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Ahead of Harvest: Why a dry late summer & stronger demand have created a run-up in corn prices
In This Report: Introduction Big net short position, dry Midwest end to summer and increased demand help corn prices rally Recent corn Spiders A look at corn seasonality and chart patterns A negative Indian Ocean Dipole: Good news for Australia but...
The Climatic Factors Influencing the 2025 Hurricane Season
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvUCcxnLUQA This video discusses how wind shear, African dust, a strong eastern Atlantic high-pressure ridge, and some cooling oceans near Africa have thus far resulted in a weaker-than-normal Atlantic hurricane...
What’s ahead the coming weeks & Quick comments about deforestation in Brazil & Sugar crop problems
In this report: Brazil's wildfires are offsetting what should be a bear market in sugar Top Trade Ideas? What's coming up in September and October? (A list of several topics I will be discussing) There is a holiday in the US on Monday. Otherwise,...
Beyond the Horizon: Could Volcanoes Disrupt the Midwest’s Huge Corn/Soybean Crops?
Please note that I am not taking any questions from subscribers for the next few weeks. Thanks — Jim In This Report Introduction How, back in April, I forecasted a big crop for US corn/soybean & my original bearish attitude Do volcanoes play a...
Quick Summary
Natural gas prices have a chance to go to $2.60 in the next couple weeks due to near record cool late August weather and. no hurricanes. I discussed this two weeks ago around $3.00. The EIA was friendly like I expected on Thursday, due to the hot...
Weather & Commodity Briefs
What's coming up Monday? I will discuss this volcano that erupted earlier this month and the major Russian earthquake it created. Will this affect corn belt harvest weather? A look at commodity markets in the last three months It has been the corn...
How Ocean Temperatures are Resulting in New Crop Concerns for West African Cocoa
In this report: Introduction: The charts and the weather look modestly bullish for cocoa The climatic factors that will influence cocoa production The crop cycles of cocoa 2022-23 El Niño, then record warm oceans & climate change cause...
Why soybean prices bottomed & quick comments about other markets and what’s coming up
Introduction: Indeed, the USDA crop report was bearish for corn with record yields, yet, it was bullish for soybeans, due to a sharp reduction in US acreage. However, there are many other factors affecting the soybean market. Prior to the USDA...
Quick summary of grains, coffee, sugar, cocoa and natural gas
Coming up on Monday August 18th and later in August What is the Bolivian High over South America? This will influence coffee and sugarcane weather deeper into 2025. It is critical that northern Brazil not have a drought again in order for coffee...
August USDA crop report preview; Trump-China soybean trade deal? New crop problems for cocoa & false Brazil frost rumors
Midnight, Monday a.m. EDT August 11th In this report Introduction Key aspects of the August USDA crop report that led to surprises The demand side of the equation for corn and soybeans? Look at the vegetative health of Midwest crops Warm nighttime...
Trade Tariffs & Hotter Late Summer Risks Bring Changes to Weather Spider Scores
Hi Everyone, It is 6:30 am German time on Friday. Due to client requests, I have once again been sending many more Weather Wealth reports than I normally do. No problem. While I will have a detailed report on Monday afternoon (EDT), ahead of the...
How low can grain prices go? New crop concerns for West African Cocoa? BS frost talk for Brazil & What’s coming up?
Some of this report was written very early Wednesday a.m. European time but not sent until 6 a.m. European time, Thursday In This Report: Coming up Monday Coming up later this Summer and in the Fall Correction to comments about Charlatans in a...
Why being short natural gas may be a bit risky at these price levels & Bearish StoneX corn crop estimate
Later this week, or by Sunday night or Monday (EDT), my next reports will address the sugar market and why I am cautiously bearish again. In addition, I will cover the expectations for the big August 12th USDA crop production report for corn and...
Cattle: The Biggest Bull Market in Ag Commodities & How to Spot Weather and Commodity Advisory Charlatans
In this report: Why the weather created the new bull market in cattle Relief from drought for Canadian grain areas? Be careful of bogus weather forecasts and marketing advice. Who are some of the most infamous charlatans? So... how do you avoid...
Coming up next couple weeks & quick comments about Brazil frost and Trump Trade Tariffs
Coming up the next couple weeks in WeatherWealth A look at surging cattle prices and how much has been weather related. The 2020-2023 drought in the Plains was part of the reason. That Texas drought (biggest cattle producer) has broken as I...
Unusual Brazil hailstorm hits some key coffee areas, while natural gas makes new lows on cool US/European weather
I have had many more reports than normal in recent weeks. My next newsletter may not be until Sunday night EDT or on Monday. More about Monday morning's 15 minute cocoa video Please watch yesterday’s interesting video about cocoa. Cocoa prices were...
The Complexities In Determining A Longer-Term View For Cocoa Prices
This video is 15 minutes long, so take your time. It discusses all of Jim Roemer's weather forecasting techniques he uses for multiple commodity markets. It is very detailed concerning the "complexities" of analyzing global cocoa production and the...
Technical and Fundamental Factors to Affect the Cocoa Market & Perfect Bearish Weather for Corn and Soybeans
This long (15 min) video about cocoa addresses: The bullish and bearish factors in cocoa Demand, news, weather, and other factors make cocoa trading difficult for now My current Spider went from slightly bearish to more neutral. When this happens...