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By Allendale Inc. |
April 9, 2013
Before grains turn their attention to weather, they will trade off an important USDA report on Wednesday. Here's what to expect.
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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 Allendale Inc. |
April 2, 2013
Last week's surprise supply figures continue to drive grain prices lower, while traders look ahead to weather factors that could come into play.
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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 Marc Nemenoff |
April 1, 2013
On Friday prices tumbled sharply on nearby contracts particularly Corn as the quarterly stocks report showed more grain in storage than anticipated indicating poor export demand over the last few months.
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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 Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
March 27, 2013
Corn supplies in the U.S., the biggest grower, are shrinking at the fastest pace in almost four decades as improving demand from ethanol refiners drains reserves already diminished by drought.
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By Allendale Inc. |
March 26, 2013
The grain and oilseed markets are waiting for confirmation from Thursday's USDA report, while weather moves wheat.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
March 19, 2013
It seems concern that increasing global corn demand might outstrip supply has been pushing this market higher recently. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said last week that U.S. stockpiles before the next harvest will total 632 million bushels.