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Last week I laid out ten reasons I thought this market was setting up for something bigger. In this Insights, I am digging deeper into the forces behind that move.

Let’s start with the Black Sea. The problem is increasingly physical — and corn may ultimately matter most.

Export flows have slowed to a snail’s pace as fighting has intensified, and USDA’s official balance sheet is looking increasingly out of step with what is happening on the ground.

The disconnect is hard to ignore.

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