Mark Shenk

4 weeks ago | reutersevents.com | Mark Shenk

SMRs could help meet an expected surge in U.S. electricity demand coming from the expansion of power-hungry data centers but they are still in the development stage and unlikely to become commercially available until at least the end of the decade. As well as investing billions of dollars to develop this technology ahead of their rivals, SMR companies need to secure supplies of nuclear fuel.

1 month ago | agricensus.com | Mark Shenk

Investors in the US corn and soybean markets amassed short positions while trimming longs in the week to Tuesday March 18, helping trim the corn net-long to its lowest level in more than three months; meanwhile the soybean net-short rose, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday March 21.

1 month ago | agricensus.com | Mark Shenk

The US agriculture sector has strongly felt the impact of President Donald Trump’s policies during the last two months, and market participants do not expect calm to return anytime soon, as he has shown no sign of retreating from his tariff policies or his intention to cut both federal government headcounts and programs.

1 month ago | agricensus.com | Mark Shenk

Investors in the US corn markets slashed long positions while amassing shorts in the week to Tuesday March 11, helping trim the net-long to its lowest since early December; meanwhile the soybean net-short declined, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday March 14.

1 month ago | agricensus.com | Mark Shenk

US weekly wheat net sales for the 2024/25 crop year totaled 783,400 tonnes during the week to March 6, up ‘noticeably’ from the previous week and 83% from the prior four-week average, according to data released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Thursday March 13.