James Brittain

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Soybeans and Wheat Offer Greater Returns, Despite Corn Rally

Corn is more expensive than sugar for the first time in five years, de...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 8th February 2021

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 25th January 2021

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 18th January 2021

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 11th January 2021

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 5th January 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 14th December 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 7th December 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 1st December 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 23rd November 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 17th November 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 9th November 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 2nd November 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 26th October 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 19th October 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 12th October 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 5th October 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 28th September 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 21st September 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 14th September 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 7th September 2020

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Strong Chinese Corn Purchases Couldn’t Save Market from Falling

China may need to import around 10m tonnes of corn next season. Its co...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 31st August 2020

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US Corn Shows Resistance Against Iowan Windstorms

Brazilian, European and Chicago corn all rallied last week on the back...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 24th August 2020

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US West Coast Container Rates at 10-Year High

Containerised Shipments 102 sailings from Asia to the US were cancelle...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 17th August 2020

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H1 August 2020

Price Action Forecast There are no changes to our forecast of 3,5 USD/...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 10th August 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 3rd August 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 27th July 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 20th July 2020

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 13th July 2020

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H2 July 2020

Price Action Market Commentary Higher ending stocks ...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 7th July 2020

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Insight

Freight Update: Freight Market Soars on Chinese Demand

Bulk Shipments The BDI made some tremendous gains in the l...

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H1 July 2020

Price Action Market Commentary Except for the 2% ral...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 29th June 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 22nd June 2020

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H2 June 2020

Price Action Market Commentary Despite ...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 15th June 2020

Corn Futures Commerical PositioningCorn Futures Speculative Positionin...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 8th June 2020

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Insight

Freight Update: Spot Container Rates Rally As Owners Idle Ships

Bulk Shipments The BDI settled on 504pts at the end of May...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 1st June 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H1 June 2020

Price Action Market Commentary Corn rallied in Chicago boosted by high...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 26th May 2020

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H2 May 2020

Price Action Market Commentary Chicago Corn had a fl...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 11th May 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Freight Update: Early April’s Recovery Hopes Fade

193 words / 1 minute reading time Bulk Shipments The...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 4th May 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H1 May 2020

Price Action Market Commentary Despite and end of th...

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H2 April 2020

Price Action Market Commentary Losses across all geographies and...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 20th April 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 14th April 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H1 April 2020

Price Action Market Commentary All grains fina...

Insight

Freight Update: A Flurry of Miner Activity Supports Market

472 words / 3 minute reading time Bulk Shipments The Balti...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 6th April 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 30th March 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H2 March 2020

Price Action Market Commentary Chicago Corn plummete...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 23rd March 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 16th March 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H1 March 2020

Price Action Market Commentary Corn rallied last wee...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 9th March 2020

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Insight

Freight Update: Bulk Freight Bottoms

Bulk Shipments The Baltic Dry Bulk Index bottomed out at 4...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 2nd March 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H2 February 2020

Price Action Market Commentary China has not given s...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 24th February 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 17th February 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Czarnikow Corn Outlook H1 February 2020

Price Action Market Commentary Corn in Chicago was p...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 10th February 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

Insight

Freight Update – Capesize collapse continues, Container Index resilient (so far).

Bulk Shipments The BDI settled at 498pts yesterday, repres...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 3rd February 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 27th January 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 20th January 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Weekly Corn Futures Commerical Po...

Insight

Freight Update – Index Slides Further, Despite Strong Low Sulphur Bunker Premium

531 words / 3 minute reading time Bulk Shipments The BDI has los...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 13th January 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commercial Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 7th January 2020

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 10th December 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

Insight

Freight Update – Low Sulphur Premium Peak?

Bulk Shipments The Capesize index had a positive impact on...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 9th December 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 3rd December 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 25th November 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Freight Update – Is Bulk Freight Now Cheap Enough?

Bulk Shipments The BDI continues to lose ground, settling at 1364pts o...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 18th November 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 11th November 2019

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 4th November 2019

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 28th October 2019

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 21st October 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning (values as of 15th October 2019) ...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 14th October 2019

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Freight Update – Baltic Index Collapses

Bulk Shipments After making multi-year highs during Septem...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 7th October 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 30th September 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 23rd September 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update, 16th September 2019

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Freight Update – Baltic Index at Nine Year High

Bulk Shipments The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of the dry bulk f...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 9th September 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 2nd September 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 27th August 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 12th August 2019

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 5th August 2019

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 22nd July 2019

The net speculative long position is currently the largest in corn sin...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 15th July 2019

The commercials continue to sell into the strong prices: short has inc...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 9th July 2019

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning Corn Futures Commerical Positioni...

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CFTC Corn – Record Spec Length (almost)

Current Spec Length 280,005 lots. All-time record: 282,651 lots. Trade...

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Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 24th June 2019

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