Shalom Sanik

Rebuilding corn inventories

Shalom Sanik
August 28, 2014
With the U.S. corn harvest just around the corner, is it fair to say that the 2014-15 crop is "made”?

Wheat: Supply side challenges

Shalom Sanik
May 7, 2014
Wheat prices began to firm in late January when the Ukrainian/Russian crisis started to look serious and has not faded since.

Does cotton rally have legs?

Shalom Sanik
February 25, 2014
As U.S. production has dwindled over the years, so have inventories. This has left the market vulnerable to temporary supply squeezes.

Soybeans: Can South American output fill the gap?

Shalom Sanik
August 21, 2012
The U.S. soybean market entered the punishing drought of 2012 with a bullish backdrop. Then came the heat and dramatic crop losses, dwarfing the bullish impact of smaller acreage and demand.

Wheat rally juiced by global production drop

Shalom Sanik
June 29, 2012
Wheat prices, like the other grain markets, had an explosive rally over the past 10 days because of the oppressive heat in the U.S. Midwest.

Has the cotton bull had it?

Shalom Sanik
February 22, 2012
US cotton exports have fallen back into a trickle pattern.

Cocoa crop sputters in Ivory Coast

Shalom Sanik
February 6, 2012
The bull market in cocoa came unglued in early 2011 when it became apparent that the Ivory Coast was going to grow, harvest and export a record crop

Argentinean corn crop gets hammered

Shalom Sanik
February 2, 2012
Rain has arrived in Argentina. Too little, too late, though. About 80% of the crop is past the pollination stage

Soybean bear grinds to a halt on poor weather

Shalom Sanik
January 25, 2012
As it turns out, the South American soybean crops will be neither as abundant as believed nor will they be early. Weather has wreaked havoc with the crops

Are US wheat export estimates understated?

Shalom Sanik
January 22, 2012
Grain traders had to sift through an entire slew of USDA reports on January 12. Pay attention to wheat exports