August 12, 2024
AUGUST 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES:

AUGUST 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES: Today’s WASDE report was relatively ...

AUGUST 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES: Today’s WASDE report was relatively neutral for corn and wheat and surprisingly bearish for the soy complex. Yield estimates today were based on ...

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August 08, 2024
Understanding the FMMO Pricing Formula Change Proposal

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) held a rulemaking hearing late ...

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) held a rulemaking hearing late last year and early this year to consider and take evidence on 21 proposals seeking to amend the Federal Milk Marketing ...

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July 29, 2024
5 Steps for Developing a Risk Management Plan

5 Steps for Developing a Risk Management Plan “If you fail to plan, you ...

5 Steps for Developing a Risk Management Plan “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail” –Benjamin Franklin Earlier this month we had the opportunity to attend the National Pork ...

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July 12, 2024
JULY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES:

JULY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES: Today’s WASDE report was relatively ...

JULY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES: Today’s WASDE report was relatively supportive for corn, neutral soybeans, and slightly bearish wheat relative to analysts’ pre-report expectations. ...

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June 12, 2024
JUNE 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES:

JUNE 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES: Today’s WASDE report was relatively ...

JUNE 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES: Today’s WASDE report was relatively neutral for corn, soybeans, and wheat with most estimates coming in line with analysts’ pre-report expectations. ...

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June 06, 2024
Volatility in the Market Place

Volatility in the Market Place Producers often experience price shocks due ...

Volatility in the Market Place Producers often experience price shocks due to discrepancies in supply and demand, which are rarely understood in real time. Usually only after the dust has settled ...

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June 03, 2024
Understanding Option Volatility and Price Implications

Most option traders understand how the premium is impacted by the direction ...

Most option traders understand how the premium is impacted by the direction of the underlying futures market. Because puts allow owners to protect lower prices, the value of the put increases ...

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May 10, 2024
MAY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES:

MAY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES: Today’s report provided the first ...

MAY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY AND NOTES: Today’s report provided the first look at new crop balance sheets and incorporated acreage estimates from March’s Prospective Plantings report. ...

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May 01, 2024
Opportunity Knocks: Pork Margin Outlook

Opportunity Knocks: Pork Margin Outlook Following nearly two years of below ...

Opportunity Knocks: Pork Margin Outlook Following nearly two years of below breakeven margins, the outlook for pork producers has improved in recent months. While the change in tide has felt ...

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