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Friday Jan 19, 2018
Friday Jan 19, 2018
- Favorable soybean oil futures providing coverage opportunities
- Tightness in domestic palm oil market
- Raw honey prices on the rise
- Imports of honey still significant
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Experts: Nicole Thomas, Vice President – Information Services
Craig Ruffolo, Vice President – Commodity Specialist
Friday Jan 12, 2018
Friday Jan 12, 2018
- Sugar market in balance?
- FCOJ coverage and recommendations
- Meet your McKeany-Flavell reps at the International Sweetener Colloquium, Feb. 11-14
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President – Commodity Specialist
Friday Jan 05, 2018
Friday Jan 05, 2018
- La Niña's potential impact on crops
- Current status of domestic sugar market
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President - Commodity Specialist
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
- Farm Bill
- Will there be a Farm Bill for 2018?
- Will it include changes to the sugar policy?
- Bio-engineering labeling law
- What's to come in 2018?
- Will beet sugar be exempt from non-GMO status?
- NAFTA
- Will there be a formal revision?
- Will sweeteners be a part of it?
- Consumer trends for 2018
- What to watch for!
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President - Commodity Specialist
Monday Dec 18, 2017
Monday Dec 18, 2017
- Record beet sugar production?
- Will Mexico meet U.S. import quota?
- Sugar market well sold for 2018
Host & Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President - Commodity Specialist
Friday Dec 08, 2017
Friday Dec 08, 2017
- Corn and soybeans
- A look at the corn-to-soybean futures ratio
- Expected plantings this spring
- Argentina's potential impact
- Cocoa
- Why have cocoa futures declined over 300 points in the last 30 days?
- Good start to Ivory Coast crop
- Surplus estimated between 50,000 and 200,000 metric tons
- Consumption on the rise
- Where do we go from here?
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President - Commodity Specialist
Friday Dec 01, 2017
Friday Dec 01, 2017
- OJ
- Fruit drop in Florida could lower box count
- Greening disease affecting OJ Brix content
- NFC users sourcing juice from California and Mexico
- Sugar
- Beet harvest complete
- Mexican crop harvest finally underway
- All is quiet on bookings
- NAFTA: uncertainty persists
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President - Commodity Specialist
Friday Nov 17, 2017
Friday Nov 17, 2017
- Corn yields burst through analysts’ expectations
- NAFTA
- If it is terminated, exports could collapse
- Changes to RFS could drive corn values
- If noncommercials go long, watch for a short-term rally
Host: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President - Commodity Specialist
Expert: Nicole Thomas, Vice President - Information Services
Friday Nov 10, 2017
Friday Nov 10, 2017
- Sugar
- Adjustments to production, imports, and demand
- Commercial market update: All is quiet
- Sugar policy
- New legislation submitted to reform the sugar title in the Farm Bill
- Corn
- Unexpected improvement in estimated yield
- Corn futures stable
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President - Commodity Specialist
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Friday Nov 03, 2017
- Will the corn crop get larger in the upcoming WASDE report?
- Will strong cocoa butter prices eventually pressure cocoa powder pricing?
- Will the soybean crop get smaller?
- Sugar prices have been increasing since the Suspension Agreements were amended. Will the harvest bring any relief?
- Which futures markets are most likely to fall in the next few weeks?
- Which futures markets are most likely to rise?
- Has tropical oils pricing hit its seasonal low?
- The spread between the #11 and #16 has been providing good opportunities for re-export. Will that continue in 2018?
- Think we'll get a La Niña this year?
- Will Mexico have enough sugar to meet its quota to the U.S.?
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Nicole Thomas, Vice President - Information Services