Corn stocks reported below industry estimate
As of Mar. 1, 2020, U.S. corn stocks were just over 7.95 billion bushels, down roughly 8 percent YOY and below trade expectations. A [...]
China returns to soybean market
For the week of Mar. 19, net U.S. 2019/20 soybean export sales were 904,340 MT, the highest weekly sales since mid-December. China’s orders, at [...]
New life for unusual metric? The Waffle House Index
Waffle House restaurants have a reputation as a hardy breed: The average Waffle House is unfazed by bad weather that shutters other restaurants. Even [...]
Natural gas: New highs & lows for the year
The COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying price collapse across commodities comes as no surprise, and some longer-term implications can already be discerned with a [...]
Brazil center-south sugarcane campaign nears end
Brazil’s 2019/20 center-south sugarcane crush campaign will end this month and the 2020/21 campaign will begin in April. For the current campaign, total crush [...]
Regional CBD isolate pricing converges, trends lower
Pricing for solid or powdered CBD (known as CBD isolate) has aligned at an average price of $1,500 per kilogram across four major reporting [...]
Alcohol distillers shift to hand sanitizer
Growing up, when we kids got a scrape or cut, the playground advice was “Rub some dirt on it” to stop the blood. But [...]
Recovery in South Dakota’s honey production
U.S. honey production was around 156.9 million pounds in 2019, up 2 percent from 2018 but down 2 percent from the previous five-year average [...]