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The lifting of economic sanctions against Iran has been discussed in the oil sector, but Iran also has designs on increasing its national fertilizer production with the aim of becoming fertilizer self-sufficient. It has
Anhydrous $129.80 below year-ago pricing -- lower $2.64/st this week at $583.96. Urea $100.36 below the same time last year -- lower $2.04/st this week to $371.28. UAN28% is $60.98 below year-ago -- higher 41 cent
LP is a penny lower on the week at $1.01 per gallon. March 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.12 -- down 1 cent from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is 11 cents lower on the week at an average of $1.45 per g
LP is unchanged on the week at $1.02 per gallon. March 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.13 -- down 1 cent from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is 3 cents lower on the week at an average of $1.56 per gallon
P&K was lower on the week. DAP $93.73 below year-ago pricing -- lower $5.12/st on the week to $489.33/st. MAP $99.17 below year-ago -- lower $9.89/st this week to $496.13/st. Potash $116.17 below year-ago -
P&K was lower on the week. DAP $86.65 below year-ago pricing -- lower $3.92/st on the week to $494.44/st. MAP $88.61 below year-ago -- lower $6.15/st this week to $506.01/st. Potash $109.25 below year-ago -
I was fiddling around with my charts this week and I noticed something very interesting in potash. When compared to expected new-crop revenue, there have been a number of points at which potash seems to have indicated to
Anhydrous $154.44 below year-ago pricing -- higher 8 cents/st this week at $562.80. Urea $100.44 below the same time last year -- higher 78 cents/st this week to $364.55. UAN28% is $63.87 below year-ago -- lower 2
LP is a penny higher on the week at $1.02 per gallon. April 2016 natural gas is at $1.77 -- up 15 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is 2 cents higher on the week at an average of $1.47 per gallon.
In wake of Thursday’s Prospective Plantings report, I want to make a suggestion here that elicited profanity from Chip Flory that nearly took the paint of the walls. Corn acreage in particular shocked market bulls by
P&KToday: Seasonal Demand Supports Price P&K were higher on the week. DAP $98.16 below year-ago pricing -- higher $2.16/st on the week to $483.98/st. MAP $97.03 below year-ago -- higher $1.24/st this w
LP is down 3 cents on the week at $1.02 per gallon. June 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.14 -- unchanged from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is 3 cents higher on the week at an average of $1.64
LP is unchanged on the week at $1.01 per gallon. June 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.03 -- down a dime from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is 4 cents higher on the week at an average of $1.73 per gallon
Anhydrous is $115.51 below year-ago pricing -- higher 30 cents/st this week at $606.04. Urea is $83.49 below the same time last year -- higher $1.45cents/st this week to $378.90. UAN28% is $59.94 below y
LP is unchanged on the week at 99 cents per gallon. July 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.40 -- up 24 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is 4 cents higher on the week at an average of $1.
Farm Fuels in Focus: Diesel Firms as Crude Slips July 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.58 -- down a penny from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is up 4 cents on the week at an average of $1.86 per gallon.
August 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.86 -- up 16 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is up 2 cents on the week at an average of $1.87 per gallon. August 2016 WTI crude oil opened the da
DAP was higher as MAP and potash softened on the week. DAP $91.33 below year-ago pricing -- higher $1.24/st on the week to $480.81/st. MAP $99.01 below year-ago -- lower $4.58/st this week to $492.93/st. Potash
August 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.75 -- down 11 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is unchanged on the week at an average of $1.87 per gallon. August 2016 WTI crude oil opened the day at $45.
Anhydrous is $154.39 below year-ago pricing -- lower 58 cents/st this week at $550.01. Urea is $119.98 below the same time last year -- lower 18 cents/st this week to $344.14. UAN28% is $52.47 below year
Gains tallied $0.00 to Declines’ $47.40 in the regional averages.
The crude oil market could be in for a bullish shock on Thursday as EIA has announced it will no longer include lease stocks in their U.S. crude oil stocks tally. Last week, EIA reported 499.7 million barrels in storage,
December 2016 natural gas opened today at $3.08 -- down 26 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is up a penny on the week at an average of $1.91 per gallon. December 2016 WTI crude oil opened