Bull Bear Banter: Lack of WASDE
January 11, 2019
Markets were somewhat lackluster this week without the USDA WASDE report. However, we did see some production numbers from Brazil and had some welcome news from the Secretary of Ag, Sonny Perdue, on the Market Facilitation Program signup.
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Bull Bear Banter: Improving Soybean Prices and News about WASDE
January 04, 2019
Join us as we discuss an up-trending soybean market and various bull/bear factors at play in the current market.
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Bull Bear Banter Dec. 28, 2018: A Shortened Christmas Week
December 28, 2018
Tune in for a look back at 2018 and a review of the Futures Markets for the year.
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Bull Bear Banter: More Bull Than Bear
December 21, 2018
This week, several factors combined to push grains lower. Lack of Chinese corn business and outside influences kept corn and beans on the defensive
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USDA Trade Counselor, Hafemeister Talks Exports at Annual Meeting: Landus Cooperative Experience Podcast Dec. 20, 2018
December 20, 2018
USDA Trade Counselor, Hafemeister Talks Exports at Annual Meeting: Landus Cooperative Experience Podcast Landus Cooperative hosted a trade expert at our Annual Meeting on Dec. 18, 2018. Jason Hafemeister serves as the trade counsel to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue. His 35 minutes presentation included a wealth of information nd some great, though provoking charts. We encourage our customer to log-into the customer portal and watch his presentation with his slides in video format. Today, we'll be sharing just a few snippet of his presentation via audio. This podcast includes trade information about Mexico, Japan and finally China.
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Bull Bear Banter December 14, 2018
December 14, 2018
This week’s Bull Bear Banter covers the latest WASDE report from USDA and confirmation about sales of soybeans to China.
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Bull Bear Banter: International Trade, Confusion Continues
December 07, 2018
The past weekend brought optimism heading into the trade week. Many expected higher markets based on news coming out after the G20 summit. However, reality set in mid-week regarding many details still to work out between the U.S. and China.
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Bull Bear Banter: Volatility Abroad & Local Basis
November 30, 2018
This past week was pretty volatile due to some global and macro level issues. Tune in as we recap some of these current events and pick Vice President of Merchandising Dustin Weiner’s brain about local basis activity.
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Bull Bear Banter: Harvest Wrap-Up & Thanksgiving
November 21, 2018
After a brief market update, we have a special feature for you this shortened holiday week. Landus Cooperative's CEO and Chief Commodity Marketing Officer join us to talk through harvest wrap-up, marketing in the coming months, and some feedback from our customer base.
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Bull Bear Banter: Pressured User Margins & Struggling Energy Markets
November 16, 2018
This week our hosts dive into some detail on the struggling crude oil market. Additionally, we’ve seen ethanol and soy crush margins come under pressure, which may affect grain flows in the coming months.
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Bull Bear Banter: Basis Firmness & USDA WASDE
November 09, 2018
This week we discuss the wind-down of harvest 2018 in the light of firming basis levels and the November USDA WASDE Report. We’ve also made some updates to our app and customer portal that are pretty awesome!
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Bull Bear Banter: Harvest Homestretch
November 02, 2018
As we near the end of harvest 2018, the market eyes the forward curve and what’s coming next. There was some drama on social media this week and a lot of uncertainty remains for trade relationships on multiple fronts.
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