
DTN's year-end review ranks 2019 stories, including struggles in ethanol and biodiesel from poor margins and small-refinery exemptions, cattle market disruption from weather and the Tyson Kansas plant fire, and the US-China trade deal quest. It summarizes events already known rather than announcing new developments.
Biofuel margin stress and reduced plant runs weaken soybean oil and corn demand for biofuel, while cattle packing disruption affects feeder and live cattle pricing.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.