Agricultural commodity prices may still rally on crop failures, but there are plenty of other fundamentals providing a bearish outlook (see table below). With commodity prices softening and yet volume deemed growing, some commodity trading houses reportedly are buying physical assets.This could have several impacts on policy issues being debated in 2013 including:
The role of the speculator may be less important even as the House Agriculture Committee announces it will hold oversight hearings on the continuing battle on position limits and speculation in energy futures markets. The food versus fuel fight will be tempered while debating the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Reauthorizing the farm bill will take on more importance, to bo...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
Last week, September inflation reports showed that the Producer Price Index rose 1.3 percent, far ahead of the 0.6 percent consensus expectation, while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.6 percent, in line with expectations. However, September also marked the 66th consecutive month that both...
