While red meat production levels are staying at near-record to record levels going into the last month of the year, there has also been a notable change in...

USDA recently released its annual long-term projections for major crops, and those for soybeans can be justifiably challenged for several reasons. USDA’s L...

Brussels is close to a free trade agreement with Tokyo, but the question is whether it will provide much of a boost to either economy. This is partly answe...

The average domestic corn price in China retreated even further in the first week of December, dropping RMB 11/MT ($1.60/MT) to RMB 1,689/MT ($245.50/...

Soybean and grain prices were little changed in overnight trading even though Dalian meal and soyoil futures continued their upward trek. Trading was also...

Ukraine's grain production is projected to show an increase in 2016, but the problems that  traders have had transporting stocks to the seaports conti...

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With low prices now burdening growers, researchers are calculating what tweaks can be made to extract something additional from the market. However, there...

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The  government  of Ukraine plans to boost its efforts to prevent local farmers from planting GM soybeans. While no such soybean varieties have b...

Chinese corn reserves were built up over many years as a result of government efforts to support domestic corn prices. It is now attempting various approac...

In light of recent action taken by Egypt's government regarding a certain tax together with the need to purchase feed ingredients, medicines, etc. from out...

In overnight trading, soybeans continued to build on Monday’s gains with fuel provided by higher prices for Dalian’s soymeal and oil as well as another sto...

President-elect Trump has not yet picked a nominee to lead USDA, which is likely to be producer-friendly. However, the list of potential names remains leng...

With a renegotiation of NAFTA high on the incoming Trump administration’s agenda, a new Commerce Department investigation may tee up sugar as one of the fi...

Ukrainian corn is offered at $165/MT FOB for December-February, which is roughly in line with U.S. stocks on a CNF basis to the main destinations in the Me...

The soybean analysis of last Friday (see Ag Perspectives, 2 December) discussed the role of emotion as a driver of the soy complex, but another factor is r...

Expanding concerns about hot, dry weather across parts of Argentina gave the soy complex new life Sunday evening after last week’s losses, and then a devel...

Brazilian farmers’ soybean sales have been significantly delayed this year due to a stronger real and weak CBOT. In the past few weeks, though, CBOT has be...

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The media initially accused Donald Trump of amateurism for talking to the Taiwanese president in violation of a 40-year-old protocol. It turns out, though,...

If there has ever been a market that has begged  to be sold over the past year or two, it is soybeans. In fact, most participants did exactly that, an...

Markets were mixed to slightly lower early in last night’s session, but they were trading steady to higher at the opening this morning. Corn traded higher...

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While India’s gross domestic product (GDP) was at a high of 7.3 percent in the second quarter, it is likely to be negatively impacted in the third and four...

A common flaw is for new farm policy to be drafted based on immediate past market experience, and that is particularly true for dairy. A key agriculture ad...

According to NASS, the October Prices Received Index for agricultural production decreased 6.6 percent from September. Meanwhile, one senator wants USDA Se...

Perhaps today’s market dynamics can best be described by the fact that Chicago and KC wheat futures prices posted yet more contract lows while soyoil contr...

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Although President-elect Trump often railed against the Dodd-Frank legislation as a candidate and promised to do away with it, a full repeal is not likely...

Pedro Marcilio of the Brazilian firm Participacoes SA admits that U.S. government funds have been used as production loans for Brazilian cotton farmers. No...

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A Farm Foundation debate today on prospects for the next farm bill, post the election of Donald Trump, brought much enlightenment and a variety of opinions...

Although Russian grain exports have been lagging behind last year's level, the November volume is expected to show notable growth versus the same month las...

Given certain developments regarding soymeal and soyoil in November, some stockpiling in the near term makes sense. Nonetheless, the massive turnover and s...

Grain and soy complex markets traded mostly higher during the overnight session, helped along by the macro impact of the OPEC agreement to cut production a...

The Egyptian government forecasts local aquaculture production, which currently meets 80 percent of the country’s consumption demand, will increase 35 perc...

Each year since 2000, USDA has produced baseline reports that project U.S. crop acreage and supply/demand balances for wheat, corn and soybeans for the 10...

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The inability of farmers to use neonicotinoid insecticides along with poor weather in some areas resulted in EU rapeseed production falling 10.6 percent fr...

Warmer winter weather last year and to date this year is driving higher-than-normal natural gas storage inventories despite demand from the power sector, a...

Mexico’s Finance Minister José Antonio Meade correctly warns that an overplayed effort to rewrite NAFTA would hurt the U.S. economy and not just his countr...

After trading higher for the last seven trading days, during which the January soybean contract jumped 70 cents higher, the market finally turned in overni...

The Black Sea milling wheat market was again firm last week on slow farmer selling and exporters’ short covering. The pace of exports from Russia remains t...

Wheat quality has been an issue in Argentina for many years, spanning the entire supply chain. One problem is that many farmers don't know the quality of t...

It’s beginning to look like national elections around the world will be as important to the direction of the markets as weather forecasts. With several loo...

Donald Trump complained about inequitable international tax systems during the campaign, and now congressional Republicans are entertaining a solution. How...

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Surprise election outcomes in the U.S. and Europe as well as political chaos in South America have set the stage for potentially volatile foreign exchange...

January soybean futures soared to gains of 18-19 cents last night before collapsing and trading lower at 9:30 A.M. this morning. However, that weakness was...

The WTO has several problems, but an important one is its understaffed, overworked Appellate Board (AB). While two new judges have recently been appointed,...

While the expanding dryness that is starting to affect the 2017 U.S. hard red winter wheat production region has been covered in analysis here this week, t...

Wholesale wheat prices in New Delhi, the country’s key market, surged to Rs.23,916/MT ($346/MT) on 18 November from Rs.18,858/MT ($281/MT) on 18 October. T...

Soybean futures continued to set new highs for this postharvest on more evidence of no slowdown in export demand. However, it was a different story for cor...

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After an extremely slow start to 2016 and a modest recovery in the spring, U.S. food and agricultural exports to China have recovered nicely as a result of...

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) told Agri-Pulse to “Show me a nation that cannot feed itself, and I'll show you a nation in ch...

While oilseed prices in Russia showed growth on average in the past week, those in Ukraine exhibited a different pattern in both the domestic and export ma...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized the 2017 Required Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for over...

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The Pre-Thanksgiving futures market rally did take place, but it ws not in the way traders had imagined. The EPA surprised by announcing its final Renewabl...

A draft proposal submitted to the EU Commission recommends a 50 percent reduction in the use of biofuels in the transportation sector after 2020. This is b...

Yesterday’s soy complex market performance had many market watchers wondering what was going on. The clarity of hindsight suggests that the rally resulted...

Researchers in Kenya have said that planting GM maize could save up to $90 million annually in crop losses as well as lead to an additional production of 4...

Donald Trump says he will withdraw the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on day one of his presidency and instead "negotiate fair, bilateral tr...

It was once again a mostly green day of trading for grain and soy futures with soybeans and soymeal leading the way. The principal exceptions were soyoil a...

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The supply of money held by the public has grown almost 47 percent since 2010 when compared with the size of the economy, and some estimates indicate that...

Unusual strength in Sunday night trading gave way to a sharply higher trading session for the soy complex. U.S. exports are well above USDA projections, le...

Argentine soybeans started this week showing weaker basis. May shipment is offered at 20 SN with demand bidding at 15 SN, and June cargo is offered at +25...

If many Americans barely understand why and what happened in the recent election, foreigners can be forgiven a similar challenge. International relations h...

Crop conditions across the U.S. have been so good that there simply hasn’t been any worry about moisture levels. Meanwhile, 2016 brought record U.S. winter...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has issued its Winter Fuel Outlook. It includes data regarding propane, the cost of which is a a major inp...

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Demand for Ukrainian wheat is still present in India. One vessel loaded in Bulgaria last week is also apparently destined there, and Russia has asked India...

Analysts are already starting to consider the mix of U.S. planted acres for 2017. Those acreage projections will be used as the base for making next year''...

Markets were generally mixed overnight, but they turned positive today and finished the week with moderate gains in soybeans, corn and wheat. This was an i...

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The Organic and Non-GMO Forum this week highlighted the conundrum hitting U.S. farmers as consumers change their preferences. However, a new farm bill init...

After seeming intent on bundling together certain regular appropriation bills as a series of “minibus” bills prior to the election, the Republican congress...

India's recent move against  the country's old currency notes is having a profound effect on farmers who bring their produce to market as well as truc...

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Brazil’s biodiesel production is forecast  to change notably in 2017, based partially on a revision to the required blending level for biodiesel with...

U.S. corn exports deviation from historic patterns has implications for what exports will be in the rest of the marketing year. Analysis of unshipped corn...

With beef prices moderating from record highs in recent years, retailers are enjoying profitable margins and have returned to promoting beef with features,...

Ahead of next week’s meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, 37 members of the U.S. Senate asked Obama administration negotiators...

Trading volume remained slow early in the day session with grain and soy prices muddling around on either side of Wednesday’s closes. The biggest feature d...

A sudden increase in freight rates from the U.S. Gulf has made Chinese buyers nervous. U.S. FOB prices remain on par with Brazil’s, but certain issues rega...

Conventionally-bred biofortified crops are improving the health of millions globally but will eventually be forced to rely on GM technology. Will activists...

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Grain and soy futures modestly extended Tuesday’s upturn in prices in slow overnight trading with several factors providing a considerable headwind that li...

The election of Donald Trump is prompting a complete rethink of U.S. trade policy - some of it reasonable, and some of it not so much. New Trade Paradigm T...

Ukraine's milling wheat prices continued to rise (in UAH expression) due to high demand from domestic and foreign buyers. Meanwhile, Russia's grain export...

WPI Bull/Bear Leanings for Agribusiness A summary and graphical depictions of WPI’s expectations for future agribusiness performance. The Grain Indus...

While the currency situation in Egypt seems to be a bit calmer this week, the general consensus among private sector importers is that grain imports will h...

Grain and soy futures prices were choppy and mixed overnight with corn and soybeans lower and wheat slightly higher in quiet trade. However, the day sessio...

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The November WASDE's surprising increase in the estimated U.S. national average corn yield warrants a fresh look at the nation's supply/demand dynamics.As...

Representative Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) is becoming an outspoken leader in proposing new agricultural policy ideas, but his biggest reforms come in th...

Typically, political party insiders negotiate a “platform” of policy platitudes intended to inform voters and guide the presidential nominees on the prefer...

 China’s Global Times, the state-run newspaper, published an editorial warning of bad consequences for the U.S. if the Trump administration imposes re...

Southeast Asia is the location of nearly all of the growth and market action and will continue to be so for a long time, which is certainly no surprise to...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

With the election over and all eyes in the ag sector on the 2018 Farm Bill, it is worth looking ahead to the 2018 mid-term elections and what role they wil...

The exportable surpluses of milling wheat in Ukraine and Russia are estimated at 16 MMT and 30 MMT, respectively. However, weather conditions during the ne...

Germany’s Prime Minister Angela Merkel, who set off a political eruption in Europe with her near unilateral decision on Syrian refugees, welcomed incoming...

Several notable factors were not sufficient on their own to bring enough buyers to the soybean market to offset the fund selling. Much of this weakness is...

After a strong summer, U.S. pork exports to China came in at 23,905 MT for September with a total value of $50.15 million. These figures were significantly...

The Government of India’s surprise demonetization of the Rupee has financial impacts rippling through the Indian economy, though commodity prices remain re...

In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory the whole cadre of Washington analysts, journalists and special interests are playing the speculation game...

The outlook for agriculture under a Trump Administration includes a move away from “foodie” issues pushed by the Obamas and farmers in prominent D.C. posit...

The surprising events of this week created substantial market volatility that will not soon be erased. Normally, the winter months are quiet for commodity...

A volatile week finished with a retreat in the soy complex, driven by rumors of China forcing a fund out of a long position on the Dalian exchange and farm...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices.Note: Due to the Veterans Day holiday, the CFTC Committment of Traders data will be published Monday, 14 Nove...

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The big crop was made bigger by USDA’s latest report. The U.S. soybean yield is now the highest on record in the world. Argentina’s soybean crop forecast w...

The election is over but the guesswork on what President-elect Trump will do upon entering the White House is just beginning. Possible issues at the forefr...

EU leaders are warning that Brexit and Trump’s victory are “warning signs” to liberal democracies though efforts to suppress such events...

The soy complex took off in the overnight session, fueled by a rally in Palm Oil futures and Asian veg oil supply tightness. Corn and wheat followed soybea...

Following Trump’s election victory, cattlemen are pledging to work with the new administration on issues from trade to sage grouse, though advancing TPP wi...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The most shocking vote in recent history is over and efforts will begin to stitch together the Trump Administration. Other election news includes Washingto...

Russia’s grain harvest will be the largest in 38 years which sent Russian grain prices were lower this week, adding competitive fuel to world markets. Ukra...

The record U.S. crop is stifling demand for Brazilian beans and negligible quality differences between Argentinian soybeans and those from the U.S. PNW are...

The U.S. Presidential election and the November WASDE proved to be a vicious combination that sent markets – from corn to oil to equities – into a tailspin...

Americans are growing weary of political discussions and are looking forward to non-election topics. Fortunately, U.S. grain exports, La Nina weather, and...

Food may be replacing fossil fuels as the flavor of the day for taxes while the WTO’s new system for reporting regulatory barriers to trade may need to be...

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The new floating Egyptian pound is likely to slow markets in the near term as traders and end-users adjust... Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN CO...

A ban on GM ingredients in animal feeds passed Poland’s lower house of parliament and, if passed in the Senate, could disrupt the nation’s animal industrie...

Falling crop prices and net cash farm income are juxtaposed against falling government farm program payments which will create lively debate when the new C...

Following yesterday’s “relief rally” in equities, grain and oilseed markets exploded higher today. Malaysian palm oil and Chicago soyoil led grains higher...

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The November WASDE report may be overshadowed by the election results but important international production revisions are possible. Dry weather in South A...

Tomorrow’s elections, for both the U.S. President and various Congressional seats, has strong implications on what will be accomplished during the coming l...

Weekend election news sent outside markets sharply higher while fund buying boosted the soy complex. Corn and wheat markets were softer despite large volum...

China’s bifurcated corn market continues with northeastern prices falling and southern prices rising on supply tightness. Chinese soybean crushing margins...

Taxes on sugary soft drinks are on several municipal ballots tomorrow, but will they achieve their desired results? Meanwhile, TPP is practically dead and...

Black Sea wheat prices are firming and offers in Ukraine are difficult to find while Russian prices have increased $10 in one month. Black Sea corn markets...

The market yard price of corn in Nizamabad has dropped 11.06 percent from the start of the season to $201/MT, and the NCDEX spot price there also decreased...

Every market has been very tentative this week, and today was no exception. Trading volume was average ahead of the weekend and the U.S. presidential elect...

The 2014 Farm Bill doesn’t expire until 2018, but deliberations on the next one will start in earnest when the new Congress convenes in January 2017. In pr...

Record hard red winter wheat yields are not enough to keep 2016 winter wheat plantings from declining, and there are several reasons for the drop in acreag...

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Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The government of Malaysia today announced it would boost the mandatory biodiesel blend requirement on 1 December. While it will rise from 7 to 10 percent...

Distrust of trade agreements is a symptom of a growing, classic populist belief that the trade deck is stacked in favor of big multinational corporations a...

Global economic growth and trade have been slower in recent years, and Steven J. Davis of the University of Chicago can tell you why.   Policy Uncert...

Grain and soy markets appear to be adopting a cautious approach to next Tuesday’s election and next Wednesday’s November WASDE. Fund managers are taking so...

With hog slaughter up this year, there is an excess of pork on the market that will affect prices, especially going into the Thanksgiving holiday when reta...

As net agricultural exporting countries have worked to improve their access to foreign markets, the less competitive nations have increased their efforts t...

Russian grain markets again followed the trends of previous weeks as milling grain prices continued to grow. Meanwhile, Russia exported 354,700 MT of grain...

Perhaps the most interesting feature from the overnight trading sessions so far this week is that while trading volume for grains and the soy complex has b...

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Argentina remains active in the new crop soybean market. Its last trade was performed yesterday at $0.96 SN CNF for June shipment, and offers keep going lo...

Egypt has set up a new wheat import inspection system that seems to be giving some confidence to traders and tender participants. It will be under the auth...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The latent bullish trends that the soybean and corn markets were working to establish got blown apart today, and the technical momentum is now pointed down...

With the fall harvest so far along the downhill slope, it is a good time to step back and take a look at things that might become potential market movers i...

With Chinese investors increasingly soured on stocks, they have shifted to other sectors such as calligraphy, antiques, art and commodities. One target of...

Protein is trending again among diet fads and nutritional advice, but per capita consumption has been moving downward, largely due to retail prices. Howeve...

Conventional agriculture is accustomed to seeing the distortions professed about biotechnology by anti-GMO activists, but reading such in the New York Time...

Last week's U.S. export inspections were again very big last week, and that highlights the ability to move grain and oilseeds from the interior to export f...

Ironically, the most protected industry in U.S. agriculture is complaining that its farmers are disadvantaged, and it makes an emotional appeal with an eco...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

The grain and oilseed markets were quietly mixed in overnight trading. Wheat was actually the upside leader last night and today. Corn and soybeans were sl...

With the landed price of imported soybeans rising to RMB 2,935.74/MT ($433/MT) last week, oil and meal prices were increased. Despite that, the average cru...

By successfully pushing through the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada, EU officials showed more moxie than their American count...

The last quarter's GDP growth was the highest since the third quarter of 2015 and more than twice the average rate for this year’s first two quarters. One...

Markets were slightly lower overnight with no fresh news to push prices higher heading into one of the last harvest weekends of this year. Wheat still has...

Estimates of what U.S. farmers might plant in 2017 are already emerging, although it is very early to play this game as the 2016 corn and soybean harvests...

India's peanut-in-shell MSP for the 2016/17 season was fixed at $629/MT in June 2016. However, GOI’s first advanced estimates of September 2016 have projec...

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Yesterday USDA released its Food Price Outlook Report for September, which is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics,...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Canada is a small country next to the EU, but at this time it shares its head of state with the Brexit redcoats. Perhaps this is behind the fact that nothi...

If U.S. grain and soybean exports are of key importance to futures market action, it follows that world trade in these commodities is as well.We have often...

The National Assembly of France today rejected a Green Party-proposed amendment to the 2017 budget bill, which the group had sought as a way to address its...

Overnight trading built on the momentum provided by yesterday’s firmer closes. The day session saw prices mostly stay in the green, although some choppines...

The dynamics between fed cattle marketings and placements are analyzed with their implications for next quarters' beef demand and pricing. Feedlot turnover...

Futures prices found buyers early during the overnight trading session, and they began to edge higher with the soy complex in the lead. The green numbers c...

The New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers has apparently decided to jump the shark by literally opposing GMOs in school meals, citing overwhelmin...

Ukraine's mllling wheat prices increased, mainly due to international factors such as the higher purchase price on the GASC tender and lower-than-forecast...

Argentina again traded a full May shipment last week at +99 SN CNF China, a decrease from the last trade at +110 SN for an April shipment. Considering that...

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The U.S. election is two weeks from today, so this seems like as good a time as any for a preview. Voters will choose a president, all 435 House members an...

Grain and soy futures prices were mixed, but little changed in rather quiet trade overnight. What excitement there was came from Malaysian palm oil, which...

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Voting in the U.S. Congress had been increasingly partisan with Republicans favorable and Democrats opposed to free trade deals. Now the 2016 presidential...

Having become confident that it has a good handle on total U.S. corn supplies for 2016/17, the market has already begun to switch its focus to the next two...

The Kenyan government has announced that it is raising the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) purchase price for maize by about 22 percent. However,...

The All India Poultry Exporters Association wants the government to either ban the importation of chicken meat produced with biotech feed ingredients or al...

 Many farmers across the northern Plains, the new Corn Belt, are saying that they won’t see yields like this year's corn crop again in their lifetimes...

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Markets opened slightly lower Sunday evening, but it didn’t take long before soybean futures turned positive. November soybean futures traded as much as 16...

The market in Romania and Bulgaria is very quiet. While the domestic wheat price has increased about $10 over the last three weeks, farmers are still reluc...

As the market recovered this year, there has been growth in certain short positions on the part of producers and merchants. This could well suggest that U...

China’s domestic corn prices showed some volatility last week between northern and southern provinces as deep corn processors in the latter lacked sufficie...

The relative power balance of minority opinion versus the majority is the tipping point between successful democracy and future Brexits. Extreme Minority R...

On Wednesday of this week, the U.S. EPA submitted its proposed RVOs rule for biofuel use under the RFS to the White House OMB. The question that remains is...

Washington’s famous think tanks have opined on the future of trade policy, and the analysis is far more thoughtful than the complete falsehoods asser...

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It is still tough to find anyone who is even leaning toward the bullish side of the ledger, but it is also becoming difficult to ignore the building demand...

Keeping food prices down is key for Indian households. In order to do that and also maintain low inflation, the government has taken a step that would allo...

Markets were steady in quiet overnight trade. Corn and soybean futures gained back some of yesterday’s losses to start today’s action. Corn was steady to h...

The overnight session was a relatively quiet one with corn and soybean prices trading a little higher and following up on yesterday’s firm finish while whe...

While USDA is forecasting a record U.S. soybean yield this year of 54 bushels/acre (3.63 MT/hectare), there is a great deal of evidence that it may be even...

Last month's feeder calf placements data points to a changing supply situation for the beef market next quarter. Similarly, feedlots' fed cattle marketings...

While USDA is forecasting a record U.S. soybean yield this year of 54 bushels/acre (3.63 MT/hectare), there is a great deal of evidence that it may be even...

While USDA is forecasting a record U.S. soybean yield this year of 54 bushels/acre (3.63 MT/hectare), there is a great deal of evidence that it may be even...

After one of the strongest El Ninos on record was officially declared over last June, the CPC issued a La Nina watch. That was then cancelled in early Sept...

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Agriculture specifically is unlikely to be much affected by the U.S. election, but there are tangential issues with implications for the sector. Chutzpah T...

Despite the continuous drop in basis in the U.S., Brazil and Argentina have decided to compete by lowering their levels against USG and PNW. The main compe...

Feed wheat and feed barley FOB offer prices decreased in Ukraine but remained steady in other terms of trade. Meanwhile, milling wheat bid prices grew on t...

Grain and soy prices traded back and forth in overnight trading. Corn and wheat futures traded unchanged to a little lower, while soybeans were slightly hi...

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Differences, nuances and agreement marked the outcome of a session today between former USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan representing the Clinton ca...

USDA has sent the White House OMB a draft of new livestock marketing and contracting regulations under GIPSA. Some of the controversial provisions in the o...

Tanzania reports that its first official GM maize field trials, which involve a white drought-resistant variety, began last week and are expected to take a...

U.S. farmers are in the process of harvesting the largest soybean crop ever along with a record yield. In many states, they are seeing yields far above ave...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

One might ask why the big crop/big demand year of 2016/17 is much different from 2015/16 when there was an almost record U.S. soybean crop absorbed by then...

Markets traded both sides during the overnight session as wheat, corn and soybean prices held near the high ends of their recent trading ranges. After grai...

From China’s non-WTO compliance to “gluten free” marketing and excess shuttle-train capacity, a recent wheat conference for North Asian wheat buyers reveal...

Falling soymeal stocks and increasing soyoil prices, combined with inexpensive imported soybeans, have boosted Chinese crushing margins recently. U.S. soyb...

Soybeans rallied strongly today as global vegoil prices spiked early. NOPA’s report highlighting ending stocks and crushing rates added to the bullish fuel...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

NOAA’s forecast that the coming winter will be colder than last year’s means energy costs will be on the rise. Livestock producers in the Midwest will cons...

Black Sea wheat and corn prices are firmer this week, driven by the futures rallies in Paris, Chicago, and other global markets. Additionally, Ukrainian ra...

Development organizations are pushing for Africans to use indigenous chickens rather than improved, fast-growing flocks. Now, European animal rights campai...

The Grain Industry Farmland values have been among the last to experience the impact of low commodity prices, but the downward pressure has now begun. Oils...

GOI has undertaken the task of integrating the Regulated Agriculture Market Yards, which provide pricing for farmers’ produce bought in the market yard. Th...

Massachusetts may soon join California in dictating livestock production methods in a manner that greatly disrupts the farming industry. This is all certai...

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Strong upward price action occurred in the grains and oilseed complex today as bullish export news outweighed the week's record-breaking supply news. Fund...

U.S. wheat ending supplies and another record world wheat crop in 2016 are all being affected by one particular issue.The USDA quarterly stocks report rele...

After yesterday’s highly anticipated October WASDE led to futures prices ultimately sliding lower, trading volume during the overnight trading session was...

Over the past 15 years, U.S. dairy exports have expanded more than fivefold, reaching a record $7.1 billion in 2014, and the longer-term USDA 10-year forec...

While the October 2016 WASDE contained no fundamental surprises, it did not lack for items of interest.As noted yesterday, the October 2016 WASDE contained...

After yesterday’s highly anticipated October WASDE led to futures prices ultimately sliding lower, trading volume during the overnight trading session was...

Brazilian Secretary of Agribusiness and International Relations Odilson Ribeiro Silva has approved the Chamber of Foreign Trade allowing the importation of...

Yesterday’s USDA report indicates that U.S soybean exporters and processors are going to have a large supply to work with in the year ahead, and one partic...

Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

After yesterday’s highly anticipated October WASDE led to futures prices ultimately sliding lower, trading volume during the overnight trading session was...

China’s enormous influence on the pork market is now greater than ever as USDA is projecting that the country will account for more than 25 percent of glob...

The old crop corn market remains totally quiet with a few sellers ready to trade at $0.90 over December futures for October and November and with a few cen...

USDA’s October production and supply/demand estimates were relatively close to expectations and certainly not bullish. In the immediate wake of today's rep...

The Canada-EU Trade agreement is on the docket for discussion this week in Brussels, and  the U.S. dairy industry is now reportedly preparing to chall...

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Russia's domestic prices for 3rd and 4th grade soft mililng wheat increased for the most part during 3-9 October, and 5th grade feed wheat prices dropped a...

Conventional wisdom holds that when both major presidential candidates oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), it makes congressional consideration and...

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Markets are of course fixated on tomorrow’s WASDE from USDA and the updated yield and production estimates for the U.S. 2016 corn and soybean crops it will...

High maize prices in South Africa have in turn pushed up local poultry prices, leading to an expected notable increase in poultry imports this year and an...

Markets did very little on this day before the release of the October WASDE. Prices traded on both sides of yesterday’s closes and mostly settled with only...

It is well known that people tend to eat higher quality diets containing more animal protein and vegoils when they migrate from farms to the cities. That h...

Last month the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the August update of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and it would appear that agriculture and energ...

Corn was mostly steady overnight, but it turned higher today and closed quite strong. The corn market still has a significant fund short position. Meanwhil...

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Given the growing opinion in support of regulation, perhaps the most interesting poll result was when participants were asked to rank their level of trust...

The trade talk has been about better soybean and smaller corn yields than expected since these harvests got underway. The latter yield, though, would have...

Much the way Washington and Brussels help their respective main aircraft builders, Boeing and Airbus, the EU and the U.S. subsidize their respective agricu...

The wheat market in Romania and Bulgaria remains very quiet as farmers are not selling at current market prices. They are still holding a large volume of s...

Despite flooding in several provinces over the summer, there was a drought in Heilongjiang, the bedrock of China’s domestic soybean industry, which has imp...

One U.S. agency's review of restrictions on a particular  herbicide and state action regarding chemical spraying ultimately signal that food security...

USDA announced this week that more than $7 billion will be paid out in farm support payments under the new ARC and PLC programs versus approximately $5 bil...

Markets traded steady to fractionally higher overnight in very light volume. Today saw a consolidation type of trading ahead of the weekend and before next...

India's domestic oil industry had asked GOI to raise both the duty on imported oil along with the differential between the crude and refined oils duties to...

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Record soybean yields and soybean markets that have held relatively strong have turned the Corn Belt (and northern Plains) farm economic outlook from grim...

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The two commodity sectors impacted by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have made a comeback. Meanwhile, USDA’s FSIS has released a guidance documen...

Reports of very high soybean yields across the Midwest continue. However, it also is clear that many farmers saw substantial losses this year because of a...

Much has happened in the 20 years that have passed since the first genetically modified (GM) soybean crop was harvested in commercial quantities by U.S. fa...

By awakening consumers to the mundanity of the food business, one food critic and his ilk have spawned new Big Ag profits with meaningless but profitable p...

Once again, overnight trade in grain and soy futures was characterized by low volume and limited price movement. The day session found more selling pressur...

In the post-Cold War through pre-Great Recession timeframe, the Western “neoliberal consensus” for economic policy took over the world like a tsunami. Now...

Ukraine's milling wheat market was rather stable last week. Domestic traders’ bids grew because of rather active demand, mainly in the bottom segment, to $...

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Grain and soy markets were mixed overnight in slow trade. Prices traded both sides of yesterday’s closes but never moved very far from them. However, the d...

There were almost no soybean trades in Argentina this past week. Demand has been showing up mostly for November and December in search of cheap offers. How...

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China seeks treatment as a market economy, and yet its top-down policies such as the Textile Industry Development Plan reveal the extent to which it will t...

A white paper with a detailed breakdown of Donald Trump’s economic plan was released last Thursday by two of his campaign’s senior economic policy advisors...

For the past several years, the U.S. wheat supply/demand outlook and U.S. wheat prices did not mean a great deal to the world market. Cheaper wheat was ava...

While the recent ergot issue in Egypt appears to be resolved, the government's announcement this past week regarding changes to the origin and destination...

The government of Argentina yesterday announced the soybean export tax will not be reduced by 5 percent as promised on 1 January due to financial difficult...

Corn futures prices were buoyed by the market’s ability to once again trade and close above the $3.43 technical support level for December corn. Meanwhile,...

The 30 September USDA quarterly stocks reports didn’t contain any hidden bullish or bearish news for the corn and soybean markets. However, there a few iss...

The wheat market in Romania and Bulgaria is extremely quiet. No trades have been reported in recent weeks except for one Moroccan tender as farmers are unw...

While markets were steady overnight in light volume trade, corn and soybean markets started to firm at today’s opening. Wheat, on the other hand, couldn’t...

With the Mid-Autumn Harvest Festival in close proximity and the National Day scheduled to run through the first week of October, market data has been limit...

In hopes of spurring support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), some U.S. agriculture groups highlight the fact that the EU is continuing to negotiat...

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At the moment, there is political inertia on a tax extender package. In part, this is because last year’s Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act ad...

The RMA employs the FN rating to reduce the APH yields used for crop insurance policies. This year’s problem with the FN scores is in addition to the low y...

At the start of the wheat season, it was thought in India that international prices could rise if large volumes of wheat were to be imported. That has not...

African countries attending a conference this past week in Washington on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) pushed back on a U.S. suggestion tha...

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The September WASDE soybean ending supply estimate was 195 million bushels, and the trade was looking at today’s stocks number to see if carry-in soybean s...

Markets were mixed to lower overnight in light trading volume. Wheat and corn opened lower this morning ahead of the USDA reports, but the soy complex star...

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USDA will release its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report tomorrow. If expectations bear out, slaughter capacity could become very tight in November and Decembe...

In a critique of U.S. trade policy, Congressman Sander Levin (D-Michigan) correctly asserts that the public perception problem with trade will not go away...

Trading ahead of tomorrow’s USDA reports produced mixed results. Those reports coincide with the end of the quarter for noncommercial-managed funds, a time...

The eve of another important report from USDA, namely tomorrow’s 1 September quarterly stocks plus the final small grain production summaries, presents a g...

Opponents key in on two or three generalized arguments against it, but there are dozens of specific outcomes of the TPP that are better than the status quo...

Although the Russian grain market continued to follow the trends of the previous week, there were two new influencing factors. Meanwhile, an analysis of 20...

Argentina's soybeans showed some movement this week in the new crop market with one cargo  traded at +43 SN for a 15 April position. Meanwhile, Brazil...

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Crude oil’s excitement of today did not spill over into grain or soy complex markets. Meanwhile, soybean export sales totaling 343,000 MT and the reports o...

Kenya reports that local maize and maize meal prices are dropping slightly as the local harvest has boosted supplies. However, maize imports are still need...

In an effort to get more concrete poured on top of soil, the U.S. has had rural development subsidies for decades, and now there will be the opposite, urba...

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The U.S. soybean harvest has been delayed by heavy rains, and the key states affected include North Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Wh...

Last night’s first presidential debate of the general election campaign did not include any mention of agriculture or agricultural policy – as was to be ex...

Historically small wheat acreage should result in sharply reduced production, which would seem likely to help lower burdensome wheat supplies for 2017/18...

Corn futures prices traded lower early to near a multi-week low and then recovered to finish with a gain of a couple of cents. The day’s trading range was...

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The estimated nationwide soymeal inventory totaled 512,000 MT as of 23 September, down 40,000 MT (-7.26 percent) from the week before and 467,200 MT lower...

Shuttle rail secondary market values have been rising for weeks and are now trading at a $1,000-2,000/car premium to tariff for October and November. They...

Although the Fed did not increase interest rates at its last meeting, just as it hasn’t since December 2015, certain factors suggest a rate hike will very...

Corn steadily lost ground today on fund selling and some expectations that farmers will have to sell some bushels as the corn harvest starts to gain some m...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe introduced today his envisioned economic policy. It is mostly a rehash of prior commitments but now with a $277 billion...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang jointly announced yesterday in Ottawa that the two countries have reached an agreemen...

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The first advance estimates for India’s 2016/17 kharif production have been released, and they indicate a bumper crop this year. However, the trade believe...

The announcement that Beijing will impose a 33.8 percent antidumping duty on imports of DDGS from the U.S. was not a surprise, although there is also anoth...

It has been an interesting year in crop weather - to say the least - and somewhat ironic that instead of hot, dry weather being the problem around the worl...

Emergency funding for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has now bogged down the CR and is leading to the political brinksmanship in Congress. However, a...

Markets were weak overnight with soybeans leading prices lower, and that weakness continued into today’s session. There was some talk about soybean/corn sp...

Only when examining the actual numbers can the magnitude of the increase in soybean, corn and wheat export sales from last year be realized. However, there...

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USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack reportedly recommended that his successor be a former governor. It is an understandable intuitive viewpoint, but not one held up...

The dynamics between fed cattle marketings and placements are analyzed with their implications for next quarters' beef demand and pricing. Feedlot turnover...

Markets firmed during the overnight session following yesterday’s mild sell-off. November soybeans finished the overnight session up 3¾ cents as tropical o...

The Russian Grain Union president  has noted a specific currency change as a contributing factor to the country strengthening its position as one of t...

The Argentine soybean market mostly continued in the pattern set the previous week with old crop offers at $1.25 over November futures. However, new crop o...

Corn traded a narrow range today before settling a half-cent to a penny lower. New fundamental news is hard to come by at this point, and today’s weak acti...

The UN adopted a declaration calling for all nations to address the problem of rising antibiotic resistance, and agriculture got fingered heavily. However,...

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A provision in the 2014 Farm Bill requires the U.S. EPA to create an advisory committee of agricultural specialists to advise the agency’s scientists befor...

Strong buying occurred in soybeans today with the November contract closing up 17¼ cents today. Both soymeal and soyoil offered early support as did higher...

The overall economy is ready for a federal funds rate hike, which will be an impact on farm income that is already down with crop prices and debt that is s...

The fallout from Egypt's new zero ergot standard for wheat continues with no offers for its recent tenders and confusion regarding shipments purchased unde...

The aquaculture sector has long relied heavily on fish meal as a prime source of protein in its feeds. The supply is decreasing, however, so it will need t...

U.S. producers can participate in a crop revenue insurance program, Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC), with premiums subsidized by the federal government. Now th...

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Federal government funding is approaching a crucial deadline with the current fiscal year ending on 30 September, and the Senate is expected to pass a CR t...

While the Ukrainian feed wheat price lost about $12 during the past three weeks, the market in Bulgaria and Romania showed a different price change as a re...

Soybean futures led the charge higher overnight on follow-through buying after last Friday’s strong closes. Corn then faced a problem similar to soybeans’...

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Although U.S. corn exports to China saw a modest uptick in July at a total 59,078 MT with FOB port departure value of $9.65 million after consecutive month...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) hosts a hearing tomorrow on the proposed mergers occurring right now in the agribusiness sector...

Canada is expected to harvest a record durum crop of nearly 7 MMT while the U.S. crop is the biggest in years at 2.5 MMT.  However, a certain issue wi...

Markets were mostly lower overnight on relatively light volume. When today’s session opened, however, funds then embarked on a buying program in corn and s...

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration is like most government bureaucracies in that it is slow-moving and over-reaching. However, Donald Trump’s call thi...

Lower crop prices and farm income together with pressure for new products are leading to a wave of consolidation in the ag sector. One of the little-discus...

High prices of pulses, the main vegetable protein for Indians, have led to higher wholesale and retail inflation. This has prompted GOI to enact certain me...

The headline story of last spring and shortly thereafter was the record-strong El Nino and its potential impact on North American crop production this summ...

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Today's grain, oilseed, cattle and hog prices...

Grain and soy prices firmed a bit overnight as trading volume improved from the low levels of the past two days. After trading resumed in the day session,...

Yesterday’s announcement that Bayer AG was acquiring Monsanto has set off a firestorm of mostly critical reaction. However, there is a key motivator behind...

The General Court of the European Union today issued a ruling on the EU’s anti-dumping duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia, and this c...

While U.S. pork production for 2016 is reduced on expectations of slightly lower carcass weights for the third quarter, there is a different scenario in th...

The United Nations High Level Panel on Access to Medicines released its report this week advising that like poor countries, middle-income countries should...

Nowhere is the lower farm income issue being more contentiously discussed than in Europe. Politicians are expressing outrage over the spread between farm g...

Finally, the market seems to have absorbed whatever implications it has drawn from Monday’s WASDE and USDA’s updated predictions of U.S. corn and soybean y...

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Buyers returned to the Brazilian soybean market after a prolonged, especially quiet period. February shipments traded several times at $1.54-1.55 over Marc...

Ukraine's domestic sunflower seed prices increased mainly due to devaluation of the national currency. Meanwhile, domestic rapeseed prices rose as buyers c...

A recent GMO report notes that only three countries in Sub-Saharan Africa allow biotech crops, although eight other African countries are conducting fields...

With the government fiscal year ending on 30 September, the timing is clear as to when a CR must be passed, although the length of its duration is not. The...

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The focus now shifts to harvesting the huge U.S. soybean crop.  Efforts are already underway in the Dakotas, but it will be two to three weeks before...

Trump campaign representatives spoke today to a packed room of agricultural group representatives. While there was insistence that farming would be treated...

By the time the September WASDE was released yesterday, the trade’s pre-report consensus had coalesced. It had USDA’s corn estimates accurately pegged and...

Overnight trade saw prices ease lower, led by soybeans. With no changes in the U.S. wheat supply/demand, wheat futures prices looked to the other markets f...

China’s estimated soymeal inventory totaled 606,900 MT as of 9 September, down 104,400 MT from the week before and significantly lower than a year ago. Mea...

The Dodd-Frank Act was signed in 2010 after the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Its purpose was to protect consumers and the stability of the financial system,...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) pooled together four former U.S. Trade Representatives (USTRs) to discuss American interest in th...

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While the Russian 12.5 pro wheat is the cheapest origin (for similar quality) for the next few months, there are certain other origins that may displace it...

The trade expected the soybean yield to be raised, but USDA spooked the market by boosting it almost a full 2 bushels/acre, but there was a different surpr...

USDA did not make a single change to the U.S. wheat supply and demand numbers. It did, however, adjust  production estimates for India, Kazakhstan, Au...

The market-oriented think tank Heritage Foundation yesterday issued a special report, which provides a number of policy recommendations geared toward ...

A survey of Ag Perspectives readers suggests likely corn yield reductions and more upside potential for soybean yields in the September WASDE report.Record...

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Markets were quietly mixed overnight with little fresh news ahead of the weekend and the 12 September USDA reports. U.S. equity markets were sharply lower...

In response to an appeal for approval, a subcommittee of  India's Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee has issued  its findings regarding the...

USDA will release its monthly WASDE (supply/demand) estimates and another round of corn and soybean crop production estimates on 12 September. However, the...

Public opinion polling sponsored by the Center for Food Integrity shows the number of consumer believing the food system to be headed in the right directio...

As interesting and important as export sales and export inspection data from USDA/FAS and FGIS may be, they are not the last word on the volume of corn, wh...

Markets moved higher by baby steps overnight, helped by the weaker U.S. dollar as well as Chinese soybean imports from all origins that totaled 7.7 MMT dur...

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) today released the July beef and pork export volumes and values, which are totaled from USDA statistics. Beef expor...

Governments continue to be attracted to one-off tax schemes in an effort to fight the obesity epidemic and concurrently increase the budget coffer for poli...

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The average forecast of analysts queried by Reuters is for Brazil to produce a record 103.1 MMT of soybeans in 2017. This is clearly a possibility if the c...

Overnight trade saw generally higher prices for grains and the soy complex. The gains were modest in corn and wheat but more robust for soybeans and soymea...

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While Ukraine's milling wheat prices stopped rising because of the global market direction and milling rye prices remained stable, the general trend can be...

G20 leaders meeting in China had several interesting conclusions about the global situation, but what really needs addressing are the unfair aspects of tra...

Argentina’s soybean exports remain very quiet with old crop cargoes still offered by just one or two players at $1.35 over November for spot position. Mean...

Researchers at Saudi Arabia’s KAUST University announced that they have identified a gene in barley that may increase yields in crops subjected to certain...

Despite the bulk of all feed grains being grown in the Midwest, California has managed to dominate the nation’s dairy production. However, the state legisl...

Four years of big crops in the U.S. and the world have brought some economic pain for farmers in the form of prices that, in many cases, are below the cost...

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The government of China wants to reduce the country's corn production and stocks as well as the volume of soybean imports. Its goal is to raise soybean pla...

The recent Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reports indicate growth, although slow, for the economy overall. There is still considerable pressure on t...

After the long holiday weekend, the overnight session saw a moderate volume of trading. The day session saw wheat and corn prices holding on either side of...

Yesterday was the beginning of the new corn marketing year, and a recent analysis indicates the direction of corn prices after 1 September seems to have a...

It is the end of the corn season, and India does not have any surplus of stocks despite farmers increasing the planted area in response to market developme...

The giant corn and soybean harvests looming coupled with unprofitable low prices are creating a marketing dilemma for Corn Belt farmers. They are searching...

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France is hosting a meeting of EU members to discuss the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and how it can better respond to the current supply/demand imbala...

Markets were firm overnight with soybean futures trading as much as 10-11 cents higher. There was then more follow-through buying in the corn market today...

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Support for free trade has ebbed and flowed in cycles that frequently track the ups and downs of national economies. Nearly every political leader is in fa...

A cattle and sheep herding robot is being tested by the Australian Centre for Field Robotics. While the current model is more likely to replace herding dog...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has achieved a small measure of success regarding the issue of China changing its foreign material limit for canola...

It is a new month today, and fund selling of the grains slackened, which allowed some price recovery overnight. This recovery carried over into the day ses...

Thus far, activist groups such as Plate of the Union have been unable to achieve any kind of presidential candidate focus on U.S. food policy. Meanwhile, t...

Russia has revised its grain harvest forecast and is also considering a change regarding grain exports after a discussion during proceedings of the Russian...

Overnight trading saw soybean prices open higher on a rebound, then slip lower under more selling pressure while the grains hung on to trade marginally on...

The next few weeks will likely be marked with Brazilian corn buyers turning to Argentina for December and March shipments, and Argentine premiums will sure...

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31 August is effectively New Year’s Eve for U.S. corn and soybeans as their 2016/17 crop year officially begins tomorrow. While it is doubtful that many in...

Anti-GMOers want social or ethical concerns to be a consideration in biotech regulatory decision-making. However, this constitutes a slippery slope given t...

Grain and soy complex futures prices tried to stabilize overnight after Monday’s beatdown, and there were expectations for some sort of “Turnaround Tuesday...

Argentina’s major farm organizations fear new legislation that the government plans to introduce next month regarding royalties on biotech soybean seed. Fa...

The California minimum wage issue will, predictably, have broader economic impacts. The alarming development, however, is that this is becoming a national...

Anti-free trade campaigners attacked the pending EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) by arguing it would lower food safety standards. P...

Egypt's ergot problem continues with its ever-changing tolerance level. The latest edict conflicts with the FAO determiniation of an acceptable limit for t...

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Markets started quietly Sunday evening. While analysts thought corn would find some support after the Pro Farmer crop tour released a corn yield estimate b...

Farmers are trapped in an uncomfortable dilemma. Selling the remaining old crop bushels or more unsold new crop production at current prices will generate...

As farm and commodity groups seek additional financial assistance for the remainder of this year and start to focus on the upcoming farm bill next year, bu...

Governments should not crush the populist appeals of dissenters, but they must find a better way of responding to them. At minimum, this means achieving gr...

Recent analysis by WPI suggests the U.S. wheat market is poised for volatility in the coming months. A study of proprietary prices shows the increasing spr...

Recent reports have documented a decline in China's corn plantings, and  new soybean plantings there are also decreasing as is farmers’ willingness to...

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