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ENNIS, Mont. — Longtime commodities analyst and newspaper columnist Jerry Welch died Oct. 2.
His daughter shared the news in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter: “Dad unexpectedly passed on Monday. We are in total shock, he was our world.”
One of the most recognized names in the world of commodities, Welch authored one of the longest-running commodity futures newspaper columns in history.
His column, “Commodity Insight,” has been published each week since the mid-1980s in Illinois AgriNews and Indiana AgriNews.
Hi all,
— Jerry Welch @ commodityinsite.com (@commodityinsite) October 5, 2023
Jerry’s daughter here. Dad unexpectedly passed on Monday. We are in total shock, he was our world.
He was so grateful to share what he loves with this community. Thank you for the support over the years.
Yesterday we saw 3 moose together….you know what that means….❤️ pic.twitter.com/cWOSJEEMWy
Welch also wrote the books, “Back to the Futures,” analyzing the commodity markets in the 1980s; “Haunted by Markets: Volume 1,” with statistics and stories about the history of the Big Four markets — stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities — from 1990 to 2015; and “Haunted by Markets: Volume 2,” covering 2015 to 2020.
“He was so grateful to share what he loves with this community,” his daughter said. “Thank you for the support over the years.”