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Spring Market Outlook Webinar 2024

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Spring Market Outlook Webinar: Bears, Bulls, & Balance Sheets!

“Commodity bears” have awakened from their dens early this spring as grain and oilseed prices have dipped back down to multi-year lows. Can the pressure continue? How will planted acreage shake out this spring and what could new crop 2024/25 balance sheets look like? Nicole Thomas and Eric Thornton will discuss what is on the horizon for corn, the soy complex, and wheat.

Sugar, on the other hand, remains a challenging commodity to navigate. Not to fear! Kevin Combs will provide his analysis on the global and domestic market and check in on how price negotiations are shaking out for 2025.

Plan to attend our 2024 Spring Market Outlook webinar to hear our entire outlook on commodity markets heading into the spring growing season.

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Featured Presenters

Peter Church

Director of Marketing

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Mike Caughlan

President/CEO

Mike’s commercial and economic perspectives on cocoa and sweeteners have earned him a well-regarded reputation among clients since he joined McKeany-Flavell in 2003. With more than 20 years of experience in sales management and strategic planning at both the national and international levels, Mike enjoys working with clients using new approaches to help them solve current needs and future challenges. He contributes regularly to established trade publications and provides market analysis and strategic forecasting to some of the food and beverage industry’s most notable companies. Mike holds a Series 3 securities license.

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Nicole Thomas

Vice President, Information Services

Nicole is McKeany-Flavell’s senior commodity analyst and the head of the Information Service department. Offering clients over ten years of expertise and experience in the commodity and food sector, Nicole stays abreast of multiple commodity markets (cash and futures) and the ingredient markets they impact. Nicole regularly presents on sugar, corn, corn-derived product, soybean, and edible oils markets, and she is relied upon by the media for her commentary on those markets. She currently holds both Series 3 and 30 licenses for hedging commodities.

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Kevin Combs

Vice President, Global Sweeteners Specialist

Kevin joined McKeany-Flavell in 1999, quickly becoming our point person on sugar trade with Mexico. Over the years, Kevin has increased his role within our information sales team, advising clients in the food and beverage industries on sugar, corn sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate, and edible oils. Kevin is responsible for much of the sugar intelligence prepared for our clients, focusing on supply and demand, market trends, international trade, government policy, and risk-management. A valuable contributor to the ingredient sales team, Kevin helps suppliers and users with the sale and purchase of many commodities. Kevin holds a Series 3 securities license.

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Eric Thornton

Commodity Specialst

Eric joined the McKeany Flavell team in January 2020 coming with 7 years of experience in the food industry as a successful procurement professional. Eric has extensive knowledge in sugar, corn & corn Sweetener, cocoa, and a variety of other ingredients, but he has helped McKeany Flavell expand into new markets: wheat and CBD. His expansive knowledge and procurement background has helped to provide our clients with fundamental expertise, strategic commodity strategies and solutions. Prior to his professional career, Eric received a degree in Agribusiness Management with a minor in Economics from The Pennsylvania State University. Eric is also pursuing his series 3 and series 30 licenses.

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