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Palm Oil, Corn, Wheat and Agriculture Preview

Malaysian Palm Oil futures edged lower, as political uncertainty in the EU + some industry data due the Thursday deterred traders from taking risky positions on Wednesday. Currently it is more like a positioning ahead of the MPOB (Malaysian Palm Oil Board) data and USDA (US Department of Agriculture) report. Wheat futures faced pressure during [...]

Palm Oil, Corn, Wheat, Soybean and Agricuture Futures Preview

US Agriculture Futures Outlook Chicago Wheat closed fractionally to 0.03 higher in most contracts, with Kansas City 0.03 to 0.05 higher. Minneapolis Wheat ended mostly 0.02 to 0.03 lower. Wheat futures saw slight gains throughout the morning on spillover from corn futures and a downturn in the condition of the HRW Wheat crop. But as [...]

Palm Oil, Corn, Wheat and Agricultural Preview

Asia’s leading economic research house LTN www.livetradingnews.com takes a look at the premarket for Agricultural products. Chicago Wheat futures saw a recovery into the close to finish 0.02 to 0.0375 higher and Kansas City futures ended mostly around a 0.05 higher on Monday. While the winter Wheat markets ended near session highs, Minneapolis futures closed [...]

Wheat, Corn, Palm Oil, Cotton Outlook

US Agriculture Futures Weekly Recap Wheat futures finished mid-range with Chicago down 0.035 to 0.105, Kansas City down 0.06 to 0.08, and Minneapolis split with nearby’s slightly lower and deferred months slightly higher on Friday. Chicago Wheat futures were sharply lower for the week. On tap next week is USDA’s Crop Progress/Condition Report on Monday [...]

America Buys Organic Products

Americans are buying nontoxic food A new report shows that US shoppers are spending more than $30-B to avoid foods with toxic chemicals. According to the latest data from the Organic Trade Association (OTA), the organic industry grew nearly 10% in Y 2011. By definition, organic farming bans the use of synthetic pesticides, energy-intensive components [...]

Palm Oil, Soybeans, Wheat, Corn Outlook for Asia

Palm Oil edges down in thin trading Malaysian Palm Oil futures edged lower as slower US growth raised fears of a weaker Global economic outlook, although losses were curbed by strong Palm Oil export numbers and a tight Global Oilseed supply situation. Chicago Corn up on tight supply Chicago corn rose 0.7% to a 3-wk [...]

Wheat, Corn, Soybeans Asia Preview

Jul Wheat finished up 9 at 635 1/2, 1 1/4 off the high and 11 up from the low. December Wheat closed up 6 at 671 3/4. This was 8 1/4 up from the low and 1 1/2 off the high. July wheat was trading just slightly higher late in the day but a late [...]

Palm Oil, Soybeans, Wheat, Corn Preview

Palm Oil price firms on demand expectations Malaysian Palm Oil inched higher on expectations that big food consumers will lift demand for the tropical Oil in the wake of higher Soyoil prices after droughts crimped South America’s Soybean crop. “Palm Oil has bottomed out since last week and is on the rise again,” said a [...]

Wheat, Corn, Cotton, Soybean Trading Outlook

Wheat benefited from short-covering and spillover from corn futures to post double-digit gains in most contracts at all three exchanges. Outside of corrective price action, there was little reason for wheat traders to return as buyers Thursday. More rains are in the forecast for dry areas of Europe this weekend, with crop watchers talking about [...]

CME (NYSE:CME) launching Black Sea Wheat futures

CME (NYSE:CME) launching Black Sea Wheat futures contract in June ADM, BG CME Group Inc. plans to bring the first local futures contract to the Black Sea region, launching Wheat futures in the hopes of capturing an increasingly important, but unreliable, market. The exchange, which dominates grains trading in the US, said Wednesday it plans [...]

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