
Tidbits Soft red winter wheat made a key reversal yesterday, which occurs when the price of a stock or commodity makes a new low and...
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Aug 28, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Wheat Hedge, ProFarmer IL & IA, Jobs Cut, ENSO, Broilers & Ethanol 8/22/24
Highlights ProFarmer Tour 2024 results for Illinois were up 5.4% year-on-year, topping the old tour high of 196.96 from 2014. USDA sees...
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Aug 22, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Q&A: Corn Trade Deal, China's Economy 8/17/24
Highlights After gaining more than $3 on Monday, then losing $2.62 the next two days before gaining $1.15 on Thursday, crude oil prices...
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Aug 17, 20245 min read
Fall Delivery Basis 8/4/24
Make Decision This Week About Fall Delivery Basis Last year the same recommendation was made about setting fall delivery basis in late...
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Aug 4, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Capturing the Carry, US Economy, Urea Market 8/3/24
Highlights On Wednesday, a giddy euphoria about the US economy prevailed on the “certain” prospects for lower interest rates in...
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Aug 3, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Fuel Pricing, Marketing Prior S&D, Yield Estimates & Harvest, Export Sales 8/2/24
Highlights StoneX predicts the US corn will yield 182.3 (USDA 181) and beans 52.6 (USDA 52). The US soybean crush in June was 183.7...
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Aug 2, 20244 min read
Tidbits, How to Decide to Store Grain 7/29/24
Tidbits Last evening it was raining in Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois and moving east to the dry Eastern Corn Belt. Of course,...
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Jul 29, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Marketing Comments, Crop Conditions, Deliveries, Export Inspections 7/2/24
Market Comment Kevin Duling from Maupin, Oregon sent these comments to his clients yesterday afternoon about the USDA numbers: "After the...
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Jul 1, 20244 min read
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