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2 days ago5 min read
Tidbits, Global Estimates, Fertilizers, Spring Weather, Broiler & Ethanol 2/21/25
Highlights March CBOT options expire today which usually means lower prices. The expected hot weather in Argentina this weekend sent...


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Dec 23, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Q&A: Fuel & UAN, Farm Bill 12/23/24
Tidbits The grain markets will close at 12:05 PM CT this week Tuesday, December 24th. The markets will be closed all day on Wednesday,...


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Sep 22, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Market Action, Wheat, Urea Prices 9/22/24
Highlights The market action this week will be dominated by the looming: Dock workers’ strike on the US East and Gulf Coasts where 5 of...


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Sep 8, 20244 min read
Tidbits, The Low For The Year, Urea Prices 9/8/24
Market Comment After 4 to 6 days of gains, corn, wheat, and beans all closed lower Friday, which is a down day if the markets had been...


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Sep 1, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Crude Oil, Milk Production, Urea Prices 9/1/24
Highlights Late Saturday afternoon, three of Libya’s oilfields received instructions to resume production, engineers at the fields told...


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Aug 18, 20244 min read
Tidbits, ProFarmer Tour, Urea Prices, Carbon Language in Global Error 8/18/24
Tidbits The 3-day ProFarmer tour starts on Tuesday and will cover OH, IN, IL, IA, SD, NE and MN. State yield estimates will be issued...


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Aug 3, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Capturing the Carry, US Economy, Urea Market 8/3/24
Highlights On Wednesday, a giddy euphoria about the US economy prevailed on the “certain” prospects for lower interest rates in...


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Jul 28, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Q&A, China, Urea Report, FOB 7/28/24
Highlights Fears that China’s economy will falter and substantially reduce demand for imports of everything has been a consistent bearish...


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Jul 21, 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...


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Jul 12, 20244 min read
Tidbits, US Inflation, CONAB Estimates, Russian Fertilizers, Export Sales 7/12/24
Highlights The USDA will issue its July S&D at 11 AM Central time today. Yesterday morning, the government reported that inflation during...


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May 26, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Poultry Report, Kevin's Summary, Ukraine, Russia, Israel 5/26/24
Highlights On Friday, Safras and Mercado, a Global Agribusiness of Brazil, reduced their safrinha corn production estimate by 2.99 mil...


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Apr 17, 20244 min read
Tidbits, DAP, Brazil, China, Niger 4/17/24
Tidbits Open interest refers to the number of trade positions on the books. The past two days saw the largest increase in open interest...


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Apr 13, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Argentina, China, Fertilizer 4/13/24
Highlights The US stock markets took a thumping yesterday as JPMorgan and Wells Fargo both reported net interest income well below...


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Apr 9, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Urea Market, Brazil & China, ENSO, Export Inspections 4/9/24
Highlights StoneX’s fertilizer guy, Josh Linville, reported yesterday afternoon India shocked the global urea market by cutting their...


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Mar 26, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Russian Wheat, Fertilizer, ENSO, Export Inspections 3/26/24
Highlights Russian officials have halted the transport of loaded bushels sold by RIF, a top 2 exporter, due to quality issues. Market...


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Mar 24, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Spec Funds Positions, Gevo & SAF 3/24/24
Tidbits World urea prices this past week were down ~4%, despite the Indian tender. Phosphate prices were mostly unchanged except Single...


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Mar 20, 20245 min read
Tidbits, Marketing Tools - Puts vs HTA, Fertilizers Prices, Cocoa 3/20/24
Tidbits The Director of Russian Foreign Intelligence Service says France is preparing to deploy 2,000 troops to Ukraine to help fight...


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Mar 16, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Beans February Crush, Wheat Production, Fertilizer Costs 3/16/24
Highlights NOPA posted a record February soybean crush by almost 20 mil bushels as new facilities come online and processors make up for...


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Mar 3, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Fertilizers, Charter Rates 3/3/24
Tidbits Crop input purchases in the USA accelerated the past week as the dry weather has allowed field work. That is the main reason urea...


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Jan 5, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Estimates, Urea, Broilers & Ethanol, Markets & Rain Days Update 1/5/24
Highlights The weather outlook for Brazil’s main growing area looks to be turning drier and warmer next week. Watch the number of rain...
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