How a Super El Niño Could Reshape Food Prices and Commodity Markets

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“How a Super El Niño Could Reshape Food Prices and Commodity Markets”

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by Jim Roemer - Meteorologist - Commodity Trading Advisor - Principal, Best Weather Inc. & Climate Predict - Publisher, Weather Wealth Newsletter and Co-Producer of Climatelligence

Scott Mathews - Editor and Co-Producer of Climatelligence

• August 21, 2026

CLICK HERE for a short video summary of Jim Roemer’s interview about El Niño that was aired Tuesday, August 18th, on the Financial Sense Wealth Management podcast. The full 30-minute podcast can be accessed with a FREE subscription to our new SUBSTACK - Climatelligence newsletter when you visit this Substack page.

The podcast mentioned above addresses the following:

1. The differences between a super and standard El Niño: It is not just Pacific ocean temperatures that matter, but also the SOI index and global atmospheric angular momentum (GLAAM);

2. Food inflation: Why El Niño is poised to cause economic shock across the world;

3. Commodity Markets: Which markets have the most upside potential due to a strong or super El Niño?

4. El Niño can also alleviate the severe Plains and western US wheat drought: Implications for the western US wildfires, ski areas, and wheat farmers later this year or in early 2027;

5. Why natural gas prices could collapse this winter with a strong El Niño.

We greatly appreciate your interest in Commodity Weather Intelligence!

Jim Roemer, Scott Mathews, and the BestWeather Team

Mr. Roemer owns Best Weather Inc., offering weather-related blogs for commodity traders and farmers. He is also a co-founder of Climate Predict, a detailed long-range global weather forecast tool. As one of the first meteorologists to become an NFA-registered Commodity Trading Advisor, he has worked with major hedge funds, Midwest farmers, and individual traders for over 35 years. With a special emphasis on interpreting market psychology, coupled with his short-term and long-term trend forecasting in grains, softs, and energy markets, he holds a unique standing among advisors in the commodity risk management industry.

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