January 18, 2024
HRC Futures: Navigating HRC Market Depth

HRC Futures: Navigating HRC Market Depth Much discussion has centered on ...

HRC Futures: Navigating HRC Market Depth Much discussion has centered on HRC futures and option liquidity. The perceived lack of liquidity is often used as a reason for not engaging in risk ...

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January 12, 2024
JANUARY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES:

JANUARY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The January WASDE report was ...

JANUARY 2024 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The January WASDE report was viewed as relatively bearish for corn, soybeans, and wheat as global ending stocks were increased for all three commodities ...

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December 28, 2023
White Paper on Subsidy Harvesting

White Paper on Subsidy Harvesting Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) has become ...

White Paper on Subsidy Harvesting Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) has become an integral part of many livestock producers’ risk management toolbox in recent years. The program is intended ...

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December 12, 2023
What Role Does a Hedge Play in the Related Physical Transaction?

What Role Does a Hedge Play in the Related Physical Transaction? Last week ...

What Role Does a Hedge Play in the Related Physical Transaction? Last week in Chicago, we hosted several metals companies for our bi-annual Metals Price Management Seminar (“MPMS”). During ...

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December 08, 2023
DECEMBER 2023 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES:

DECEMBER 2023 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The December WASDE report was ...

DECEMBER 2023 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The December WASDE report was largely in line with expectations and relatively neutral for the corn, soybean, and wheat markets. Market attention ...

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December 04, 2023
Utilizing Steel Futures Spreads

Utilizing Steel Futures Spreads When discussing the futures forward curve, ...

Utilizing Steel Futures Spreads When discussing the futures forward curve, using terms like contango and backwardation are used frequently. We want to take time to discuss why these concepts ...

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November 09, 2023
NOVEMBER 2023 WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES:

NOVEMBER WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The November WASDE report was viewed ...

NOVEMBER WASDE REPORT SUMMARY & NOTES: The November WASDE report was viewed as relatively negative corn and wheat and neutral for soybeans. This report contained insights from both producer ...

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November 02, 2023
Mandatory Price Reporting: Make it Essential

Mandatory Price Reporting: Make it Essential The risk of a government shutdown ...

Mandatory Price Reporting: Make it Essential The risk of a government shutdown not only threatens the availability of important market data, but also could endanger the viability of an important ...

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October 12, 2023
HRC Futures: Addressing Risk in Uncertain Times

HRC Futures: Addressing Risk in Uncertain Times If the last few years have ...

HRC Futures: Addressing Risk in Uncertain Times If the last few years have taught us anything, it is that nothing is certain. This past weekend we saw yet another unexpected event begin to ...

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