Articles tagged under: Jim Emter

Encouraging Markets

Published February 23, 2025

Spring crop insurance baselines are established during the month of February. "Usually, the last two weeks of February we tend to see a dropoff with that crop insurance price," said Jim Emter, president, Van Ahn and Company. "We tend to…

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Small Grains Update Meetings This Week

Published January 2, 2025

The 2025 Small Grains Update Meetings are on the schedule this week. "The biggest thing is to find out what's going on with wheat, corn, and soybeans," said Minnesota Wheat Executive Director Brian Sorenson. "It's a great opportunity to not…

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Lower Ethanol Production in Last Week

Published March 18, 2022

U.S. ethanol production declined in the last week. According to the Energy Information Administration, fuel ethanol stocks were up nearly three percent. Van Ahn and Company market analyst Jim Emter says ethanol stocks changed as well to 25.9 million barrels.…

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Cattle Market Should Look Favorable Second Part of 2022

Published March 2, 2022

Feeder cattle are coming into a seasonal timeframe where the market is slowing down. Van Ahn and Company Market Analyst Jim Emter says there’s concern high-end meat demand may drop with rising inflation. Emter says as we get later into…

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South America Bottleneck Sending Business to United States

Published February 10, 2022

Van Ahn and Company CEO Jim Emter says there is a bottleneck in South America’s soybean exports. That's sending buyers to the United States. "Right now, the U.S. is cheaper than Brazilian soybeans out of the United States Gulf. You…

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CME Group to Boost Spec Trading Limits

Published March 11, 2021

The CME Group is expanding speculative position limits. Van Ahn and Company CEO Jim Emter is concerned with the increase in volatility that will go with the increase in positions held by traders. "We're concerned this will bring greater transparency…

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Weather Drives Soybean Markets Higher

Published December 30, 2020

Van Ahn and Company CEO Jim Emter thinks Tuesday’s sharply higher soybean market was likely driven by weather. "When you look at the January, February and March outlook, the forecast points to a drier and warmer tendency for southern Brazil…

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Will China Follow Through on Phase One?

Published February 26, 2020

China is expected to allow importers some tariff relief in early March. Van Ahn and Company CEO Jim Emter says there’s still an added cost to buy products from the U.S. "That's why we haven't seen much out of China…

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A Lot of Unanswered Questions

Published August 13, 2019

According to Van Ahn and Company CEO Jim Emter, the biggest numbers from the August USDA report include planted and harvested acres and yield for corn and soybeans. Corn yield is estimated 3.5 bushels higher than last month’s projection, and…

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A Big Crop and Trade Impacting Prices

Published September 14, 2018

Speaking at the Red River Farm Network’s Market Panel, Van Ahn and Company CEO Jim Emter said it’s easy to blame the trade war for the low soybean prices, but there is still a huge supply issue. "We've got the…

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