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By Alan Bjerga and Jen Skerritt |
May 23, 2013
Canada vowed to escalate a dispute with the U.S. over plans to impose stricter country-of-origin labeling rules for meat.
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By Sholom Sanik |
May 10, 2013
Concerns are that the late corn planting could result in some yield loss, and in some regions, the planting window could close completely, forcing farms to plant soybeans or cotton instead.
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By Gary Kamen |
April 30, 2013
Last year corn plantings were some of the earliest. The U.S. had one of its best corn planting season on record last year. This year we are seeing the opposite with cold rainy temperatures.
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By Sholom Sanik |
April 19, 2013
The April USDA crop report presented a bearish picture for the global wheat market, reaffirming the steep slide in prices we’ve seen over the past six months. With the 2012-13 marketing year drawing to a close, analysts were expecting a featureless report.
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
April 9, 2013
The record collapse in U.S. corn exports and shrinking domestic demand are leaving more grain in silos, spurring a bear market just eight months after drought drove prices to an all-time high.
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By Sholom Sanik |
April 5, 2013
The USDA reported March 1 corn stocks at 5.398 billion bushels, close to 400 million bushels above the average of analysts’ guesstimates. That was a huge miss.
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By Gary Kamen |
April 1, 2013
This past Thursday’s USDA plantings and grain stocks reports did a number on grains. The reports showed domestic corn supplies (old crop) higher than expected, and corn plantings this year if recognized will be the highest since 1936.
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By Supunnabul Suwannakij and Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Bloomberg |
April 1, 2013
Corn futures headed for a bear market, falling to the lowest price since July, on signs of ample supplies in the U.S., the world’s top grower and exporter. Wheat reached a nine-month low, and soybeans tumbled.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
March 28, 2013
Corn plunged the most since May, sparking a slump in soybeans and wheat, after the government said U.S. inventories were bigger than analysts forecast and that farmers will plant the most since 1936.
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By Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg |
March 20, 2013
The Senate adopted an amendment to a spending bill that would avoid furloughing U.S. meat inspectors as part of budget cuts, lowering the risk of disrupting plants run by companies including Tyson Foods Co.
