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Tidbits, Call Options, Russia-Ukraine, Crude Oil 8/17/25
Tidbits Russia-Ukraine: On the surface, Trump’s meeting with President Putin was a total failure. Trump had said he wanted a cease fire...
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Aug 175 min read
Tidbits, PPI & Inflation, Ukraine, Brazilian Corn, Weather, Export Sales 8/15/25
Tidbits Inflation: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the July producer price index (PPI) increased 0.9% from June, the largest...
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Aug 154 min read
Tidbits, Corn Stocks-to-Use, Ukraine, Broilers & Ethanol 8/14/25
Tidbits Corn: Karen Braun was correct when she reported yesterday that U.S. corn stocks-to-use ratio at 13.3%, is the lowest for an...
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Aug 144 min read
Tidbits, Federal Reserve, Ukraine, Endangerment Finding, FOB 8/4/25
Tidbits On Sunday, OPEC+ reached a preliminary deal to increase oil production by 548,000 barrels per day beginning in September as...
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Aug 44 min read
Tidbits, Corn, Tariffs, Ukraine, Crop Conditions, ENSO, Export Inspections 7/15/25
Tidbits Yesterday’s new crop corn futures price action was technically significant. For example, December corn made new contract lows...
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Jul 154 min read
Tidbits, Technical Analysis: SuperTrend, Ukraine-Russia, Oils, FOB 6/2/25
Tidbits USDA April crush numbers for soybeans, canola, and corn will be issued 2 PM Central today. Over the weekend, India reduced...
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Jun 25 min read
Tidbits, SA Crops, Ukraine, Tariffs, Farm Funding, ENSO, Export Inspections 2/11/25
Highlights At 11 AM Central time this morning, the USDA will release its monthly S&D. We sent the estimates to you as part of Saturday’s...
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Feb 115 min read
Tidbits, Crude Oil, Economies, Ukrainian Grain, Export Sales 11/1/24
Highlights December crude oil made a 4-week low Tuesday after Israel's weekend retaliatory strike was very limited and raised hopes that...
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Nov 1, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Q&A: Call Options, Ukrainian Crops, Japan 10/28/24
Tidbits Crude oil futures gapped a dollar lower and traded as much as $4.00 lower last evening on the relatively “peaceful” Saturday...
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Oct 28, 20245 min read
Tidbits, U.S. CPI, Russia-Ukraine, Broilers & Ethanol 9/12/24
Highlights The US CPI data (inflation at retail level) for August +0.2% as expected. For the past 12 months, the CPI was up 2.5%,...
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Sep 12, 20245 min read
Tidbits, S&P Futures, Artillery Shells, Market Commentary - Grain Prices 7/22/24
S&P Futures We have often mentioned that selling cash corn, beans, or wheat and replacing it with a futures or options position of that...
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Jul 22, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Wheat Basis, Planting Retro, Ukraine, Antarctica 5/13/24
Market Retrospective On this date in 2019, it was raining across the Corn Belt as it had most days since the middle of April. July 2019...
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May 13, 20244 min read
Tidbits, April S&D, Inflation, Ukraine, Export Sales 4/12/24
Tidbits Yesterday morning, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported inflation at the wholesale level in March was up 0.2%; the market...
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Apr 12, 20242 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, 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
Tidbits, E15 Fuel, Ukraine's losses, Cocoa, ENSO, Export Inspections 2/21/24
Highlights Dr. Michael Cordonnier lowered his Brazilian soybeans production estimate to 145 mil mt (USDA 156), down 2 mil mts while...
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Feb 21, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Stocks & Estimates, Markets & Rain Days Update 12/2/23
Highlights The October Census Bureau crush was reported after the close yesterday and it was an all-time record high for any month. The...
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Dec 2, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Brazil Crops, Ukraine Exports, Meat, Rain Days Update 10/29/23
Highlights Dr. Michael Cordonnier, the guru of South American crop production, wrote on Friday: "Farmers in Mato Grosso have a difficult...
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Oct 29, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Ukraine, CO2 Ventures, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/23/23
Tidbits Argentina's ruling coalition did much better than expected to lead the country's general election and set the stage for a vote...
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Oct 23, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Yields, Ukraine Export, Q&A on Wheat, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/10/23
Highlights Two weeks ago, 8 out of 10 farmers we talked to said they were expecting less bushels per acre than a year ago. While they...
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Oct 10, 20234 min read
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