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  US corn stocks dwindle, but record crop looms

  By Sholom Sanik  |  April 5, 2012

  The March 30 quarterly stocks report confirmed that near-term US corn supplies were very tight. Inventories as of March 1 were reported at 6.009 billion bushels.

• Weak US soybean crop fails to hold prices

  By Shalom Sanik  |  November 15, 2011

  Soybean prices have been coming off since late summer. After a corrective $1-per-bushel bounce in October, the market is testing the lows

• Where did all the cocoa go?

  By Shalom Sanik  |  October 28, 2011

  The 2010-11 marketing year for cocoa in the Ivory Coast ended on September 30. The crop reached – reportedly – a record 1.51 million tonnes

• Will the Chinese buy enough corn to halt the slide?

  By Shalom Sanik  |  October 17, 2011

  The corn market had a miserable September, tumbling sharply from all-time highs that reached almost the $8-per-bushel level

• Foreign demand for US wheat wanes

  By Shalom Sanik  |  September 19, 2011

  Focus on Futures exploring the U.S. wheat market

• Should copper prices be soaring?

  By Shalom Sanik  |  July 28, 2011

  Focus on Futures looking at copper

• Cocoa: Can supply figures be overstated?

  By Shalom Sanik  |  June 29, 2011

  Focus on Futures discussing the cocoa market with attention paid to the Ivory Coast

• Is U.S. crop failure enough to keep cotton chugging?

  By Shalom Sanik  |  June 15, 2011

  Focus on Futures column looking at U.S. cotton crop failures

• Corn: Don’t judge the crop report by its cover

  By Shalom Sanik  |  May 16, 2011

  Friedberg's Focus on Futures newsletter focusing on the May USDA corn report