Northern Crops Marketing and Investments, Ltd. (NCMI) is a full service commodity brokerage firm located at 142 Christian Drive in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the heart of North America's agriculture production area. We specialize in agricultural risk management and marketing strategies. We also trade through R. J. O'Brien & Associates, our clearinghouse.
NCMI's primary objective is to help clients spread, transfer, and limit risk. We utilize futures and options, along with cash contracts, to hedge. Basis, premiums, and discounts are also monitored closely. We have a variety of clientele across the United States and agri-business contacts worldwide.
Our goal is to combine our experience with the latest technology to provide quality, personal service. NCMI is committed to directly communicating with clients on a regular basis to establish and execute a marketing plan.
The U.S. opened a sterile fly dispersal facility in Texas to combat New World screwworm (NWS) spreading from Mexico, capable of releasing 100 million sterile flies weekly. Three preventative drugs received FDA authorization while USDA plans a production facility to eventually generate 300 million sterile flies per week.
Iowa requests federal court permission to use Hansen-Mueller's $500,000 surety bond to compensate farmers for unpaid grain deliveries following the company's bankruptcy filing.
We kick off the week with February's WASDE report, look forward to seeing you at the National Farm Machinery Show, and will check in on the weather impact of warmer weather in some areas of the U.S., and rains in South America.
At the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit on Thursday, E15 was the main topic of the day, though carbon pipelines also had their moment, along with the 45Z tax credit and the unrealized prospects of both maritime and sustainable aviation fuels.
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