SUGAR

SUGAR

by | Sep 23, 2019 | Commodities

It is not the Amazon that is in trouble, it’s the Cerrado. The attention of the world has been drawn to the Amazon, but an area that is home to 5% of the planet’s plants and animals, the Cerrado is disappearing faster. The Cerrado, a “mosaic” habitat made up of...
COLD WAR 2

COLD WAR 2

by | Jul 12, 2019 | Russia

Fact: The poor birds! Vladimir Putin, in a recent speech taking place in one of the most polluted areas of Russia to a convention of miners ridiculed wind power, saying it killed the birds and even vibrated the worms out of the soil. The worm vibration story has not...
Inflation coming back?

Inflation coming back?

by | Jul 12, 2019 | Finance

The CPI was released on 07/11/19 and the monthly number came in the highest since March of 2006, with an increase of 0.3%. Interestingly enough, the strong job number released last Friday, already caused the 30 year bond to post a large outside day down. Now the CPI...
Pollution

Pollution

by | Jul 12, 2019 | World View

While Europe has been banning pesticides that have been linked to bee colony collapse, the United States it seems is not really interested in crop pollination. They prefer to side with the big chemical companies. Given that the head of the EPA (Remember what the name...
Grains

Grains

by | Jul 12, 2019 | Commodities

Any changes by the USDA in corn and soy area and yield will have to wait for the August report. (08/12), but they got to work on the global wheat, dropping production in multiple countries, led by an aggressive drop in Russian production of 3.8 MMT to 74.2 MMT, the...