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Mon, May 4th, 2026

Mon, May 4th, 2026

Jim Roemer

Jim Roemer

Jim Roemer owns the site www.bestweatherinc.com offering free (and subscription based) weather related blogs for commodity traders, institutional hedgers, farmers and small investors.

He is a featured guest on Bloomberg TV/radio, a contributor to Seeking Alpha and is co-founder of Climate Predict, LLC, the most detailed, long- range global weather forecast model in the commodity industry. He was one of the first meteorologists to become registered as a Commodity Trading Advisor. Mr. Roemer has worked with major hedge funds, Midwest farmers and traders for over 30 years. His unique ability to forecast both short and longer range weather trends, with a special emphasis in interpreting market psychology and major market moves in grains, softs and the energy markets, has made him a global industry leader in commodities.

Most Recent Stories

When you add El Niño to cool May weather... where do natural gas prices go?

We've seen this before... better pay attention to history

NGM26 : 2.839 (-0.98%)
UNG : 10.95 (+2.24%)
BOIL : 13.84 (+4.06%)
KOLD : 24.55 (-4.06%)
When the Sky Turned Black: A Century of Great Plains Drought and Wheat Prices

Will this history repeat itself?

ZSN26 : 1223-2 (+0.04%)
DBA : 28.29 (+0.64%)
SOYB : 25.22 (+1.08%)
CTN26 : 83.15 (+0.28%)
CORN : 19.12 (+1.22%)
ZWN26 : 646-0 (+0.78%)
WEAT : 24.20 (+0.79%)
ZCN26 : 486-0 (+0.05%)
TAGS : 25.73 (+1.14%)
Super El Niño???

How certain commodity prices could behave

ZSN26 : 1223-2 (+0.04%)
DBA : 28.29 (+0.64%)
SOYB : 25.22 (+1.08%)
ZWN26 : 646-0 (+0.78%)
WEAT : 24.20 (+0.79%)
CANE : 10.25 (+1.99%)
RMN26 : 3,364s (unch)
SBN28 : 16.63s (+1.28%)
CTN26 : 83.15 (+0.28%)
CORN : 19.12 (+1.22%)
KEN26 : 697-2 (+0.40%)
ZCN26 : 486-0 (+0.05%)
Is El Niño driving the coffee market?

There’s a lot of El Niño chatter out there… and there is something to it… but don’t hold your breath!

RMN26 : 3,364s (unch)
KCU26 : 276.20s (+0.11%)
SBUX : 104.97 (-0.88%)
KCZ26 : 268.60s (+0.41%)
RMX26 : 3,206s (unch)
KDP : 28.87 (-0.76%)
SJM : 96.91 (-0.06%)
RMU26 : 3,275s (unch)
KCN26 : 285.50s (-0.31%)
BROS : 56.84 (-0.19%)
How the Strait of Hormuz ping pong ball is affecting commodity prices from soup to nuts

Not since the Suez Canal crisis in 1956, has a single nautical passageway had so much influence on the whole world.

USO : 147.61 (+3.37%)
CLK26 : 92.13s (+2.81%)
QAM26 : 114.09s (+0.07%)
USOY : 9.20 (+3.02%)
USOI : 57.82 (+1.87%)
What's the Skinny on Orange Juice?

Jim delves into OJ (Weatherwise & Marketwise & Healthwise & Otherwise)

OJU26 : 192.05s (+0.66%)
OJK26 : 173.40s (+4.24%)
OJN26 : 190.90s (+0.85%)
OJF27 : 196.85s (+0.79%)
OJX26 : 195.15s (+0.80%)
USDA Planting Preview & El Niño Looms Over Drought Stressed Wheat

Check out Jim's VIDEO about his thoughts on the coming USDA planted acreage projections

MWK26 : 6.8275 (-0.80%)
DBA : 28.29 (+0.64%)
SOYB : 25.22 (+1.08%)
ZCK26 : 473-4 (-0.05%)
CORN : 19.12 (+1.22%)
KEN26 : 697-2 (+0.40%)
WEAT : 24.20 (+0.79%)
ZSK26 : 1204-6 (-0.23%)
ZWK26 : 633-0 (+0.56%)
TAGS : 25.73 (+1.14%)
The First Wheat Bull Market in Years?

Jim's VIDEO covers: How Climate is Causing Crop Woes for the U.S. Plains

MWK26 : 6.8275 (-0.80%)
DBA : 28.29 (+0.64%)
KEK26 : 682-4s (unch)
WEAT : 24.20 (+0.79%)
ZWK26 : 633-0 (+0.56%)
TAGS : 25.73 (+1.14%)
War is now a Commodity with an Uncertain Future

Tighten Your Seatbelts: It's Going to be a Bumpy Ride

CCK26 : 3,812s (+8.26%)
BNO : 60.13 (+4.99%)
SOYB : 25.22 (+1.08%)
SIK26 : 73.140 (+0.09%)
CANE : 10.25 (+1.99%)
ZSK26 : 1204-6 (-0.23%)
UNG : 10.95 (+2.24%)
SBK26 : 14.58s (-0.68%)
USO : 147.61 (+3.37%)
DBO : 23.08 (+4.62%)
CLK26 : 92.13s (+2.81%)
KCK26 : 302.20s (+0.07%)
(VIDEO) From SOUP TO NUTS: Weather & War are Wrenching Commodity Prices

Check out Jim’s video

CCK26 : 3,812s (+8.26%)
SBK26 : 14.58s (-0.68%)
RMK26 : 3,568s (unch)
KCK26 : 302.20s (+0.07%)
SIK26 : 73.140 (+0.09%)
GCJ26 : 4,591.5s (-1.79%)
CANE : 10.25 (+1.99%)
SLV : 65.94 (-3.44%)
GLD : 414.71 (-2.00%)

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