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How ‘Corn Kid’ Got Kevin Bacon and Everyone Else Singing About Corn
It’s been a big month for corn thanks to one adorable corn-loving kiddo, who captured the attention of the internet by expressing his very sincere love of corn.
If you’re on TikTok and happened to notice a wild amount of corn related content, here’s some background on the source. The “Corn Kid” meme involves a kid named Tariq, whose enthusiastic, short and sweet interview about corn (and pretty much nothing else) is worth seeing if you haven’t already.
Why is everyone talking (and singing) about corn?
Corn-related content first caught my attention in late August, when I scrolled through my TikTok “For You page” and noticed several videos using the same soundtrack — a catchy song posted by TikTok account @schmoyoho.
I don’t know how I’m supposed to fall asleep with the corn song playing in my head all night.
— Elizabeth Gillies (@LizGillies) September 1, 2022
The song draws from an interview on Recess Therapy — a web series that poses questions to kids. In that interview, which debuted earlier in August, host Julian Shapiro-Barnum holds a microphone close to a youngster named Tariq, who speaks ever so passionately about corn.
“I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing,” Tariq says.
Tariq is missing a front tooth and wearing a shirt decorated with drawings of double-decker buses. He’s gripping a half-eaten corn on the cob, and takes a bite or two out of it during the interview.
Shapiro-Barnum asks him to describe corn. “A big lump with knobs,” he says. Tariq offers that corn should cost $1, and wishes viewers a “corntastic” day.
As of this writing, the song version by @schmoyoho has more than 8 million likes. In videos using the tune — of which there are more than 400,000 — people rank the lyrics, jam out and show off Corn Kid tribute art. Even actor and musician Kevin Bacon got in on the trend, posting an acoustic version of the Corn Kid song that’s quite a good listen.
The Corn Kid is on Cameo, where you can request a video for $220. He’s been in a Chipotle advertisement. He is sometimes referred to as the CEO of corn.
Who is the Corn Kid?
Though Tariq has talked endlessly about corn, we don’t know much about the kid behind the meme. According to The Atlantic, he hasn’t been doing television appearances or interviews.
When he’s not dropping quote-worthy bits about corn, he likes to play games like tag and hide-and-seek.
“I play a variety of games,” Tariq says on Recess Therapy, “never lava monster.”
How can I watch the original Corn Kid interview?
If you’ve heard the corn song and you want to watch Tariq’s interview from early August, it’s on Recess Therapy’s YouTube channel.
A follow-up post provides even more Tariq content.
Corn is, once again, on the menu.
How ‘Corn Kid’ Got Kevin Bacon and Everyone Else Singing About a Vegetable
It’s been a big month or so for corn on the cob. An adorable corn-loving kiddo has captured the attention of the internet, as has his clear snack of choice.
If you’ve spotted something related to the corn mania, here’s some background on where it stems from. The “Corn Kid” meme involves a kid named Tariq, whose enthusiastic, short and sweet interview about corn (and pretty much nothing else) is worth seeing if you haven’t already.
Why is everyone talking (and singing) about corn?
Corn-related content first caught my attention in late August, when I scrolled through my TikTok “For You page” and noticed several videos using the same soundtrack — a catchy song posted by TikTok account @schmoyoho.
I don’t know how I’m supposed to fall asleep with the corn song playing in my head all night.
— Elizabeth Gillies (@LizGillies) September 1, 2022
The song draws from an interview on Recess Therapy — a web series that poses questions to kids. In that interview, which debuted earlier in August, host Julian Shapiro-Barnum holds a microphone close to a youngster named Tariq, who speaks ever so passionately about corn.
“I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing,” Tariq says.
Tariq is missing a tooth and wearing a shirt decorated with drawings of double-decker buses. He’s gripping a half-eaten corn on the cob, and takes a bite or two out of it during the interview.
Shapiro-Barnum asks him to describe corn. “A big lump with knobs,” he says. Tariq offers that corn should cost $1, and wishes viewers a “corntastic” day.
As of this writing, the song version by @schmoyoho has more than 8 million likes. In videos using the tune — of which there are more than 400,000 — people rank the lyrics, jam out and show off Corn Kid tribute art. Even actor and musician Kevin Bacon got in on the trend, posting an acoustic version of the Corn Kid song that’s quite a good listen.
The Corn Kid is on Cameo, where you can request a video for $220. He’s been in a Chipotle advertisement. He is sometimes referred to as the CEO of corn.
Who is the Corn Kid?
Though Tariq has talked endlessly about corn, we don’t know much about the kid behind the meme. According to The Atlantic, he hasn’t been doing television appearances or interviews.
When he’s not dropping quote-worthy bits about corn, he likes to play games like tag and hide-and-seek.
“I play a variety of games,” Tariq says on Recess Therapy, “never lava monster.”
How can I watch the original Corn Kid interview?
If you’ve heard the corn song and you want to watch Tariq’s interview from early August, it’s on Recess Therapy’s YouTube channel.
A follow-up post provides even more Tariq content.
Corn is, once again, on the menu.
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Poultry and Meat Products Containing FDA-Regulated Corn Starch That Has Been Recalled Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens
WASHINGTON, August 24, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for poultry and meat products containing a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated corn starch that has been recalled due to an undeclared allergen, specifically milk. FSIS is issuing this public health alert to ensure that consumers are aware that these products should not be consumed. This situation is currently evolving, which means additional products may be added. Please continue to check back for possible updates.
While this public health alert focuses on chicken and pork tamale products, FSIS believes it is likely that additional meat and poultry products will be affected by the FDA-regulated corn starch. The list of products subject to the public health alert are available here and the labels are available here. The tamales were shipped to warehouse, distributor, and retail locations in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. However, if other products are added, additional states might be affected.
FSIS and FDA are coordinating on the recalled corn starch and are working together to determine the extent of the distribution of the corn starch to other establishments.
There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a health care provider.
FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ homes. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.
Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or live chat via Ask USDA from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Consumers can also browse food safety messages at Ask USDA or send a question via email to MPHotline@usda.gov. For consumers that need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.
Charts suggest corn and wheat futures could continue to rise due to Russia-Ukraine war, Cramer says
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday said corn and wheat prices could continue to rise due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, leaning on analysis from Carley Garner, senior commodity market strategist at DeCarley Trading.
“The charts, as interpreted by Carley Garner, suggest that both wheat and corn prices are headed higher here. Maybe much higher. And that is the last thing we want to see, but we might have to get used to it,” the “Mad Money” host said.
Cramer said that Ukraine and Russia account for a third for the world’s wheat production, and while this year’s crop was planted before war broke out between the two countries, harvesting and shipping could be a challenge due to high energy costs and safety concerns.
Wheat futures
Current prices are the highest they’ve been since 2008, when a slew of factors including high oil prices and unusually dry weather in the United States led wheat to leap to $13 a bushel from the $3 to $6 it hovered around for decades prior, Cramer said.
Garner believes this jump was “even faster and more disorderly,” Cramer said. Additionally, because future exchanges have price limits on how much a commodity can move in a session, wheat can be “locked limit-up,” which means the price has moved to its limit in a day, and short-sellers who don’t want to sell at the limit price are held in that position until the next day.
This phenomenon happened during the week after the Russia-Ukraine war began, which Garner believes helped drive up wheat prices to $13.60 with little trading.
Here’s a weekly chart of wheat futures and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s commitments of traders data. The COT report shows the net positions of small speculators, large speculators and commercial hedgers.
Here, Garner sees that because of locked limit-up trading sessions, money managers are net long by only 12,000 contracts, Cramer said. In the past, they could go up to 50,000, according to Garner, which means that “if institutional money managers want to bet on wheat here, they’ve still got a ton of dry powder,” Cramer said.
Garner believes prices are going to continue to increase, Cramer said.
Here is the daily chart of the May wheat futures:
After prices peaked on March 8 and underwent six limit-up moves, wheat futures declined sharply, according to Garner. But prices still stayed above wheat’s 20-day moving average, while the Relative Strength Index, a momentum indicator, pulled back from overbought territory while staying positive. This means wheat has “got more room to run,” Cramer said.
“As long as it holds above its floor of support at $10.30 a bushel, which is down roughly 90 cents from here, Garner believes wheat can make another run at its highs over the coming weeks or months,” Cramer said.
Corn futures
Although Ukraine accounts for 4% of the global output of corn, “no trader wants to sell corn when the wheat board is lighting up,” Cramer said. He added that corn was able to rally because corn-based ethanol is currently cheaper than oil, which has surged in price in recent weeks.
Here is the monthly chart of the May corn futures:
Garner believes the corn rally could end soon but still be hard-hitting, said Cramer, adding that if corn futures surpass the price ceiling of resistance around $7.70, it could approach record levels of $8.50.
“She doesn’t expect corn to burst through that level, but if it somehow manages to keep roaring, then she doesn’t see any more resistance until $10.50. That would be a new record. If corn gets to that level, it means we’re dealing with an insane level of inflation,” Cramer said.
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Michael Corn lawsuit: Anger and confusion inside ABC News after former ‘Good Morning America’ boss is sued for alleged sexual assault
Staffers are angry, confused, and demanding answers inside ABC News after a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleged that former “Good Morning America” boss Michael Corn sexually assaulted two staffers. The allegations, which Corn has denied, have rocked all levels of the news network, I’m told by multiple sources. As one source put it to me, “There is a lot of anger and confusion and people wanting to understand what happened…”
News about the lawsuit jolted across people’s phones via a push alert from The Wall Street Journal Wednesday morning. Reporter Joe Flint scooped that Corn, who had inexplicably left ABC News earlier this year, was facing sexual assault allegations from two of his former colleagues. The “GMA” producer who filed the suit against Corn and ABC, Kirstyn Crawford, said she was assaulted in 2015 during a trip to cover the Academy Awards. Crawford also said Corn assaulted former ABC News producer Jill McClain in 2010 while on a flight and in 2011 during a trip to London.
Corn’s legal team fired back with emails showing Crawford and Corn engaging in friendly banter hours after the alleged assault took place. Corn said in a statement that the emails prove her claims “are demonstrably false.” He said her messages were “not the words and actions of a woman who had been assaulted hours before.” He also said McClain’s claims “are equally as fabricated.” He said she invited him to his wedding and “repeatedly communicated to me and my wife that she missed me after leaving her position at ABC.”
For its part, ABC only put out a terse statement that said, “We are committed to upholding a safe and supportive work environment and have a process in place that thoroughly reviews and addresses complaints that are made. ABC News disputes the claims made against it and will address this matter in court.” A spokesperson for the network declined to say anything more…
Inside Godwin’s 3pm call
Around 3pm ET, ABC News staffers got a curious email from newsgathering SVP Wendy Fisher, informing them that the afternoon editorial call with President Kim Godwin had been delayed until 3:10pm. The call is usually reserved for senior ABC News personnel, so the email — which was sent to a large listserv — baffled people, according to sources I spoke to. Then, at 3:11pm ET, nearly 500 ABC News staffers got another email inviting them to join the call.
At the top of the call, Godwin — who took charge earlier this year — read ABC’s statement. She said that she came to ABC News to help change the culture and is committed to doing so. She said she wanted to be there for staffers and that she was addressing the issue Wednesday afternoon because she didn’t want to wait until the 9am call the following day. “I’m here,” she said at one point. “You know how to reach me. Call me. If you need anything, even just if you need someone to listen.”
Godwin then took questions from a frustrated staff. Godwin was asked why the statement ABC News issued said that the network “disputed” the allegations. She answered that she didn’t believe it to be a blanket statement, and that the company has certain feelings toward certain allegations. Godwin was asked why everyone learned about the allegations from The Wall Street Journal, instead of from management. Her answer: because the allegations were made in a lawsuit.
The questions from ABC’ers were not in short supply. Bottom line: It was a call full of raw emotion. I’m told one person yelled. Another person cried. As one source put it to me, “It was definitely a tense call…”
Will “GMA” address the allegations?
According to sources who were on the call, Godwin was asked whether “GMA” would address the story on Thursday, but didn’t give a clear answer. I checked with an ABC News rep, but didn’t hear back. The network still hasn’t named a new senior EP of “GMA” to replace Corn…
What about Nexstar?
After he departed ABC News, Corn joined Nexstar’s fledgling “NewsNation” as the head of news. The network is not commenting on the allegations against him. A spokesperson told me, “We have no comment on anything that may or may not have happened prior to Mr. Corn’s employment with Nexstar…”
Lions will sign Corn Elder
Cornerback Corn Elder‘s visit with the Lions went well.
Elder’s agents told Ian Rapoport of NFL Media that their client has agreed to a deal during his visit with the team. It’s a one-year agreement for Elder and the Lions.
The news will likely leave a frown on the face of Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey. He responded to a tweet about Elder’s visit by writing that he was trying to get Elder to visit the Rams.
Elder was a Panthers fifth-round pick in 2017 and missed his rookie season on injured reserve. He played 13 games the next year, got waived at final cuts in 2019, and then returned to Carolina after the Panthers signed him off the Giants practice squad.
He has 43 tackles and a forced fumble in 30 career games.
Corn, soybean markets hit ‘limit up’ on USDA’s lower-than-expected acreage
U.S. farmers will plant lower corn and soybean acreage than the trade expected, according to the USDA.
As a result, the CME Group’s corn market hit its daily limit up (25¢) trading prices.
At midsession, the May corn futures are 25¢ higher at $5.64 1/2. July corn futures are 25¢ higher at $5.47. New crop December corn futures are 23 3/4¢ higher at $4.76 1/2.
May soybean futures are 64¢ higher at $14.31 1/2. July soybean futures are 62 1/4¢ higher at $14.20 1/2. New crop November soybean futures are 65¢ higher at $12.51 3/4.
May wheat futures are 15¢ higher at $6.16.
May soymeal futures are $16.60 short term higher at $414.80.
May soy oil futures are 2.40¢ higher at 52.86¢ per pound.
In the outside markets, the NYMEX crude oil market is +0.23 higher (+0.38%) at $60.78. The U.S. dollar is lower, and the Dow Jones Industrials are 25 points higher (+0.08%) at 33,092 points.
Anything above 180.3 million acres breaks the 2017 total acreage record.
In its March Prospective Plantings Report Wednesday, the USDA pegged the 2021 U.S. corn acreage at 91.1 million, compared with the trade’s expectation of 93.2 million and the USDA’s previous estimate from the Outlook Forum in February of 92.0 million.
For soybeans, the USDA sees 2021 acreage at 87.6 million vs. the trade’s expectation of 89.9 million and the USDA’s Outlook Forum estimate of 90.0 million.
All wheat acreage is pegged at 46.6 million vs. the trade’s expectation of 44.97 million and the USDA’s Outlook Forum estimate of 45.0 million.
March 1 Grain Stocks
The USDA estimates both the amount of grain stocks on and off-farm as of March 1.
In its report, the USDA pegged the March 1, 2021, U.S. corn stocks at 7.7 billion bushels vs. the trade’s estimate of 7.76 billion bushels.
For soybeans, March 1 stocks totaled 1.56 billion bushels vs. the trade’s estimate of 1.54 billion bushels.
USDA sees U.S. wheat stocks, as of March 1, at 1.31 billion bushels vs. the trade’ estimate of 1.27 billion bushels.
Trade Response
Jack Scoville, PRICE Futures Group, says that the USDA released a wild report and that the uptrend is back.
“The stocks report was mostly in line with trade guesses, a little less in corn and a little bigger in wheat with soybeans dead-on guesses. Not much there. But the Prospective Plantings report was wild, much below trade guesses for corn, beans, and wheat,” Scoville says.
“I’m not sure why the U.S. farmer is not going fencepost to fencepost, but he was not planning to when he was surveyed. Plus, there was a lot of prevent plant area last year that was expected to get planted this year. So, I am not sure I believe the numbers, but they are what we got and we have to ride with them. Limit up now and probably locked up for today. We could be higher tomorrow. Maybe we go down a bit tomorrow, only to go higher later. The uptrend is back,” Scoville says.
Jason Roose, U.S. Commodities, says that today’s USDA report is telling the story of tight stocks.
“Grains are adding back price premium with a flurry, after today’s all important USDA Acres and Stocks reports. The acres set the stage with less than anticipated acres for both corn and soybeans. Larger acres are felt to be needed with stocks at multiple-year lows, with a margin of error tight going into spring,” Roose says.
Roose added, “Spring weather will be closely watched and will acres be added in with higher prices, and will exports stay competitive with a stronger dollar,” Roose says.
USDA’s ending stocks not as tight, corn market ends lower, soybeans higher
The U.S. corn and soybean ending stocks are not tightening as much as expected, according to the USDA Tuesday.
In its February Supply/Demand and WASDE Reports, the USDA printed bigger corn and soybean carryout estimates than trade estimates, resulting in a mild market reaction.
At the close, the March corn futures finished 7¢ lower at $5.56 3/4. May corn futures settled 7 1/4¢ lower at $5.54 1/2. New crop December corn futures closed 2 1/2¢ lower at $4.55 3/4.
March soybean futures finished 14 1/4¢ higher at $14.01 3/4. May soybean futures ended 12 3/4¢ higher at $13.98 3/4. New crop November futures are 11¢ higher at $11.90 3/4.
March wheat futures settled 6 3/4¢ lower at $6.49 1/2.
March soymeal futures finished $2.10 short term higher at $438.70.
March soy oil futures closed 0.89 higher at 46.52¢ per pound.
In the outside markets, the NYMEX crude oil market is $0.46 per barrel higher (+0.79%) at $58.43. The U.S. dollar is lower, and the Dow Jones Industrials are 44 points higher (+0.14%) at 31,430 points.
U.S. Carryout
On Tuesday, the USDA pegged the U.S. 2020/2021 soybean carryout at 120 million bushels vs. the trade’s expectation of 123 million bushels and the USDA’s January estimate of 140 million bushels.
For corn, the USDA sees the 2020/2021 ending stocks at 1.50 billion bushels vs. the trade’s expectation of 1.39 billion bushels and the January estimate of 1.55 billion bushels.
The U.S. wheat ending stocks are pegged at 836 million bushels vs. trade’s expectation of 834 million and the USDA’s January estimate of 836 million.
World Ending Stocks
In its report, the USDA pegged the world’s 2020/21 corn ending stocks at 286.5 million metric tons vs. trade’s expectation of 279.79 million metric tons and the USDA’s January estimate of 283 mmt.
For soybeans, the world ending stocks are pegged at 83.4 mmt. vs. the trade’s expectation of 83.30 mmt. and the USDA’s January estimate of 84.31 mmt.
For wheat, the world ending stocks are pegged at 304.2 mmt. vs. the trade’s expectation of 312 mmt. and the USDA’s January estimate of 313 mmt.
South America’s Crop Production
The USDA pegged the 2020/2021 Brazil soybean output at 133.0 mmt. vs. the trade’s expectation of 133.0 mmt. and the USDA’s January estimate of 132 mmt.
For Brazil’s corn production, it was pegged at 109 mmt. vs. the trade’s expectation of 108 mmt. and the USDA’s January estimate of 102.0 mmt.
For Argentina, the USDA pegged its soybean output at 48.0 mmt. vs. the trade’s expectation of 47.6 mmt. and the USDA’s January estimate of 48.0 mmt.
Argentina’s corn output is pegged at 47.5 mmt. vs. trade’s expectation of 47.0 mmt and the USDA’s January estimate of 47.5 mmt.
Trade Reaction
Peter J. Meyer, S&P Global Platts, head of grain and oilseed analytics, says that the corn market was disappointed with just a 50-million-bushel increase in corn exports.
“Many, including S&P Global Platts, were expecting a 150-million-bushel increase on the heels of the record Chinese purchases at the end of January, but the USDA’s World Board continues to be reactive rather than proactive,” Meyer says.
Meyer added, “The structural imbalance, demand minus production, in China now stands at 28.3 million mt. against our 29 million mt. forecast. We believe that number can stretch to 32 million mt. next year, pushing Chinese corn imports as high as 30 million MT in 2021-22 vs. the current USDA estimate of 24 million MT for the current marketing year. The imbalance is up over 10 million MT year-over-year, something that we believe will continue to grow. No changes to South American corn production was expected.”
Soybeans were much less of a story. The USDA increased U.S. soybean exports by 20 million bushels, as expected. Soybean production in Brazil and Argentina were left unchanged, Meyer says.
Sal Gilbertie, Teucrium Trading, agrees that the markets were disappointed with the USDA corn use numbers, which were largely below expectations in all categories.
“Soybeans remain tight, with the USDA raising U.S. soybean export numbers to the higher end of trade expectations. Soybeans may buy some acres from corn if the estimates in this report hold steady through the March WASDE release,” Gilbertie says.