Senior Account Executive, Grain Strategist
Mr. Gidel an Agricultural Economist with extensive experience in the brokerage industry analyzing and trading futures and options prices. Jerry began his career in 1977 as a Feedgrain Analyst & Consultant at FGL after completing graduate studies at Iowa State University in Agricultural ...more

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Lower US/World Wheat Crops, USDA Optimistic On Corn & Beans
The USDA’s May updates had surprises in its US & World crop estimates that impacted their new-crop supply/demand forecasts this month. The World Board’s initial US winter wheat crop forecast was 100 million bu lower than trade’s expectations.
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A Big US Crop & Lower Exports Vs. The Size Of Brazil’s 2nd Crop
The US corn planting pace, Brazil’s safrina corn crop prospects, and Ukraine’s grain export capabilities will be major factors in the world’s corn market.
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Pre-May US/World Soybean Update
Argentina’s smaller 2023 crop has turned the focus towards a good US crop. South America’s soybean output will be highly involved when the USDA revises its old-crop demand levels & initiates their first 2022/23 US/World crop & S&Ds on May 12.
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US Corn & Soybean S&Ds Unchanged Despite Lower S Am Crops
After no USDA demand changes for soybeans and corn, the market focus will now switch to 2023/24’s US and World crop output potential.
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2022 US Plantings Were Mixed, But March Corn & Bean Stocks Were Lower
Last week’s 2022 US planting intentions provided some surprises when the survey revealed higher corn plantings, unchanged in soybeans seedings & even higher winter wheat plantings than the trade expected.
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US Planting Intentions/Q-STKS
The USDA provided surprises in both US planting intentions & their quarterly stocks reports. DC’s producer survey revealed higher corn plantings & smaller soybean and spring wheat seedings than the trade expectations.
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STOCKS I FOLLOW

BAL iPath B Bloomberg Cotton Ttl Ret ETN
CANE Teucrium Commodity Trust
CORN Teucrium Corn ETF
COWTF iPath Bloomberg Livestock SubTR ETN
DBA PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund
FUD E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Food ETN
JJATF iPath Bloomberg Agriculture SubTR ETN
JJGTF iPath Bloomberg Grains SubTR ETN
JJOFF iPath Bloomberg Coffee SubTR ETN
RJA ELEMENTS Rogers Agriculture ETN
SBUX Starbucks Corporation
SOYB Teucrium Commodity Trust
WEAT Teucrium Wheat Fund
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Senior Account Executive and Grain Strategist
Price Futures Group
June 2016 - Present (7 years 1 month)
Chief Feed Grain Analyst
Rice Dairy
February 2012 - May 2016 (4 years 4 months)
Broker/Analyst
North America Risk Management Services
April 2003 - February 2012 (9 years)
Senior Grain Analyst
Dean Witter Reynolds
February 1992 - November 1998 (6 years 11 months)

Education

Iowa State University
Graduate work
1974 / 1977
Agricultural Economics
Iowa State University
BS
1968 / 1972
Ag. Business - Marketing

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