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Tidbits, Crude Inventories, Brazil and China Basis, Broilers & Ethanol 3/27/25
Tidbits Corn was sharply lower yesterday because of the weekly ethanol report (see below) and the fear of Monday’s USDA acreage and...
Wright Team
Mar 275 min read
Tidbits, Fall Delivery Basis Contracts, Producer Price Index 8/14/24
Highlights The Producer Price Index for July was reported yesterday +0.1%, better than the expected +0.2%. As a result, the dollar was...
Wright team
Aug 14, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Basis Decision, EU Wheat, Export Sales 8/9/24
Tidbits Strategies Grain lowered their EU soft wheat production estimate by 5.8 million to 116.5 million tons, 8.4% lower from 2023. ...
Wright team
Aug 9, 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...
Wright team
Aug 4, 20243 min read
Tidbits, CrowdStrike, China Urea, Q&A: Firm Basis 7/21/24
Highlights Early Friday morning CrowdStrike deployed a content update to its Falcon Sensor agents, which triggered a system-level error...
Wright team
Jul 21, 20243 min read
Tidbits, IT Meltdown, Q&A: Basis Contract Alternatives, Wheat, Cattle on Feed 7/20/24
Highlights Bloomberg reported what may go down as the most spectacular IT meltdown the world has ever seen, which occurred yesterday, was...
Wright team
Jul 20, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Basis Contract Roll, Crude Oil, Brazil Corn, ENSO 7/17/24
Highlights All three wheat classes were lower yesterday, but the price free-fall was stopped by Egypt and Algeria submitted tenders to...
Wright team
Jul 17, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Q&A: Corn Contract, Labor Market, Palm Oil 7/10/24
Highlights Dr. Cordonnier left his yield and production estimates unchanged for US corn and beans. French Ag ministry first production...
Wright team
Jul 10, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Weather, Wheat Basis 6/24/24
Highlights Weather in the crop areas of North America remains in the world's headline for grains and oilseeds followed by South American...
Wright team
Jun 24, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Wheat Harvest Basis, Crude Oil, PMI, Broilers & Ethanol 5/9/24
Highlights Biden said late yesterday he will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah. Most news reports state Israel’s military...
Wright team
May 9, 20244 min read
Tidbits, May Basis Contracts, Wheat Droughts, IRS 4/22/24
Marketing recommendations for grain May basis contracts. Wheat weather problems. IRS summary.
Wright team
Apr 22, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Basis, ENSO Weather, Export Inspections, Markets & Rain Days Update 11/14/23
Market Comment From Russ, who is located in Central South Dakota very close to the North Dakota border: "Our area and surrounding areas...
Wright team
Nov 14, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Iowa Corn Basis, ENSO, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/25/23
Highlights Naomi Blohm of West Bend, WI is a Senior Market Advisor, commodity broker, speaker, with Total Farm Marketing by...
Wright team
Oct 25, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Firm Basis, El Nino, Export Inspections, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/17/23
Highlights Crop progress: The nation’s corn crop is 45% harvested, 3% ahead of the 5 year average; the market expected 46%. The beans are...
Wright team
Oct 17, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Politics, Economy, Basis, Markets & Rain Days Update 10/7/23
Politics Not a word about Ukraine’s corruption and its links with US political figures the past 24 hours. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is the...
Wright team
Oct 7, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Basis Decision, Corn Outlook, ENSO, Export Inspections, Markets & Rain Days Update 8/8/23
Basis Decision The cash price paid to farmers is a function of futures and basis. You need to separate the day you price them because the...
Wright Team
Aug 8, 20234 min read
Tidbits, Grain Basis Analysis, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 8/3/23
Highlights The world markets were really shaken by Fitch’s lower credit rating for the USA government. For a hundred years, America has...
Wright Team
Aug 3, 20236 min read
Tidbits, Setting the Basis, Export Inspections, Markets & Rain Days Update 7/18/23
Highlights Russia announced yesterday morning US time that they would not renew the Grain Corridor Deal. The reaction in the corn and...
Wright Team
Jul 18, 20235 min read
Weekly Basis 7/9/23
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) settled at 33,734.88, -672.72 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $73.67, +3.22. The...
Wright Team
Jul 9, 20233 min read
Weekly Basis 7/2/23
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) settled at 34,407.60, +680.17 points for the week. Crude oil settled at $70.45, +0.95. The...
Wright Team
Jul 2, 20233 min read
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