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Directional Trade Deficit

The Biden Administration halted new trade agreements until it said it could make Americans more competitive with policies like Build Back Better. However, those policies could take many years and the trade deficit continues to grow. It is no doubt helped along by the strong dollar, which makes imports cheaper and exports less competitive.  However, it also does not help when trading partners like Mexico impose barriers to agricultural imports from the U.S. American corn exports are a significant 17 percent of the value of U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico.  They are already down 15 percent in the first quarter of this fiscal year. Mexico’s overall trade surplus with the U.S. has been growing at double digits each year, an...

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Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.3025/bushel, down $0.1125 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Wheat closed at $5.2725/bushel, down $0.085 from yesterday's close.  Jan 26 Soybeans closed at $11.245/bushel, down $0.225 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $322.5/short ton, down $...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Excitement; Over-Reaction, Under-Reaction

Like Lord Tennyson’s troops lined up in the Crimean War, sometimes we are just fodder in the commodity markets. After 40 days and 40 nights of withdrawal from government data reports, we watched as the momentum built for today’s noon EST release of USDA November WASDE report. In the...

Tariff and Macro Policy Change Announcements Coming

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said today that the U.S. is readying an announcement to exempt a number of food and agricultural products not produced in the United States from tariffs. The announcement comes after the President mentioned coffee prices as being high, saying that the U...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.3025/bushel, down $0.1125 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Wheat closed at $5.2725/bushel, down $0.085 from yesterday's close.  Jan 26 Soybeans closed at $11.245/bushel, down $0.225 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $322.5/short ton, down $...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Excitement; Over-Reaction, Under-Reaction

Like Lord Tennyson’s troops lined up in the Crimean War, sometimes we are just fodder in the commodity markets. After 40 days and 40 nights of withdrawal from government data reports, we watched as the momentum built for today’s noon EST release of USDA November WASDE report. In the...

Tariff and Macro Policy Change Announcements Coming

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said today that the U.S. is readying an announcement to exempt a number of food and agricultural products not produced in the United States from tariffs. The announcement comes after the President mentioned coffee prices as being high, saying that the U...

WPI Grain Transportation Report

Dry-bulk markets were higher last week amid improved freight inquiries, tightening tonnage lists, and traders hoping for increased grain business in late November and early December. Despite hopes to the contrary, there has been essentially no confirmation of any U.S. grain export business to C...

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