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April net corn cost up 20% from March

By |May 18, 2023|Categories: Corn & Soy Complex, Edible Oils, Energy, Market Prices|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Corn basis: Basis bids around Decatur, IL were considerably higher during the April reconciliation period, compared to March 2023 and April 2022. Corn gluten [...]

Petroleum Reserve drained further as Middle East visit ends

By |July 26, 2022|Categories: Energy, Market Prices, Weather|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

At June’s end, the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) dropped to its lowest level since the mid-1980s, a 35-year low. The Biden administration is [...]

Surging greenback could help press pause on dollar-denominated commodities

By |May 17, 2022|Categories: Cocoa & Chocolate, Corn & Soy Complex, Dairy & Eggs, Edible Oils, Energy, Market Prices, Sugar, Wheat|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Interest rates were increased by 50 basis points in an early-May Fed meeting, and there was strong insinuation the move would be followed by [...]

Winter storms ignite more volatility in natural gas

By |February 8, 2022|Categories: Energy, Market Prices, Shipping, Weather|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A series of winter storms across the country brought a record-shattering blizzard for New England states and travel headaches across the Midwest with thousands [...]

Natural gas rig counts stabilizing

By |November 13, 2020|Categories: Energy, Weather|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

October’s early start to winter saw subfreezing temperatures and snow across the upper Midwest. Prices for natural gas have been trading sideways in the [...]

Crude oil stocks down after Hurricane Laura

By |September 9, 2020|Categories: Energy|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The last week of August saw a pair of tropical storms hit the Gulf Coast states in what has already been an extremely active [...]

Soybean oil prices crash under energy market tidal wave

By |April 27, 2020|Categories: Biodiesel, Corn & Soy Complex|Tags: , , , , , |

Soybean values dropped additionally last week but nothing to match the price depreciation seen in soybean oil futures. The precipitous fall of nearby crude [...]