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J Ganes Consulting: Get The Hard Facts on Soft Commodities

We provide unparalleled, comprehensive analysis and insightful opinions on pricing, supply & demand estimates and other key factors affecting global softs markets. From reports to consulting services, workshops and strategic partnerships, J Ganes is a one-stop shop for independent, unbiased commentary and invaluable context. Looking for the hard facts on soft commodities? Get connected today to one of the most valued sector experts — straight to your inbox every week.

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Two Exclusive Live Online Courses with Judy Ganes 📈 Whether you're navigating sugar, coffee, cocoa or cotton markets, this is your chance to build a powerful foundation in commodity futures and options trading and risk management – directly from one of the industry’s most trusted voices. Ideal for: • Commodity Traders and Speculators • Risk Managers & Bankers • Procurement Professionals • Importers & Exporters What You’ll Learn: • Proficiency in futures and options trading • Price risk management techniques • Greeks and synthetics • Bullish, Bearish, and Neutral Strategies Don't miss this opportunity to upskill with practical, market-relevant training.

About the Courses

Course 1: Agricultural Softs: Mechanics of Futures & Options and Hedging Strategies 🗓️ September 8–11, 2025 (Mon–Thurs) 🕘 Daily 9 AM – 11:30 AM, 1 PM – 3:30 PM EST | 20 hours total Focus: Sugar • Cocoa • Cotton • FCOJ market forces and trading Course 2: Coffee: Mechanics of Futures & Options and Hedging Strategies 🗓️ September 15–18, 2025 (Mon–Thurs) 🕘 Daily 9 AM – 11:30 AM, 1 PM – 3:30 PM EST | 20 hours total Focus: Coffee market dynamics and trading Course Level: Beginner to intermediate 🎟️ $5,000 per person | Limited seats available
The fee Includes all course materials plus a three-month window for all attendees to ask follow-up questions to provide even more benefit from attending J Ganes Consulting commodity training courses.
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J Ganes Reports

All J Ganes soft commodities titles draw on Judy Ganes' deep involvement in the industry, from corporate trading desks to boots on the ground.
A must-have look at coffee market fundamentals. Each week, get our analysis and opinion reflecting decades of coffee market experience, from boardrooms to plantations. Published a minimum of 47 times per year.
A vital resource for anyone needing to understand the dynamics of softs markets. Each week you’ll get into coffee, cocoa, sugar, cotton and orange juice from production yields to pricing dynamics. Published a minimum of 47 weeks per year.
Each month the Softs: Fast Facts report provides detailed datapoints and analysis on coffee, cocoa, sugar, cotton and orange juice markets. Topics include economic and political influences on the markets, weather, pertinent statistics, as well as predicted relative market strength.
Six times a year, the Coffee In-Depth report provides invaluable context on pricing, supply & demand estimates and other key factors affecting the coffee market. Your one-stop shop for independent, unbiased commentary from one of the most seasoned soft commodity experts in the industry today.
The Softs: In-Depth Report looks at key factors, critical trends and issues affecting the price of soft commodities. We bring incisive market analysis, context and opinion to the most timely issues. The last word on pricing, supply and demand estimates and other key factors affecting softs markets.
Get the Power of J Ganes Consulting Reports working for you right now.
Are you ready to start receiving J Ganes Consulting's connected and comprehensive soft commodities research on a weekly, monthly and bi-monthly basis? Contact us today to learn more about the best blend of reports and pricing to meet your needs.
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Consulting Services

Need advice on managing price risk? Growing and managing your business? We can help.

Strategic Partnerships

  • J Ganes Consulting Services offer clear strategic guidance tailored to meet individual business, investment or trading objectives. Services include, but are not limited to:
  • Phone consultations.
  • In-person client meetings and site visits.
  • Facilitating or participating in brainstorming sessions.
  • Specialized presentations.
  • Hedging strategies.
  • Longer-term price forecasts.
  • Hedging strategies. Market feasibility studies. Structured reports. Long-term price forecasts.
  • Whatever your needs, you can count on us to expertly design and flawlessly deliver your project on time and within budget. And, of course, all work is conducted with the greatest confidentiality. Contact Judy Ganes today to discuss your needs and receive a price quote.

Workshops

In-person, online or by video conference, we design and lead workshops to meet your unique needs.

Let’s Talk About Soft Commodities

Online or by video conference, J Ganes Consulting designs, creates and leads workshops tailored to specific needs. Workshops can include, but are not limited to:
  • Futures and options—101, intermediate and advanced levels
  • Price risk management
  • Fundamental analysis for soft commodities
  • Understanding relevant market reports and data
  • What you need to know about trading soft commodities
  • How weather and other market-moving events can affect soft commodities
  • How to better time trades using seasonal patterns… and more
Contact Judy Ganes today to discuss your needs and to receive our price list.
  • Brazil Tour

    Judy Ganes returned from her latest junket to Brazil, her fifth field trip to the country since December 2020, with fresh insight into the state of the world's most important coffee crops. Over 10 days she visited areas in Zona da Mata, Minas Gerais and others to assess the 2023 outlook for the world's most important coffee producer. If you would like to gain access to this incisive, firsthand analysis of coffee and other softs, contact us via the link above for detailed product and pricing information.
  • The Coffee Grower's Conundrum

    This is Paolo. A 70-hectare coffee grower at 1,200m in Campos Altos, MG. He has held off selling his crop, wanting higher prices to cover rising costs. He is willing to see how production and prices are in 2023/24 but if he can’t meet expenses he will convert his farm to corn or soybeans. Read more...
  • Three views from the field

    #MatasdeMinas tour notes: three different views from a week visiting farms in eastern #MinasGerais: 1) very little coffee; 2) a medium amount (rather disappointing for the grower) and 3) an excellent crop. The third condition was the rarity. Very few farms had strong production. Read more...

A Wealth of Consulting Experience

J Ganes Consulting is celebrating 24 years of providing unique strategic insights to our valued clients, advising on fundamental drivers and price outlook for core soft commodities and a host of other agricultural products. A look back at some J Ganes Consulting milestones: • Over 2600 published subscription-based research reports• Additional Special Reports on timely and relevant topics• Major studies on weather impacts and long-term supply and demand projections • More than 150 speaking engagements in 40+ countries• Dozens of workshops and training courses held including risk management and trading using futures and options both in-person and online• Multiple global consulting projects including feasibility studies related to the Softs as well as on various other standardized and non-standardized commodities value chain and risk assessments• Multiple awards in recognition of unconditional support and service to various coffee producing industries and associations
Judith Ganes, President of J Ganes Consulting has been a Soft Commodity market analyst/strategist for more than 40 years, starting her career on Wall Street at major brokerage firms. Ms Ganes is a co-founder of the Netherlands-based Taka Insights data analytics platform. She recently completed, with a Certificate of Excellence, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Education Program on Artificial Intelligence and No-Code Machine Learning. Ms Ganes has been quoted and interviewed countless times in major news media in print, radio, television, and social media platforms. She is Series 3 licensed and registered with the National Futures Association (NFA). Above all, Ms Ganes feels honored to have shared and developed commodities markets knowledge with the thousands of people from the more than 100 countries she has visited. Having accumulated a wealth of cultural experiences from her extensive travels, she remains passionately committed to continuing that journey for her clients.
How to get in touch Feel free to write or call us. We love to communicate with our clients.
WhatsApp/Mobile +1 914 602 9483
judyg@jganesconsulting.com

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