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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 John L. Caiazzo |
March 31, 2013
The threat of war emanating from the North Koreans is of grave concern to the public as well as the marketplace.
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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 Sholom Sanik |
March 22, 2013
U.S. soybean ending stocks for the 2012-13 marketing year are estimated at 125 million bushels (3.4 million tonnes), or 4% of consumption. That would be the lowest level in history.
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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.
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By Luzi Ann Javier, Bloomberg |
March 19, 2013
Farmers from Australia to Europe to the U.S. are poised to reap the second-largest wheat crop on record as fields recover from drought and heat waves, boosting global stockpiles for the first time in four years.
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By Allendale Inc. |
March 19, 2013
A thin corn market could be moved by moderate buying this week, while soybeans react to Cyprus and low inspection numbers.
