by Jim Roemer | May 14, 2019 | Climatech, Commodities, Weather
Many commodities have been in the tank due to a combination of renewed Trade War concerns with China and a growing glut for such commodities as corn, wheat, soybeans, coffee and others. Global weather patterns have been mostly beneficial to agricultural interests over...
by Jim Roemer | Apr 22, 2019 | Commodities
The near historical Midwest flooding and snow melt has offered a glimmer of hope to farmers and grain traders, that perhaps the corn market would bottom and head higher this spring. However, great South American weather, combined with large corn and soybean carry over...
by Jim Roemer | Apr 2, 2019 | Climatech, Commodities
There are some theories by meteorologists and commodity traders that El Nino can reduce Brazil and other producing countries’ coffee production resulting in a surge in prices. However, if this season was any indication, this has been far from the truth. Timely...
by Jim Roemer | Mar 22, 2019 | Climatech, Commodities, Weather
Thousands of livestock killed and millions of acres flooded in the Midwest and Plain States poses a multi-billion dollar threat to agriculture and other industries. This comes at the worst possible time given the Trump Administration’s trade tariff war with...
by Jim Roemer | Feb 20, 2019 | Commodities, Weather
The picture of El Nino type conditions (above) illustrates the falling atmospheric pressures close to Peru and rising surface pressures around Australia. For there to be a full fledged El Nino, these conditions must exist consistently for several months, along with...
by Jim Roemer | Feb 14, 2019 | Commodities, Skiing
The information below is a combination of my comments, 35 years of experience forecasting the weather for various U.S. ski areas and excerpts from Tony Crocker’s informative ski site: bestsnow.net. CORRELATION BETWEEN EL NINO EVENTS AND SKI WEATHER El Nino/La...
