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Tidbits, China GDP, NOPA Crush, Crude Oil Demand, Wheat Areas 4/16/25
Tidbits The Chinese economy expanded at an annual rate of 5.4% in the first quarter of 2025, keeping the same pace as in the 4th quarter...
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Apr 164 min read
Tidbits, Rice, Crop Progress, Ethanol & Oil Demand, ADM, ENSO, Export Inspections 4/15/25
Tidbits The markets will be closed on 18 April, Good Friday. Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 120,000 mts of old crop...
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Apr 155 min read
Tidbits, Tariff Retaliations, OPEC+ Increase, South America Crops, Export Sales 4/4/25
Tidbits OPEC+ is reversing its production cuts with output set to rise by more than expected in May because they see continuing healthy...
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Apr 45 min read
Tidbits, Tariffs Announcement, Canada Oilseed, Crude Oil Production, Broilers & Ethanol 4/3/25
Highlights Trump Tariffs announced in the Rose Garden of the White House at a press conference 4 to 5 PM Eastern Time yesterday applied...
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Apr 34 min read
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...
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Mar 275 min read
Tidbits, Crude Oil, Chinese Steel & Tariffs, FOB, Market Commentary 3/17/25
Price of Crude Oil May Be Going Up Last week, the Iranian-backed Houthis said they would resume attacks on Israeli vessels sailing off...
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Mar 175 min read
Tidbits, Crude Oil, Steel Tariffs, Brazil Beans, Winter Wheat, Broilers & Ethanol 3/13/25
Highlights Corn deliveries on March futures have been zero since 7 March, so a search for a reason for yesterday’s 14¢ loss on May corn...
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Mar 135 min read
Tidbits, Economy, Crude Oil, PMI, France, Broilers & Ethanol 3/6/25
Tidbits U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said President Trump is in constant contact with both Mexico and Canadian officials...
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Mar 64 min read
Tidbits, Crude Oil, SA Weather, Mexico & GMO Corn, US Export Sales 2/7/25
Highlights Crude oil futures lost a dollar Thursday morning and closed about 40¢ lower after President Donald Trump repeated a pledge to...
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Feb 75 min read
Tidbits, SA Crops, Bill 549 for 45Z, Russian Crude Oil 1/29/25
Highlights As of Tuesday afternoon, the weather model runs are showing the return of a wet pattern for Northern Brazil and dryer weather...
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Jan 295 min read
Tidbits, NOPA Crush, Wheat, Crude, Consensus, Broiler & Ethanol 1/16/25
Highlights NOPA crush in December was 206.604 million bushels, up 7% from November and up 6% from a year ago. This is the largest...
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Jan 165 min read
Tidbits, Premium Contracts, Crude Oil, S&D Estimates 12/7/24
Tidbits A 25% tariff on imported Canadian crude oil would have a major impact on North American energy markets, driving up prices for...
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Dec 7, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Debt, Crude Oil, Bullish Consensus, Broilers & Ethanol 11/21/24
Tidbits Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of: 202,000 mts of old crop soybeans to China 226,200 mts of old crop soybeans to...
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Nov 21, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Inflation, Crude Oil & Climate Summit, Bullish Consensus 11/14/24
Highlights The Labor Department reported yesterday morning the Consumer Price Index (CPI; inflation at the retail level) increased 0.2%...
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Nov 14, 20245 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, Crude Oil, Harvest Progress, Export Inspections 10/16/24
Highlights Yesterday was an all-around ugly attitude day for a variety of reasons, none-of-which justified the magnitude of the lower...
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Oct 16, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Crude Oil, Hurricane 10/9/24
Highlights The river gauge at Memphis will restrict barge drafts by October 13th if no rain comes this week. Weather Monday night poured...
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Oct 9, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Crude Oil, Harvest Progress, ENSO, Export Inspections 10/8/24
Highlights Cash crude oil was $2.91 higher and futures were $2.76 higher yesterday for several reasons: Expectations Israel will hit...
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Oct 8, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Iran’s Missile Attack, Crush Numbers, Egypt 10/2/24
Highlights Late last evening local time, Iran reportedly launched 186 missiles at Israel, which the Iranian regime said was in...
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Oct 2, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Crude Oil, Stocks Reports, Export Sales 9/27/24
Highlights This is Friday before a harvest weekend. Look at the weather across the Corn Belt and decide if pre-hedging pressure is a...
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Sep 27, 20244 min read
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