It’s Finally Here
We are very excited to announce the launch of the Darin Newsom Analysis Mobile App. We understand the importance of getting our information to you in the most convenient way possible. We also understand that not everyone has the same phone, that is why we have launched our app simultaneously in both the Apple App Store and on Google Play.
Public Columns
Every now and then, Darin releases his weekly column for the public to enjoy. Here are the most recent.
Down and Out
This past week felt like a month. By the time we arrived at Friday’s close, the hullabaloo surrounding the March 31 USDA nonsense was a distant memory. And it had only been the past Monday. So much happened in markets of every sector, when the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders reports were released Friday afternoon Ben sent me a message that read, “I can’t think of a more pointless CoT report since I started doing them.” (For the [...]
Mr. Newsom Goes to Washington
Some of you have been with me long enough to remember my early days at DTN. The company was on its way to the top of the ag media industry led by its Editor-in-Chief Urban Lehner. Urban joined the company in mid to late 2003, and if I recall the story correctly I was one of his first hires. I’ve talked about the memorable job interview I had with Urban in November of 2003, at a Cracker Barrel [...]
Opium and Hobgoblins
Later today, January 10, 2025, USDA will release its annual data dump that includes monthly grain supply and demand guesses, annual crop production (the “final” numbers until changed again), quarterly grain stocks estimates (as of December 1, 2024), and winter wheat seedings. We know the time for this annual silliness because the usual posts talking about the high anticipation of the event is already starting to float to the top of the cesspool we know as social media. [...]