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 continuing to use SPR withdrawals to bolster supply and try to bring reduce fuel prices and the oft-mentioned pain at [...]
Mexico has booked more than a million metric tons of corn in two separate weeks this season, but even so, average weekly orders, at 340,400 MT, remained 10 percent below the same period last season. On the other hand, South Korea has yet to [...]
South Africa is increasing plantings of many citrus varieties, including oranges, lemons, and soft citrus (clementines, mandarins, satsumas)—lemons and soft citrus tree plantings are growing especially quickly. Lemon bearing trees and production are up 12 percent and 49 percent, respectively, over two years, while [...]
