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5 days ago5 min read
Tidbits, Options Expiration, SA Crops, Truce Talks, Mutual Tariffs 2/18/25
Highlights There were rains of 2.5 to 3.5 inches across a wide area of Argentina’s crop land yesterday and more rain is expected this...


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Feb 144 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 135 min read
Tidbits, Soybeans & Meal, Truce, CPI, Basis Firming, Broilers & Ethanol 2/13/25
Agriculture futures markets are closed Monday, President’s Day. Highlights Was yesterday’s soybean action the signal that the market has...


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Feb 85 min read
Tidbits, Brazil, Economy, S&D Estimates 2/8/25
Highlights The weather pattern Mato Grosso and Goias through Wednesday is expected to allow a sharp advance in the harvest pace. Weather...


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Feb 24 min read
Tidbits, Tariffs, Cotton, South America 2/2/25
Highlights Canada is taking similar measures in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on its goods, Canadian Prime...


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Feb 15 min read
Tidbits, Tariffs, South America, Cattle Inventory 2/1/25
Highlights Despite many rumors and some “reports” Friday to the contrary, the White House confirmed in a press briefing tariffs they...


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Jan 315 min read
Tidbits, Tariffs, Economies, Eggs, Export Sales 1/31/25
Highlights The weather forecast has rain coming to the dry areas of South America a day sooner next week than expected yesterday, but the...


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Jan 284 min read
Tidbits, Colombia, AI, Lunar Year, ENSO, Export Inspections 1/28/25
Highlights Colombia’s President Petro late Sunday agreed to all of President Trump’s terms on the deportation of migrants. Colombia is a...


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Jan 155 min read
Tidbits, South America, PPI 1/15/25
Highlights Weather in Argentina is the single most important factor for the price of soybeans from now until the rains start....


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Jan 95 min read
Tidbits, Soybean Seasonal, Economy, Broilers & Ethanol 1/9/25
Due to a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter, equity and stock option markets will be closed today. Agricultural...


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Dec 19, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Soybean Selling, Real, Fed Rate, Broilers & Ethanol 12/19/24
Tidbits Computer selling completely got out of hand yesterday. It all started because the market continues to expect the largest ever...


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Dec 2, 20244 min read
Tidbits, PMI, BRICS 12/2/24
Tidbits The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index, also known as the purchasing managers' index (PMI), is a monthly...


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Nov 30, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Economy, Deliveries, Export Sales 11/30/24
Tidbits The American economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace in the third quarter of 2024 on strong consumer spending and a surge...


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Nov 28, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Tariffs, Green Diesel, Bullish Consensus, Broilers & Ethanol 11/28/24
Tidbits Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 132,000 mts of old crop soybeans to China. The 2 to 5 trading days before...


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Nov 21, 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 20, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Policy, Aluminum, US Debt 11/20/24
Highlights Two telecommunications cables cut in the Baltic Sea in 48 hours prompted European officials to say Tuesday that they suspect...


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Nov 16, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Soybean Crush, Economy, Export Sales 11/16/24
Highlights The National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) soybean crush was an all-time monthly high in October. NOPA members crushed...


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Nov 14, 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 8, 20245 min read
Tidbits, China, Russian Wheat, EU Corn, Export Sales 11/8/24
At 10 AM Mountain Time today the USDA will issue its November S&D. On Wednesday, an EPA auditor gave an agricultural commercial chemical...


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Nov 3, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Q&A: Interest Rate, Dockers' Strike, PMI 11/3/24
Highlights Wayne Bacon of Hammersmith Reports has been involved in the international grain trade for more than 60 years. His comment this...
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