Josh Linville
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Well, those were demand-driven rallies. Those were both ethanol-based. They boosted corn pricing. And so everything chased after that price on the way up. And then the second all that demand started to fall out and there wasn't anything left, it's flat. It all fell back down to the ground. Guys, this thing has been going on since late 2020, early 21.
Well, those were demand-driven rallies. Those were both ethanol-based. They boosted corn pricing. And so everything chased after that price on the way up. And then the second all that demand started to fall out and there wasn't anything left, it's flat. It all fell back down to the ground. Guys, this thing has been going on since late 2020, early 21.
Well, those were demand-driven rallies. Those were both ethanol-based. They boosted corn pricing. And so everything chased after that price on the way up. And then the second all that demand started to fall out and there wasn't anything left, it's flat. It all fell back down to the ground. Guys, this thing has been going on since late 2020, early 21.
We have never seen a high-priced market like we have for this kind of length of time. And it's not just fertilizer. It's grains. It's everything across the board. It was crazy. Kind of easy, kind of exciting. Things were always happening. Every time you picked up the phone, there was some crazy black swan event. It always seemed to help out our situation. Now we're in the great reset.
We have never seen a high-priced market like we have for this kind of length of time. And it's not just fertilizer. It's grains. It's everything across the board. It was crazy. Kind of easy, kind of exciting. Things were always happening. Every time you picked up the phone, there was some crazy black swan event. It always seemed to help out our situation. Now we're in the great reset.
We have never seen a high-priced market like we have for this kind of length of time. And it's not just fertilizer. It's grains. It's everything across the board. It was crazy. Kind of easy, kind of exciting. Things were always happening. Every time you picked up the phone, there was some crazy black swan event. It always seemed to help out our situation. Now we're in the great reset.
And great resets never happen because your input prices fall. It's always the other way around. It's always the grain prices go down. Then all the other inputs are like, boy, that stinks. I ain't going to drop my price.
And great resets never happen because your input prices fall. It's always the other way around. It's always the grain prices go down. Then all the other inputs are like, boy, that stinks. I ain't going to drop my price.
And great resets never happen because your input prices fall. It's always the other way around. It's always the grain prices go down. Then all the other inputs are like, boy, that stinks. I ain't going to drop my price.
Yep. Back when tobacco was still a little controlled by the government as far as what you could raise and you could actually make money at it.
Yep. Back when tobacco was still a little controlled by the government as far as what you could raise and you could actually make money at it.
Yep. Back when tobacco was still a little controlled by the government as far as what you could raise and you could actually make money at it.
Yeah. So the role that I have, at the core of it, StoneX is a brokerage firm. So our whole thing is trading futures, trading grain futures, interest rates, currency, fertilizer. And that's what they brought me on, is that fertilizer is kind of an up-and-coming futures market, trading urea, U-A-N-D-A-P. But
Yeah. So the role that I have, at the core of it, StoneX is a brokerage firm. So our whole thing is trading futures, trading grain futures, interest rates, currency, fertilizer. And that's what they brought me on, is that fertilizer is kind of an up-and-coming futures market, trading urea, U-A-N-D-A-P. But
Yeah. So the role that I have, at the core of it, StoneX is a brokerage firm. So our whole thing is trading futures, trading grain futures, interest rates, currency, fertilizer. And that's what they brought me on, is that fertilizer is kind of an up-and-coming futures market, trading urea, U-A-N-D-A-P. But
Once I kind of started to settle into the role, some of the things that bugged me over 20-plus years started to kind of filter through my head, and that's the lack of information on the fertilizer side. I mean, let's face it. Most of the listeners are probably sitting there with their operations looking. The biggest cost per acre is fertilizer. What do you know the least amount about? Fertilizer.
Once I kind of started to settle into the role, some of the things that bugged me over 20-plus years started to kind of filter through my head, and that's the lack of information on the fertilizer side. I mean, let's face it. Most of the listeners are probably sitting there with their operations looking. The biggest cost per acre is fertilizer. What do you know the least amount about? Fertilizer.
Once I kind of started to settle into the role, some of the things that bugged me over 20-plus years started to kind of filter through my head, and that's the lack of information on the fertilizer side. I mean, let's face it. Most of the listeners are probably sitting there with their operations looking. The biggest cost per acre is fertilizer. What do you know the least amount about? Fertilizer.
That's not okay.
That's not okay.