General Comments The main topic for market discussion is Thursday's quarterly stocks and planting intentions reports from USDA, of course. However, a second topic -- the unusually cold weather from the Rockies to the East Coast and from Canada to the Gulf -- is elbowing its way into the market's talk. March 2012 will go down as one of the coldest on record. April is approaching rapidly, but the northern third of the Corn Belt lies under a blanket of snow. Where snow is not an issue, soil temperatures remain far below what is needed for corn planting. After a brief moderation, another cold snap is in the offing next week. Weather models hint at a warm-up beginning in mid-April, but that is a long way off for much confidence.It is safe to...
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...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s smaller wheat farmers have been holding protests to complain about the lack of a support price for wheat and the potential expansion of GMO crop production. They also want the reinstatement of PASSCO, the governme...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
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