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Tidbits, Chinese Vessels, Yemeni Houthis, Russian Ruble 4/19/25
Tidbits After handling a record number of ocean freight containers in 2024, containers are stacking up at China ’s ports. Shanghai and...
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Apr 194 min read
Tidbits, Corn Comparison, China, Russian Agricultural Lands 4/13/25
Tidbits China bought a weekly record 60 ship loads of Brazil’s soybeans this past week, boosted by robust farmer sales and better...
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Apr 134 min read
Tidbits, SA Crops Estimates, Russia, PPI, Export Sales 2/14/25
Highlights After the ag futures close today, they will not reopen until Monday evening at normal times. Crude oil will be trading normal...
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Feb 144 min read
Tidbits, China Imports, Tariffs, Brazil Soy Crush, Russian Wheat, Consensus 1/23/25
Tidbits Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 136,000 mts of old crop corn to unknown. Rumors are floating that China needs...
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Jan 234 min read
Tidbits, Natural Gas, Russia-Ukraine, Cotton 12/14/24
Highlights ADM’s Joe Mauck’s comments from yesterday afternoon: "Growing conditions in South America remain neutral, and precipitation...
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Dec 14, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Premium Contracts, Australian and Russian Crops, Export Sales 12/6/24
Highlights OPEC+ on Thursday has postponed the revival of its oil production by three months, now set to begin in April 2025 instead of...
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Dec 6, 20246 min read
Tidbits, PMI, Crush Numbers, ENSO, Export Inspections 12/3/24
Highlights Yesterday, S&P Global reported China’s PMI rose to 51.5 in November, the highest since June as new export orders rose for the...
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Dec 3, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Q&A: Corn Pricing, Flash Sales, Cattle Report, Russian Economy 10/26/24
Tidbits Yesterday’s weakness for corn and beans was a result of speculative profit-taking after four days of gains earlier in the week,...
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Oct 26, 20245 min read
Tidbits, US Employment, Russian Wheat, Export Sales 10/25/24
Highlights & Export Sales November CBOT options expire today. Weekly export sales were huge. According to Karen Braun, it was the...
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Oct 25, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Q&A: ENSO Impact, Corn Sales, Russian Crops 10/17/24
Highlights Yesterday morning, USDA announced the sale of: 1,043,940 mts of old crop corn to Mexico 579,120 mts of new crop corn to Mexico...
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Oct 17, 20245 min read
Tidbits, S&D Report, China, Russian Export Tax 10/12/24
Highlights The main point of interest on yesterday’s S&D was what would the USDA do with corn and bean yields. The market expected both...
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Oct 12, 20244 min read
Tidbits, PCE Index, Wheat, Crude Oil 7/27/24
Highlights The Commerce Department reported yesterday morning the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Federal...
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Jul 27, 20244 min read
Tidbits, GDP & Inflation, Russian Grain, China Manipulations, Export Sales 7/26/24
Highlights August options expire tomorrow, Friday, July 26. First notice day for August futures is July 31. Yesterday morning, the US...
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Jul 26, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Crop Condition, Russian Crop, Brazilian Market 6/19/24
Highlights IKAR increased its Russian wheat production estimate 500,000 mts to 82.0 mil. mts. The trade was looking for IKAR to lower...
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Jun 19, 20243 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, Russian Wheat, Fertilizer, ENSO, Export Inspections 3/26/24
Highlights Russian officials have halted the transport of loaded bushels sold by RIF, a top 2 exporter, due to quality issues. Market...
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Mar 26, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Q&A: Market Plan, Russia-Ukraine, Asian Leaf Rust 3/17/24
Tidbits Odessa is the largest grain handling port on the Black Sea. It is in Southeast Ukraine. A Russian ballistic missile attack struck...
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Mar 17, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Inflation, Presidential Elections in Russia, China's Сancellations, Export Sales 3/15/24
Highlights Presidential elections have begun in Russia, voting will last 3 days. There are 4 candidates running in the election....
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Mar 15, 20243 min read
Tidbits, US PMI, Victoria Nuland, Red Sea, Russia-Ukraine 3/6/24
Tidbits Agrinvest Commodities report Brazil’s producers are losing money when they sell soybeans, but Brazil soybeans are becoming...
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Mar 6, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Russian/Ukraine War, Global Public Debt 2/22/24
Tomorrow begins the third year of the Russian/Ukraine war and Russia is gaining momentum. When the Japanese attacked the US Pacific...
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Feb 22, 20245 min read
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