Over the past four weeks diesel prices have started to rally moving toward harvest season. The question remains whether this is temporary or a longer-term trend.
From a regional perspective, Midwest distillate inventories for the week of 14 July were the highest recorded for the region since February of 2022. Inventories in the Midwest usually build rapidly in the summer, although that didn’t occur in 2022. Last year, low inventories in the Midwest persisted through the first half of the summer and into the harvest season, when distillate stocks typically draw an average of about 8 million barrels out of inventory from September through November. The 2023 spring maintenance slowdown was heavy in the Midwest drawi...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
