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On Thursday, April 9, the US Department of Agriculture will release its April World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The monthly WASDE report is the gold standard for producers and consumers of agricultural products. The April WASDE comes as the spring planting season gets un...

Grains were in the crosshairs of the trade war between the US and China in 2018 and throughout most of 2019. The two sides signed a “ phase one ” agreement on January 15, which raised hopes that 2019 would be a better year for farmers in the US. China is the world’s most p...

Soft commodities can be the most volatile sector of the commodities market as prices routinely double, triple, or halve in value during their pricing cycles. The path of least resistance for the prices of luxury commodities is a function of the weather and crop diseases in the critical growi...

On Tuesday, March 10, the US Department of Agriculture released its March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The monthly WASDE is the gold-standard when it comes to fundamental data on grains and other agricultural markets. As we move into the spring season in the United St...

By Dimitry Dayen, CFA and Jeffrey Schulze, CFA In a flashback to the 2014 Thanksgiving massacre, the OPEC+ deal to further cut crude oil production was blocked last week by Russia, which refused to cut its own production significantly under an ultimatum from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco init...

On Tuesday, February 11, at noon EST, the US Department of Agriculture will release its second World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report of the year. The February WASDE will set the state for the 2020 planting season, which commences in late March and April. The monthly WASDE rep...

Wheat is an agricultural product that feeds the world. Bread is a staple in most countries around the globe, and wheat is the primary ingredient. While the US is the world's leading producer and exporter of soybeans and corn, it is one of many wheat-producing nations. As an agricultural comm...

Thesis As reported in my previous article , decreased global inventories were poised to push the rice prices higher. A 10-year analysis of the global consumption levels from 2009 to 2010 indicated that the global deficit at the period was 25.3 million metric tonnes. Falling demand from prim...

Corn for March delivery settled -3.1% to $3.75 1/2 per bushel in CBOT trading today, with March wheat -1.4% to $5.65 1/4 per bushel and March soybeans -0.5% to $9.24 per bushel, its lowest in nearly a month. More news on: Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, Teucrium Corn ETF, VanEck Vectors ...

China reportedly has pledged to buy $50B more in U.S. energy supplies and raise U.S. agriculture purchases by $32B over two years as part of the upcoming phase one trade deal, but commodity traders and analysts are struggling to figure out how China will fulfill such sizeable commitment...