We started off the day with Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index (Mar) at 7:30 A.M., Fed Waller Speech at 8:00 A.M., 3-Month and 6-Month Bill Auction at 8:30 A.M., and Export Inspections at 10:00 A.M.

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On the Ethanol front, DTN’s Progressive Farmer website had an interesting story written by Todd Neeley, titled, “Ethanol to Make Case with Biden.” With lukewarm comments made by EPA Administrator Michael Regan seem to have taken a back seat due to memory loss to support the ethanol fuel and the American farmer in which was stated the apple did not fall far from the tree. The clock is ticking before the illusion of electric ends the ethanol dream forever. The administration is quite busy replacing divots in its first two months in office with energy and other important industries. And their silence on this subject is deafening to the ethanol industry and U.S. farmers. There were no trades posted in the overnight electronic session. The April contract settled at 1.885 and we are showing no market at the moment with Open Interest at 35 contracts.

On the Crude Oil front, we had quite the large trading range with headlines and news reports that the high tide has refloated the container ship Ever Given, and tugs are moving in to free the ship and reopen the Suez Canal which handles 15% of global shipping to the world. There was also news another crude oil contract will rival the current market and eventually OPEC+. They will meet to discuss any change in production. Most traders believe they will toe the line. In the overnight electronic session, the May crude oil is currently trading at 6144 which is 47 points higher. The trading range has been 6177 to 5941.

On the Natural Gas front, it is the Last Trading Day in the April contract. Also, a deadly Islamist siege in Mozambique drags on, where the project scrambles to evacuate the region where $20 billion of foreign-invested led by Total is in severe crisis. In the overnight electronic the May contract is currently trading at 2.631 which is .012 higher. The trading range has been 2.644 to 2.597.