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Grains Rally Late, Cattle Futures Reversed + Palm Oil Update
Grains Rally Late, Cattle Futures Reversed + Palm Oil Update Selling interest faded late Thursday, allowing grain contracts to rally well off session lows. The USD index looks to be building Bullish momentum, meaning commodities in general could struggle to find follow through buying interest. Corn futures closed fractionally lower on short covering and suggestions [...]
Grains Close Lower, Cattle Futures Recover
Grains Close Lower, Cattle Futures Recover Initial pressure in the Soybean market led to a general sell-off in grains again Monday. Most contracts were near session lows at the close as commercial buying interest faded in both Soybean and Wheat. Corn futures faltered another 4-7 cents, pressured by defensive action in the Wheat and Soybean [...]
Glencore LN:GLN, Xstrata LN:XLA Base Metals Output Declines
Glencore LN:GLN, Xstrata LN:XLA Base Metals Output Declines, Coal, Crude Oil, and Agricultural Output Rose Glencore International PLC reported Tuesday a mixed set of production results on a pro-forma basis with Xstrata PLC as base metals output largely fell in Y 2012 while Coal, Crude Oil, and Agricultural output rose. The report marks the 1st [...]
US Farmers Grow More, Earn Less
US Farmers Grow More, Earn Less MON, AGCO, WFC, ACE Farm income may fall this year even as the worst US drought since the 1930s eases, economists say. The government’s first farm-income forecast for 2013 today may show crop revenues down from last year as increased production drives prices lower, said Pat Westhoff, director of [...]
Wheat Up on Spillover from Corn and Soybean
Wheat Up on Spillover from Corn and Soybean Wheat futures spent most of Wednesday in positive territory and futures ended high-range with gains of 5.75 to 10 cents in Chicago, while Kansas City was around 10 cents higher. Minneapolis settled mostly 6 to 8 cents higher on the day. Wheat futures enjoyed strong spillover support [...]
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Corn, Wheat and Soybean Outlook
LTNs Closing US Agriculture Comments, Grains Rally Late, Close Mostly Lower Grains were on the defensive for much of Thursday’s session before a late surge took Corn back above unchanged and nearly erased all of the loss in Soybean. Much of the action looked to be near-term Short-covering, with little change seen in news. Wheat [...]
US Agriculture After the Closing Bell Report
US Agriculture After the Closing Bell Report Wheat futures saw some Short-covering early Wednesday on ideas Tuesday’s sharp losses were overdone. But Wheat softened into the close to finish 7 to 11 cents lower in Chicago; double-digit lower in Kansas City; and roughly 6 to 7 cents lower in Minneapolis. Early Short-covering gave way to [...]
The Steak that is better than Kobe, Matsuzaka
The Steak that is better than Kobe This beef does not come from any cows, it is Matsuzaka cattle, what some consider to be the finest beef in Japan and perhaps the world. No, it is not Kobe beef, which in the minds of most Americans is the best in Japan. Cattle from Kobe, Americans [...]
Gold, Silver, and Crude Oil Prices and Trading in Asia
Gold, Silver, and Crude Oil Trading US Gold prices finished pit trade lower Tuesday on some profit taking and corrective technical action. A firmer USD index was also a Bearish the precious metals Tuesday. Feb Gold last traded – 6.40 at 1,745.60 oz. Spot Gold was last quoted -6.40 at 1,743.50 oz. Mar Comex Silver [...]
Agriculture Stocks a Must Own
Economist Shayne Heffernan of www.livetradingnews.com on Agriculture According to the OECD Agricultural production needs to increase by 60% over the next 40 years to meet rising demand for food. Additional production will also be necessary to provide feedstock for expanding biofuel production. Increasing agricultural productivity will be central to containing food prices in a context [...]
Sustainable Agriculture Report
Given the resource constraints and environmental pressures, exacerbated by climate change and increased volatility, the major challenge for the agri-food sector is to increase agricultural productivity in a more sustainable manner. Sustainability of ecosystems is fundamental to maintaining the resilience in productivity growth. There is growing pressure on natural resources, including land, water, marine ecosystems, [...]
Corn, Soybeans, Wheat Prices and Outlook
LTN’s Closing US Agriculture Comments, Corn, Beans Drift Lower; Wheat Rallies, Lean Hog Futures Finish Higher Corn and Soybean continued their recent slide with the latter falling through technical price support. Wheat was able to close higher for a 3rd day running. The Hog pit scored decent progress at midweek with December through April realizing [...]
Wheat, Corn, Soy, Beef, Hogs Prices and Trading News
LTN’s US Agriculture Markets Closing Comments Wheat futures closed 7 to 18.25 cents lower in Chicago and mostly 14 to 24 cents lower in Kansas City and Minneapolis. Futures faced active profit-taking pressure today following last Friday’s strong gains. Additional pressure came from improved soil moisture conditions for the planting and emergence of the winter [...]
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China Economy in for a Shock
Thursday’s PMI revived investor worries about whether China can sustain an economic revival this year, after annual growth slumped to a 13-year trough in 2012. China’s factory output and investment performance for April released earlier …
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