What You Need to Know Today Agricultural futures spent a third straight session mostly lower after partially recovering from morning lows. The war in Iran continues to drive energy markets with spillover into ags. After two days lower, crude oil turned higher after Iran demanded unlikely concessions. Crude oil inventories are tightening due to the war, though the EIA’s estimated stocks drawdown is slightly less than private estimates.
JBS leadership facilitated a meeting at the White House for Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva where he sought reduced tariffs and discussed organized crime. President Trump said the meeting went well and praised Lula as “dynamic.” Planting and emergence of crops in th...
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What You Need to Know Today: Iran says its definition of the Strait of Hormuz is now a “vast operation area” that stretches from Jask to Siri Island. The White House said President Trump did not sign a suspension of the TRQs on beef imports but is “finalizing potential...
If the media headlines and Trump critics are to be believed, President Trump is headed to Beijing this Thursday in a weakened position. China is in control, it has the upper hand, and expectations are very low. These are the same critics that argue against overly simplistic zero-sum analyses in...
