Winter storms ignite more volatility in natural gas
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 [...]
Problems at port slow juice imports
Stocks of non-orange juice concentrates at the end of August were just 276.4 million pounds, nearly unchanged from July and the lowest level for [...]
U.S. supply chain overwhelmed by demand
Commodity inflation has been challenging enough over the past year, but supply chain issues have multiplied the increase through higher direct costs as well [...]
Strong summer exports keep transportation costs high
The U.S. has exported over 17.0 MMT of corn during June-August—with another week still to go in August reporting—which is a record for the [...]
Keep an eye on crude oil’s impact on freight costs
You may remember when freight rail costs went crazy back in 2014 due to the sharp increase in domestic U.S. crude oil production. As [...]