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Farm Margins Are Being Set by a Diesel Market Producers Rarely Hedge

Agricultural businesses hedge crop and livestock prices as a matter of routine, yet the diesel bill running underneath every operation usually goes uncovered. Refinery closures across the West, conflict risk around key export routes and seasonal demand ahead have turned that gap into a live margin exposure.

Editorial Team
Editorial Team
  • Energy

Corn and Soybeans Split After One Crop Tour Delivered Two Verdicts

One crop tour sent corn to a three-year high and left soybeans under pressure in the same session. The split matters because it changes what physical buyers are covering, and why.

Editorial Team
Editorial Team
  • Grains & Oilseeds

Gold Priced in Euros Separates Dollar Weakness From Genuine Demand

Gold rose in euro terms as well as in U.S. dollar terms, which rules out dollar weakness as the whole explanation. Rhona O'Connell explains what non-dollar gold pricing reveals about the bid that followed the U.S. Treasury buyback announcement.

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Editorial Team
  • Precious Metals

Brazil's Coffee Flowering Splits as Robusta Leads and Arabica Waits

Market commentary Coffee - Thought Leadership TeamBrazil's coffee flowering season has split in two, with robusta in Espirito Santo largely finished and arabica in Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo still to come. The rainfall that follows the arabica bloom will decide how much of Brazil's next crop actually sets.

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Editorial Team
  • Coffee

Japan Is Losing a Third of Its Population and the Yen Is Paying for It

Japan's population decline is the structural constraint sitting underneath the yen, and the arithmetic behind it leaves almost no room for real growth. James Stanley explains why that limits how the Bank of Japan can respond when the currency moves.

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Editorial Team
  • Currencies

The Safe Haven Trade Has More Than One Candidate for the First Time

The safe haven trade has always resolved into long dated U.S. Treasuries and the dollar, and every crisis this century confirmed it. A fiscal position near 99% of GDP, record federal debt and a growing precious metals bid now give that flow somewhere else to go.

Editorial Team
Editorial Team
  • Precious Metals

Dairy Buyers Are Reading Shipping Lanes as Closely as Milk Output

Global dairy trade moves through contested sea lanes in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Black Sea, and the cost of crossing them is rising. The direct hit to dairy markets is small, but it is changing when commercial buyers choose to commit.

Editorial Team
Editorial Team
  • Dairy

The Real Driver of Dollar Yen Is Sitting Inside the Federal Reserve

Softening U.S. data has not weakened the dollar, because hawkish Federal Reserve commentary is holding rate hike expectations in place. James Stanley sets out what would have to break before dollar yen turns.

Editorial Team
Editorial Team
  • Currencies

Dollar Drawdowns Explain Which Way Gold Goes but Not How Far It Runs

Gold's direction during a falling dollar is one of the more reliable relationships in macro, with a record stretching back more than 50 years. The size of the move is a different question entirely, and the recent one sat near the top of the historical range.

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Editorial Team
  • Precious Metals

Oil Has Replaced Inflation Data as the Treasury Market's Real Signal

Commodity inflation has moved from a temporary input into a structural one in sovereign bond pricing, and the U.S. Treasury curve is showing exactly where. The oil correlation now sits at the 10 year point rather than the two year, which changes what an inflation print is actually worth.

Editorial Team
Editorial Team
  • Interest Rates

What a Super El Niño Means for Food Inflation Over the Next Six Months

A strong super El Niño has started, but the crop damage that would lift food prices is still expected to land between September and December. Indian wheat area and Southeast Asian palm oil production sit at the front of the transmission chain, with Brazil the larger unresolved question.

Editorial Team
Editorial Team
  • Grains & Oilseeds

Russian Wheat's Logistics Crisis Is Turning into a Production Problem

Damage to Black Sea ports has stalled grain exports, but the more serious risk is now forming on the farm. Collapsed farmgate prices and a Russian fuel crisis have put part of the wheat harvest in question.

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Editorial Team
  • Grains & Oilseeds
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