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Crop progress, freight, & tariffs update
Episode 506

Crop progress, freight, & tariffs update

McKeany-Flavell Hot Commodity Podcast

August 1, 202522m 45s

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Show Notes

  • Crop progress
    • Ideal weather for the U.S., but what about Canada and Europe?
    • Corn: What’s up with those big numbers?!?
    • Be on the lookout for August dryness and the hurricane season ramping up
  • Freight
    • Union Pacific makes a major announcement (billions, not millions!)
    • Ocean, rail, and trucking updates
      • Which one is most stable at the moment?
    • Tariffs
      • Battling exhaustion
      • Exceptions for certain productions like coffee or tropical oils?
      • Ag policy: How the USDA is being restructured

Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO  
Expert: Nicole Thomas, Vice President – Information Services
Expert: Eric Thornton, Senior Commodity Advisor