Joe's Premium Subscription: www.standardgrain.comGrain Markets and Other Stuff Links-Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogleTikTokYouTubeFutures and options trading involves risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone.Summit Carbon Solutions Pipeline Challenges: Start date for the world's largest carbon capture-and-storage project delayed until early 2026 due to farmer resistance and regulatory hurdles, leading to rerouting of pipeline 6,300 times and nearly doubling estimated cost to $8 billion; proponents argue pipeline is crucial for ethanol industry's competitiveness amid global carbon reduction efforts. ?️??Iran's Attack on Israel: Iran launches unprecedented attack on Israel using 350 drones and missiles, intercepted by Israel and western allies; Israel weighs response while Biden administration refrains from backing retaliatory strike to avoid regional conflict, leading to lower crude oil futures. ?????Grain Complex Fund Traders Position: Fund traders maintain historically large net short positions across corn, soybeans, and SRW wheat, with net short of 256k contracts in corn and 126k contracts in soybeans; slight buying observed in SRW wheat. ???Chinese Demand Trends: Chinese soybean imports drop nearly 20% in March to four-year low, attributed to weakened feed demand and consumer consumption, with anticipation of rise in second quarter post-Brazil harvest completion; China may cancel European corn shipments to support domestic prices amid bumper crop and reduced feed demand. ????NOPA March Crush Data Expectations: Traders anticipate NOPA members crushed record-high 197.8 million bushels of soybeans in March, up 6.2% from February and 6.4% from March 2023, with soybean oil stocks forecast at 1.8 billion pounds, up 6% from February but down 3.2% from March 2023; NOPA report to be released today. ???US Soybean Flash Sale: US exporters report fourth flash sale of soybeans since April's start, totaling 124,000mt for 2023/2024 marketing year, bringing total flash sales for April to 654,404mt. ???