Episodes

Friday Jun 14, 2024
Grab your passport & go ‘round the world (sugar)
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
- Will Brazilian sugar share surpass 50% this year?
- Is world market becoming too reliant on Brazil?
- Upcoming monsoonal rainfall key to production in India and Thailand
- Our next webinar is coming up!
- Summer Market Outlook on June 26, 2024
- Look for your email invite or register directly at mckeany-flavell.com
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Kevin Combs, Vice President – Global Sweeteners Specialist

Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
A Wednesday WASDE
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
- June WASDE is the “appetizer before the entrée”
- No major changes
- All eyes on the Jun. 28 Acreage report
- Wheat
- U.S. wheat exports on the rise as Black Sea output falls
- Corn / Soy Complex
- No changes to U.S. corn
- Small true-ups in soy complex
- Sugar
- Current crop beet sugar production lowered
- High-tier imports increased for current and new crop
- Mexico ending stocks up: Bearish!
- Don’t forget to register for our next webinar!
- Summer Market Outlook on June 26, 2024
- Look for your email invite or register directly at mckeany-flavell.com
Host/Expert: Kevin Combs, Vice President – Global Sweeteners Specialist
Expert: Eric Thornton, Commodity Specialist

Friday Jun 07, 2024
This is bull…ish!
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
- Weather’s been good, but you never know!
- Biofuel production to grow in 2024/25
- No exports? Not just yet…
- Don’t forget to register for our next webinar!
- Summer Market Outlook on June 26, 2024
- Look for your email invite or register directly at mckeany-flavell.com
Host/Expert: Eric Thornton, Commodity Specialist
Expert: Nicole Thomas, Vice President – Information Services

Friday May 31, 2024
Mexico sugar: It’s gonna be a wild ride!
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
- Will Mexico imports reach 650,000 MT?
- June is the start of the rainy season, but will we get any rain this summer?
- The 2024/25 production forecast
- How does this affect HFCS heading to Mexico?
- Our next webinar:
- Summer Market Outlook on June 26, 2024
- Look for your email invite or register directly at mckeany-flavell.com
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Kevin Combs, Vice President – Global Sweeteners Specialist

Friday May 24, 2024
Cocoa market volatility continues
Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
- Weather has improved!
- What does that mean for the tail end of the mid-crop and pod setting for next year’s main crop?
- Cocoa bean arrivals continue to lag, but have they been under reported?
- Why have Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) suspended operations for 40 coops?
- Mark your calendar for our next webinar!
- Summer Market Outlook webinar
- Wednesday, June 26
- First wave of invites going out June 12
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Jeffrey Rasinski, Consultant

Friday May 17, 2024
Inflation station: Conflicted economic data for April
Friday May 17, 2024
Friday May 17, 2024
- PPI: inflation is too hot!
- CPI: is inflation cooling too fast?
- Jobs growth slowed markedly
- What’s unemployment doing?
- What to expect for future inflation after bottoming in December
- Market's rate cut expectations holding steady this week, but is this counter to the Fed’s own statements?
- Next webinar is on Wednesday!
- Dairy Market Update on Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Check your email for your invite or register at mckeany-flavell.com
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Shawn Bingham, Director of Risk Management

Wednesday May 15, 2024
Live from the Sweets & Snacks Expo 2024!
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Wednesday May 15, 2024
- Well attended event put on by the National Confectioners Association
- Lots of sour going on!
- Freeze-dried candy: What was Mike’s favorite?
- Talk from all of the chocolate companies
- Switching from chocolate to compound?
- Using less amount on the product?
- And the winner of this year’s Candy Industry Kettle Award goes to…
- Our next webinar:
- Dairy Market Update on May 22, 2024
- Check your email for your invite or register at mckeany-flavell.com
Host/Expert: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO

Friday May 10, 2024
WASDE: Welcome 2024/25 to the party!
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
- Wheat
- New crop 2024/25 U.S. wheat largely as expected
- Global stocks remain at a deficit
- Will it struggle to hit USDA’s estimate?
- Corn
- Global balance sheet seemingly growing more portentous?
- Baby steps!
- Soy complex
- U.S. soybean, soybean oil picture for 2024/25 suggests loosening stocks scenario
- A quick note on soybean meal
- Sugar
- Not many supply-side changes expected for production
- New crop 2024/25 showing good numbers
- Expecting healthy increases?
- No growth: What’s driving that?
- Don’t forget to register for our next webinar!
- Dairy Market Update on May 22, 2024
- Look for your email invite or register directly at mckeany-flavell.com
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Eric Thornton, Commodity Specialist
Expert: Nicole Thomas, Vice President – Information Services
Expert: Kevin Combs, Vice President – Global Sweeteners Specialist

Friday May 03, 2024
The world sugar market
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
- How does the world sugar market affect the U.S. market?
- We’re at the lower range: Where do we go from here?
- Brazil sugar
- Expected record crop, but has that been walked back?
- India and Thailand sugar
- Will we see any more downside with the monsoon season coming soon?
- Our next webinar:
- Dairy Market Update on May 22, 2024
- Check your email or register at mckeany-flavell.com beginning May 8
- McKeany-Flavell’s Spring Market Seminar videos available soon!
- Registered attendees will have unlimited access
- Didn't attend but interested in purchasing the seminar on video? Contact us and we’ll set you up!
- Did you know McKeany-Flavell offers educational courses? Learn the foundational aspects of the commodity markets through our Corn & Corn Sweeteners, Sugar, Edibles Oils, Cocoa, Wheat, Energy, Futures & Options, and Strategic Sourcing 101 courses! Contact us to learn more!
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Kevin Combs, Vice President – Global Sweeteners Specialist

Friday Apr 26, 2024
Early days of planting progress: East vs. west
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
- Corn plantings and the five-year average
- What states are leading in soybean plantings?
- Where sugar beet plantings stand in the Red River Valley
- Our next webinar:
- Dairy Market Update on May 22, 2024
- Check your email or register at mckeany-flavell.com beginning May 8
- McKeany-Flavell’s Spring Market Seminar videos available soon!
- Registered attendees will have unlimited access
- Didn't attend but interested in purchasing the seminar on video? Contact us and we’ll set you up!
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Craig Ruffolo, Vice President – Commodity Specialist