By Brian Harris, Global Risk Management Inc. As soybean oil futures prices and forward inverses have continued to escalate, it is important that we not lose sight of soybean oil’s share of product value in the mix of decision making. Historically, it has only been under unusual and generally short- lived circumstances where the U.S.  Continue Reading »

By Adam Graves, Global Risk Management Inc. Now that the market has had ample time to digest the 3/31 USDA Prospective Plantings report and corn and soybean plantings are in their early stages, it was thought prudent to briefly revisit the recent Global Risk Management study on how the SX/CZ ratio impacts planted acreage as  Continue Reading »

By Patrick Sparks, Global Risk Management Inc. Palm oil production in Malaysia continues to be plagued by labor shortages resulting from COVID travel restrictions as well as excessive rains in many of the growing regions. Production in February was just over 1.1 million tonnes, a 5 year low. This brought cumulative 20/21 production to date  Continue Reading »