It is still too early to estimate India's sugar production because many mills have yet to begin crushing operations in Uttar Pradesh as there is a stalemate between private sugar millers and the state government over the price to be paid to farmers for their cane. Soft Commodity Prices and Economic Growth Upswing According to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report, India will have a $2.05 trillion economy by the end of 2014, adding $0.17 trillion or a growth rate of 9.04 percent in current USD prices. By 2019, it could be a $3.18 trillion economy and the world's seventh-largest. That sentiment has helped India recover from its economic slump. New policies have been announced and implementation may take time, but the positive confiden...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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