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Jul 14, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Donald Trump, Weather, Brazil 7/14/24
Highlights In this business, when something unusual happens, such as yesterday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, one must consider...


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Jul 9, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Weather, Crop Conditions, ENSO, Export Inspections 7/9/24
Highlights The first sentence of yesterday’s report was: "Sunday’s weather forecast indicates remnants of Hurricane Beryl will probably...


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Jul 8, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Weather 7/8/24
Highlights Sunday’s weather forecast indicates remnants of Hurricane Beryl will probably bring some rain to the Eastern Corn Belt over...


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Jul 5, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Weather, Palm Oil, Export Sales 7/6/24
Highlights August board crush margin jumped 15½¢ yesterday; that is 15½¢ more profit per bushel of beans crushed. July corn settled ¾ of...


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Jul 3, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Drought Monitor, ENSO, Broilers & Ethanol 7/4/24
The CBOT will start trading at 8:30 AM Central Time Friday. Highlights Soybean oil leaped higher yesterday, with August up 1.6¢ per...


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Jul 2, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Floods, Palm Oil, BRICS 7/3/24
Highlights The flooding on the Mississippi is worse than initially thought. It now looks like the entire Mid-Mississippi north of mile...


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Jun 28, 20243 min read
Tidbits, July Deliveries, Weather, Export Sales 6/28/24
Highlights At 11 AM Central Time today, the USDA will release its Actual Planted Acres, Quarterly Grain Inventory as of June 1st, and US...


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Jun 24, 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...


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Jun 23, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Mato Grosso, Rainfall, North Korea 6/23/24
The CFTC did not issue its COT report Friday afternoon due to the holiday last week. The COT will be released Monday afternoon. We will...


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Jun 22, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Rainfall, Green Energy, Export Sales 6/22/24
Highlights The BN and UP railroads are holding-up rail traffic at the US/Mexico border, which may have stopped all corn by rail to Mexico...


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Jun 21, 20245 min read
Tidbits, CBOT Options, Weather Forecast, Broilers & Ethanol 6/21/24
Highlights July CBOT options expire today. A week from today is the Actual Planted Acres, Wheat Production, and Quarterly Grain Inventory...


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Jun 17, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Weather, Hammersmith's Summary, Crude Oil 6/17/24
Announcements The National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) crush for May will be released around noon today. It is expected to be a...


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Jun 12, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Weather Impact on Prices, Corn Highs & Lows 6/12/24
Q&A Question from from Travis: As we move forward with this current crop having very good crop ratings… when would you suggest we get rid...


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Jun 9, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Soybeans: Futures or Options, Weather 6/9/24
Tidbits The first heat wave of the year continued the third day in the U.S. Southwest on Saturday after setting record highs well above...


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Jun 6, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Crop Estimates, Weather, Broilers & Ethanol 6/6/24
Highlights The weekly ethanol report numbers were supportive for corn prices, but the market ignored it. Ethanol production was the...


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Jun 5, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Weather, Export News, Crude Oil 6/5/24
Highlights Rain moved across ND and SD yesterday and delivered heavy rain and storms to already waterlogged Minnesota, where flooding is...

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Jun 2, 20243 min read
Tidbits, Acid Rain, Chinese Grain Prices 6/2/24
Acid Rains Twenty or so years ago, acid rain, according to the world’s governments and environmentalists, was going to kill us all. Acid...


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May 25, 20244 min read
Tidbits, La Niña, China & Taiwan, Trade War 5/25/24
Highlights Rice is the top competitor with wheat in the world marketplace and in the domestic markets of Asia. India and China are the...


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May 23, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Prices in China, Weather in Brazil, Broilers & Ethanol 5/23/24
Highlights June CBOT options expire tomorrow. Yesterday, China soybean futures traded at highs for the year at the equivalent of $15.27...


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May 22, 20244 min read
Tidbits, Wheat Basis, Frosts in Ukraine, Chinese Imports 5/22/24
Highlights Recent frosts in Ukraine have not caused significant damage to grain and oilseed crops, a state weather forecaster said on...
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