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Highlights CBOT corn and beans opened lower last night probably because a bit more rain in the 8 to 14 day forecast. There is a lot of hot and dry weather between now and then with two crop progress reports, the first one this afternoon. People in a position (business and government) to know what they are talking about say gasoline prices will be down to $4.75 within a month or less. Some of the more intelligent Democrats realize if gasoline prices do not decline sharply bef

Highlights The war for Ukraine is not going to end after Russia completes its quest to gain complete control of the Eastern Ukraine disputed Donbas-Luhansk area. NATO said the war will continue for two more years at the least. NATO will most certainly do their best to make sure the war does just that. Russia’s military movements clearly show Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, in the extreme northeast part of the country, just 35 miles from the Russian border, is the nex

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Highlights Yesterday, the Brazil ag consulting firm, Safras & Mercado, lowered their Brazilian bean crop estimate from 125.08 to 122.3...

Highlights Russia is negotiating with Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan to organize the re-export of Russian products to international...

Highlights There were 7 natural gas or crude oil drilling rigs and 4 shale fracking rigs added last week in the USA. There are now 670...

Highlights There was nothing in Friday’s USDA numbers that justified such a strong finish on Friday. Jet fuel supplies on the US East...

Highlights Saudi Arabia has increased the price of crude oil for May delivery to all buyers: Arab Light to Asia (which gets two-thirds of...

Highlights It is clear the Russian military pressure on Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv has rescinded and moved east toward the Russian...

Highlights Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 136,000 mts of old crop corn to unknown. Thursday's USDA’s bean acres of...

Highlights Now read this and take it to heart: US farmers are going to plant at least 1.5 million more acres of corn and at least 1.5...

Highlights Yesterday afternoon's Pig Crop Report showed a 2% decline of All hogs, Breeding Stock, and Market hogs; less corn and meal...

Highlights Corn and beans made highs last Wednesday. Everyone knew then that the USDA would issue one of the most important crop reports...

Twelve ballistic missiles hit near the US consulate in Erbil in Northwestern Iraq Saturday (last) night. Tracking the trajectory of the...

Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of: 128,900 mts of old crop corn to unknown 264,000 mts of new crop soybeans to China Old...

May Chicago wheat did open up the 85 cent limit. One hour after the market opened, 5,300+ May contracts were traded. After two hours,...