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From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Trump Announces Greenland Hospital Ship Mission as Mercy and Comfort Sit in Alabama Shipyard
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday via social media that the United States will send a hospital ship to Greenland to provide medical care, posting alongside an illustration of the...

From
Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Cuba Bound Tanker Carrying Russian Fuels To Test Trump Blockade
By Lucia Kassai Feb 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A ship believed to be carrying Russian fuels is on its way to Cuba, putting US President Donald Trump’s sanctions to the test amid the...

From
Brady Sidwell
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Barchart
Wheat rally extends amid uncertainty over SCOTUS tariff decision
US State of the Union Address on Feb. 24th

From
Reuters
via
gCaptain
Slovakia Threatens To Stop Electricity To Ukraine Unless Kyiv Resumes Piping Russian Oil
Feb 21 (Reuters) – Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico threatened on Saturday to cut off emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine unless Kyiv acts within two days to resume the pumping of Russian oil to...

From
Ben DiCostanzo
via
Barchart
Cattle Futures Break Down in Front of Cattle on Feed
Cattle markets break down to end week on a sour note

From
Austin Schroeder
via
Barchart
Wheat Rallies to Close the Week
The wheat complex was in rally mode to round out the week. Chicago SRW futures posted 13 to 14 cent gains at the close, with March up 24 ¾ cents on the week. KC HRW futures were 6 to 9 cents higher on Friday, as March rallied 29 ¾ cents...

From
Austin Schroeder
via
Barchart
Corn Holds onto Friday Gains
Corn futures were up 1 to 4 cents across the front months on Friday, as March was down 4 ¼ cents this week. Spillover support from gains in wheat was helping. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 1 3/4 cent to $3.94 1/4. With just a week...
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From
Reuters
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gCaptain
Singapore Port Authority Seeks Proposals to Help Scale LNG Bunkering
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has launched an expression of interest (EOI) to gather proposals for scaling up liquefied natural gas (LNG) for bunkering or ship refuelling, it said in a statement on Thursday.

From
Trent Klarenbach
via
Barchart
Soybean Market Analysis with Video
Trent Klarenbach of Klarenbach Research discusses the state of the soybean market as of December 11, 2024 analying the weekly and daily trends with a focus on key moving averages and levels of support and resistance.

From
Oliver Sloup
via
Barchart
Grains Stall at Technical Resistance
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Grain markets failed to find any meaningful follow through in Wednesdays trade. A healthy pause or a top?

From
Austin Schroeder
via
Barchart
Wheat Pushing Higher Ahead of Export Sales Release
Wheat is showing fractional to 3 cent gains so far. The wheat complex closed the Wednesday session with contracts mostly higher across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures were 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 cents higher across the board. There were another 5 deliveries issued against December CBT wheat overnight....

From
Austin Schroeder
via
Barchart
Corn Slipping to Start Thursday Trade
Corn price action has thing starting on the lower side of unchanged so far on Thursday by 1 to 3 cents. Futures slipped up into the close running into some technical resistance, with nearbys down ¾ to 2 ½ cents and other contracts up ¼ to 2 ¾ cents. Preliminary...

From
Austin Schroeder
via
Barchart
Soybeans Sneaking higher on Thursday AM
The soybean market is showing some slight 1 to 2 cent gains so far. Soybeans settled the Wednesday session with contracts ¾ to 5 ½ cents higher. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was up 1/2 cent at $9.46 1/2. Soymeal futures were down 90 cents to 40 cents/ton...

From
Darin Newsom
via
Barchart
Why Weren't Red Meat Markets Red?
The only commodity complex sector not in the red early Thursday morning was Livestock, because markets there don't trade overnight. But that's just the beginning of the story.
From
Malte Humpert
via
gCaptain
Russia’s Rosneft Delays Arctic Mega Oil Project Due to Sanctions, Shortage of Oil Tankers
Russian Oil major Rosneft has delayed the commissioning of the Vostok Oil project until 2026, in part due to a shortage of ice-capable oil tankers as a result of Western sanctions. Earlier this year the U.S. announced sanctions aimed at slowing down or halting the construction and logistics operations of the project.

From
Bloomberg
via
gCaptain
EU Backs Sanctions Package, Includes 45 Additional Russian Oil Tankers
The European Union gave preliminary backing to a 15th package of sanctions against Russia that includes an extension of an exemption for Slovakia to trade petroleum products derived from Russian oil through early June.

From
Reuters
via
gCaptain
Rosneft, Reliance Agree Biggest Ever India-Russia Oil Supply Deal, Sources Say
Russia's state oil firm Rosneft has agreed to supply nearly 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude to Indian private refiner Reliance in the biggest ever energy deal between the two countries, three sources familiar with the deal said.

From
Austin Schroeder
via
Barchart
Wheat Closes Higher at Midweek
The wheat complex closed the Wednesday session with contracts mostly higher across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures were 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 cents higher across the board. KC HRW contracts were up 1 ½ to cents on the day. MPLS spring wheat was steady to 3 1/4 cents...

From
Austin Schroeder
via
Barchart
Soybeans Hold onto Gains at Wednesday’s Close
Soybeans settled the Wednesday session with contracts ¾ to 5 ½ cents higher. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was up 1/2 cent at $9.46 1/2. Soymeal futures were down 90 cents to 40 cents/ton higher on the day. Soy Oil futures ended down 21 to 30 points on...