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Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
- Top 3 takeaways from this year’s Colloquium
- Suspension agreements
- Commercial activity
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President – Commodity Specialist
Friday Feb 22, 2019
Friday Feb 22, 2019
- Introduction to Western Foods
- Based in Woodland, California
- Only non-gluten supplier with plants on both coasts
- Facts on non-gluten flour
- Fast growth sector
- Science helping fuel growth
- What’s happening commercially in the non-gluten market?
- Rice production and prices in California
- Sales and lower milling issues in the southern U.S.
- Challenges
- Focus on micro processes and maintaining quality
- Ancient grains supply chain factors
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Western Foods Guests:
Tom Andringa, V.P. of Sales & Business Development
Matt Cox, Dir. of Sales & Procurement
www.westernfoodsco.com
Friday Feb 15, 2019
Friday Feb 15, 2019
- Honey facts
- Industrial vs. retail
- Current commercial market
- Review of 2018
- 2019 expectations
- Honey market challenges
- Fluid global market
- Currency valuations
- Color consistency
- Sustainability
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Guest: Joe Gardella, President & CEO, Sweetener Supply
Friday Feb 08, 2019
Friday Feb 08, 2019
- Sugar
- Cane production increased 71,000 STRV
- Supply changes
- Looking ahead to 2020
- Corn
- Supply declines
- Reduction in production
- Ending stocks pressured
- Soybeans
- Expected supply reductions
- U.S. ending stocks remain uncertain
- Looking ahead, export number is key
Spring Market Seminar 2019
Registration now open at mckeany-flavell.com
(Seating is limited)
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Nicole Thomas, Vice President – Information Services
Expert: Kevin Combs, Vice President – Commodity Specialist
Friday Feb 01, 2019
Friday Feb 01, 2019
- Sugar
- How’s the cold weather affecting the sugar beet crop?
- How will USDA manage the stocks-to-use ratio?
- Sugarcane grower protests in Mexico
- Corn
- South American corn production
- U.S. corn exports and ethanol demand
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President – Commodity Specialist
Friday Jan 25, 2019
Friday Jan 25, 2019
- Commodity market quiet; absence of government reports
- CSC formally files lawsuit: What’s the impact?
- Preview of the 2019 Sweetener Colloquium
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President – Commodity Specialist
Friday Jan 18, 2019
Friday Jan 18, 2019
- Futures rally on soybean oil market
- NOPA crush numbers out for soybean oil
- Tropical oil prices remain weak
- And, of course, our Super Bowl picks!
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Nicole Thomas, Vice President – Information Services
Friday Jan 11, 2019
Friday Jan 11, 2019
- Corn
- Slowdown in ethanol production could impact coproduct credits
- Market wondering about final corn production number
- Sugar
- All’s quiet in sugar
- Beet storage questionable in Red River Valley
- Spring Market Seminar 2019
- Registration now open at mckeany-flavell.com
- Seating is limited
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Nicole Thomas, Vice President – Information Services
Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President – Commodity Specialist
Friday Jan 04, 2019
Friday Jan 04, 2019
- Early 2019 futures market outlook for corn, cocoa, sugar, soybeans and soybean oil, wheat, and orange juice
- Food manufacturing segment and what to look for in the upcoming year
- Are we heading towards a potential recession?
- Impact on the dollar, commodity prices, and food manufacturers
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Nicole Thomas, Vice President – Information Services
Friday Dec 28, 2018
Friday Dec 28, 2018
- What impact will the government shutdown have on commodity markets?
- Are we entering a recession? What might that mean for commodity futures?
No matter what happens, we wish you a happy and prosperous new year!
Host: Kevin Combs, Vice President – Sweeteners Specialist
Expert: Nicole Thomas, Vice President – Information Services