The overnight session started with a halfhearted effort by grain and soy futures markets to recover from yesterday’s beatdown. Trade was on both sides of T...

Russia's domestic grain prices dropped as they traditionally do at this time of year, supported by a higher average yield at this time, although corn price...

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The U.S. and India began talks to resolve a dispute over poultry trade before Washington imposes $450 million in retaliation. However, prospects are not go...

All ports in Argentina are facing logistic challenges that stem from Monday’s strike by two popular trucker unions. Meanwhile, traders there are debating w...

The Republicans struggled with writing the trade-related provisions of this year’s convention platform. That is because their presidential candidate is les...

After soy and corn prices recovered yesterday from deep early losses to close solidly higher, markets were unprepared for the unexpected rains and milder p...

The wheat market has been immersed in such a bearish mentality for so long that it almost seems to have become a permanent condition. However, there are so...

Yesterday was the opening day of the Republican convention in Cleveland. Delegates there adopted the party’s latest platform, which included some highlight...

13 African nations met in Tanzania to discuss ways of controlling aflatoxin, mainly with maize and groundnuts (peanuts). Much time was focused on the succe...

There is no question of a potential decrease in China’s soybean imports next year due to several factors, including a change in its price support program f...

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China’s estimated soymeal inventories continued to climb nationwide last week, rising another 80,000 MT to a total 800,000 MT. Several factors caused this...

There hasn’t been any positive or bullish news around the wheat markets for a very long time. Despite what appears to be overwhelmingly bearish U.S. and wo...

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The Algerian OAIC bought 400,000 MT of EU wheat, paying around $198/MT CNF. Algeria is traditionally a captive market for French origin, but the French exp...

The latest Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations reportedly made progress in several areas, except on Brussels’ demand for Geo...

In less than one year’s time, eggs have moved from record-high prices due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to the lowest prices...

Markets opened lower Sunday evening with soybeans again leading the markets down. November soybeans traded as much as 24 cents lower overnight on continued...

To say that weather markets are unpredictable is to state the obvious, but today’s whipsaw price action carried that to an extreme. Soybean futures prices...

The conventional wisdom of the past eight years has been that without central bank action, the crisis of 2008-09 would have turned into a global depression...

It is now at the mid-point of the growing season, and weather has been quite good. However, extended forecasts suggest a potential threat to yield cushions...

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As India's domestic corn price remains higher than those on the world market, the country's 2016/17 corn tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of 500,000 MT was announce...

The two major U.S. political parties generally find ways to take polarizing positions on everything, and that includes agriculture. UK Upper hand The Frenc...

EU officials have expressed frustration that their U.S. counterparts have been unwilling to match their market access offers for advancing the Transatlanti...

Weather market is a term most applicable during times when prices are driven primarily by fear of what an extended period of adverse weather conditions mig...

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Soybean futures prices were hammered into big losses when hints of improved weather prospects sent long positioned traders running for cover. Today’s volat...

The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) has proposed a ballot initiative for this November’s election in Massachusetts, which was approved by the state’s Sup...

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and 12 others yesterday introduced legislation that would extend the current $1/gallon biodiesel tax...

A downward trend continued to dominate the Ukrainian milling wheat market last week and also spread to corn. The main reasons for this were the growing off...

The rapid increase in Argentine corn export premiums continues as they climb to the mid-90s for August-October shipment. Typically, fast-rising premiums le...

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Venezuela's civilian leadership has tried vilifying the private sector food system, but that tactic failed to address shortages and food inflation. The per...

Yesterday’s post-report rally continued in overnight trading with grains and the soy complex all posting gains. That same pattern continued again during th...

USDA's July WASDE  was released at midday, which included updates to its U.S. and world supply/demand estimates for 2015/16 and revisions to its proje...

Today’s market action, particularly the late soybean rally, has more to do with the potentially adverse weather outlook than anything contained in the July...

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The Heritage Foundation, a free-market think tank in Washington, DC, released a paper yesterday, “Promoting Free Trade in Agriculture,” which is part of th...

USDA’s WASDE report of today further tightened the soybean supply situation by boosting exports. It also raised its forecasts for soybean exports and crush...

Zimbabwe and Malawi are both expected to suffer a notable drop in this year's maize production. The deficit will be very difficult to source from neighbori...

Trade negotiations are going to be stuck for quite a while, and yet the status quo is an unfavorable situation. Trade Policy Wall TTIP: This week Brussels...

The Black Sea milling wheat market is under pressure as the harvest is progressing rapidly under favorable weather. It has dropped approximately $20 in abo...

The extended weather forecast pushed soybean futures sharply higher to start the Sunday evening session. Corn and wheat were very reluctant followers, and...

Speculation over who presumptive presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will pick as running mates is heating up as their respective party-...

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Tomorrow’s corn numbers will almost have to be bearish. Meanwhile, the soybean outlook has clearly changed from a fundamental perspective after the world a...

Given that four state-owned enterprises are the primary producers of ethanol in China, the government has appeared to throw them a lifeline by allowing the...

Trade, the Election and the Future Renegotiating trade agreements and improving citizen understanding are necessary public policy goals. The Importance of...

Soybean and soymeal futures took a real beating this week as funds reduced their long positions. It was a combination of better U.S. weather and weaker out...

India has been blocking imports of U.S. broiler meat for nearly a decade, which was ruled illegal last year by a WTO dispute settlement panel. However, New...

The collapse in the soy complex, corn and wheat in just two weeks has been nothing short of amazing. It started with another “Black Swan” event when Great...

India has decided to increase the blending rate of ethanol in gasoline to 22.5 percent. However, the big question pertains to how this ethanol will be sour...

Almostt all of the information on the effect of Brexit is speculation at this point. However, the bottom line on economic growth for the UK boils down to w...

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When many major food services and several retail outlets made the decision to switch to cage-free eggs, the market was different than it currently is. Now...

The World Health Organization is lamenting the fact that many governments have failed to employ marketing restrictions against foods deemed to contribute t...

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Overnight trading featured a strong rally effort by corn, which pulled wheat along as soybean prices fell under renewed selling pressure. Soymeal and soybe...

The Canadian province with the fastest-growing soybean area in recent years has been Manitoba where it has expanded 103 percent since 2012. This has been m...

The prospect of facing a patchwork of state labeling requirements caused food companies to push Congress to pass national labeling legislation that would s...

Both the Vermont labeling law and the proposed federal labeling requirement pending in Congress are likely to lead to consumer confusion, but an equally ba...

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Soymeal futures did not need today’s expanded trading limits that resulted from yesterday’s limit down closes, but they did fall roughly $18 at session low...

Long positions being held in the Brazilian soybean market are maintaining depressed levels on the offer side despite the big drop of CBOT. After falling al...

Domestic traders’ milling wheat bids in Ukraine decreased to $160-174/MT (3rd grade) and $150-169/MT EXW (3rd and 4th grades) with prices for the old harve...

Although the new farm bill won’t be passed until 2018, a number of producer groups are already holding informal meetings in Washington, DC and elsewhere th...

Trade has become a pivotal issue in the 2016 presidential election, but there is a sound argument that food would be a better target. Trade versus Food Tra...

Macro weakness and favorable weather made a bearish combination for grain and soy markets. Even so, the soybean market’s gap down opening and subsequent co...

Algeria’s purchases of French wheat are reported to be up 62 percent over last year. However, there are fears that the drop in its quality because of the h...

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South Korea is reported to have sharply increased its imports of soybeans and soymeal in the first eight months of MY 2015/16 as those of two other oilseed...

As is usually the case at this point in the U.S. summer growing season and with USDA's June reports as well as the Fourth of July holiday now in the past,...

According to EIA, the renewable share of energy consumption in 2015 was its largest since the 1930s. Meanwhile, the most significant decline of U.S. fossil...

Nearly half the food consumed in the UK is imported, but it is poppycock to suggest that somehow the Brits now have a food security issue. Poppycock over U...

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The spot corn price at Gulabbagh (Bihar) was down 3.21 percent and the new crop delivery price fell in Uttar Pradesh on news that PEC Limited had been allo...

It appears that a large percentage of both the hard red winter and soft red winter wheat crops will have to either find a home in very long-term storage or...

It was a much more subdued overnight trading session that ended with wheat, corn and soybean futures all lower.  More corn acres than expected in yest...

Traders nervously awaited USDA’s June acreage and stocks reports, which have a considerable history of causing major price movements in grain and soy futur...

A cattle cycle is a period when the nation’s number of beef cattle is alternately expanded and reduced for several consecutive years in response to perceiv...

How else to explain the unending focus by critics against biotechnology than obsession with malevolence.How else to explain the unending focus by critics a...

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Every single number contained in today's USDA reports exceeded average trade expectations except for the one that is arguably of the greatest importance fo...

Even with soybeans offering a better profit opportunity, U.S. farmers seem to favor another crop, much like their counterparts in Argentina apparently do...

Finally, some serious-minded intellectuals have decided to take action against the promoters of pseudoscience as a letter signed by 107 Nobel laureates has...

Argentina still has some soybean cargoes available on July and August, and there will probably be some September as well. Today August is offered at 78 SQ,...

After mixed trade in moderate volume overnight, traders' wariness ahead of tomorrow's USDA reports led to some noncommercial selling during the day session...

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In a meeting with grain exporters on 28 June, Rosselkhoznadzor experts announced that the service believes certain changes need to be made in Yeysk and Tem...

Representatives of soybean producers from North and South America were in Brussels last week regarding  EU reapproval of the use of glyphosate (Roundu...

Grain and soy markets started out the overnight session a bit lower in response to continued favorable weekly corn and soybean crop conditions. However, th...

After being swept up in the geopolitical tsunami that resulted from the Brexit vote, grain and soy complex markets should return their focus to their own m...

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White maize prices in South Africa continue to move higher as imports are just not able to keep up with local consumption levels, and stocks are reportedly...

The U.S. Congress is likely to pass the “Global Food Security Act” in final form legislation next month, which is intended to make permanent the Feed the F...

The global financial markets are full of anxiety. As yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury debt dropped to 1.44 percent yesterday, close to the all-time low of 1...

One of the consequences of Brexit is the disappearance of offers for UK feed wheat, which had been the cheapest origin for the Spanish market. This has als...

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If Henan Province serves as an indicator for China, there should be significant changes in planted corn acreage this year and next as well as in the plante...

Soybeans took control again last night and today, trading sharply higher. No one could pinpoint the reasons for the big strength, although the daily export...

One of the issues behind the blend wall for ethanol in the motor gasoline supply is the increased fuel economy standards that were passed at the same time...

French politicians have reversed their earlier proposed tax on imported palm oil, supposedly intended to promote biodiversity in Southeast Asia. However, t...

After recovering most of its losses last Friday, corn opened firmer Sunday evening in conjunction with the soybean market. Meanwhile, Brexit and the soarin...

Many different opinions and ideas were expressed at a wheat conference this week, which generated a number of thoughts and observations. The hard red wint...

Sometime in the future, nations will decide that globalization and integration have greater benefit for their people, and the negotiated reunion of nations...

The markets have pummeled the British pound in the wake of the UK decision, but the EU has some reasons to fear Brexit as it is losing one of the stronger...

India has a mandate to use up to 10 percent ethanol in gasoline and was expected to reach a 5 percent blend rate by September 2016, but that may be in jeop...

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Grain and soy complex markets felt the pain from the Brexit vote even though the decision has virtually no effect on short-term supply/demand fundamentals...

Lawsuits challenging foods labeled as natural when there are pesticide residues present open up a large can of worms. Biotech Labeling Compromise The biote...

Lowered weather concerns and a technically weak corn posture generated broad-based selling across the grain and soy board. It started overnight for corn an...

Brazilian Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi yesterday indicated specific steps the government plans to take to boost supplies of soybeans and corn in order...

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China's National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) has updated its dietary recommendations, but its view on meat consumption is contrary to the...

This week's Export Sales report from USDA offers insight into the grain market's likely price pattern going forward. Based on historic export patterns, U.S...

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Ukraine's milling wheat prices decreased slightly because of a more stable national currency and slightly lower export prices. Feed wheat and barley prices...

Soybean demand in Brazil suddenly decided to cover all the shorts due to the lack of farmer selling, and basis is rising nonstop. August was trading at +11...

According to polling in Britain, the Leave or Brexit campaign is largely supported by older, lower-skilled workers. By contrast, the Remain or Bremain posi...

After the beat down of the past two days, grain and soy futures markets took a consolidating pause today. As expected, prices traded lower on follow-throug...

There are many different pressure points facing fund managers these days, and they are stirring up crosswinds for grain and soy markets.Grain and soy futur...

The theme of risk reduction was established early during the overnight session, and it dominated the market as the day session opened. Several factors led...

The House of Representatives has 18 committee hearings scheduled for tomorrow. At least five are of interest to agriculture, which include topics related t...

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Jordan has revised its wheat tender terms in order to attract more participants. It has raised the sunn pest (suni pest) allowable levels and will apply US...

The voracious appetite for meat has been the greatest driver of soymeal demand in the last 25 years. Now the Chinese government seems to have decided that...

EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan tried to reassure farmers that protecting geographical indicators (GIs) in international trade negotiations is a top...

The restrictions that China’s central government imposes on the stock exchanges have probably unintentionally encouraged speculators and instant wealth see...

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew criticized China for imposing restrictions on U.S. businesses that are making it more difficult for them to operate in the Midd...

The FY 2017 agriculture appropriations bill includes a provision offered by Senator John Hoeven (R-North Dakota), initiated by concerns that some North Dak...

Markets opened sharply lower Sunday evening. Corn actually lost more ground today, likely the result of a more or less benign weather forecast as the all-i...

The big rallies in corn and soybeans since late March have been met with a huge sigh of relief from U.S. farmers and agricultural bankers. Farm meetings la...

The extremely tight old crop situation and strong rally of the CBOT corn futures during the last five weeks have stopped the farmer selling in the Black Se...

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

Market chatter has been somewhat obsessed since last winter with the potential El Nino/La Nina shift and the potential ramifications this might have for cr...

The International Resources Panel, launched by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), has issued a report quantifying that one-third of the world...

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The multi-day collapse in soy complex prices ended overnight with higher trade in soybeans and soymeal, and that strength dragged corn and wheat along as w...

India's retail inflation reached a 21-month high of 5.76 percent in May 2016, largely fueled by protein demand, espcially for pulses. The expected good mon...

This week the Census Bureau released the May 2016 U.S. retail sales data. This marked the 14th consecutive month that food service has outsold the grocery...

One of the most alarming aspects of the current situation is that eight years of extraordinarily loose monetary policies have been unable to put national e...

After a nearly three-year delay, the EU Commission has issued criteria for identifying endocrine disruptors. Significantly, the specific potency of the dis...

Grain and soy markets spent the day mired in the red. At their lows, corn futures were down at least 9 cents, soybeans were off around 30 cents and soymeal...

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The National Oilseed Processor Association’s (NOPA’s) soybean crush report of yesterday indicated its members had the largest May crush ever, driven by goo...

USDA released its monthly Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook report today, which showed herd rebuilding is having an impact on the beef cattle market. I...

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Brazil cannot sell any more deferred soybeans, and some of the recent market trades for July and August were just washouts or short covering. Meanwhile, Ar...

Domestic grain prices in Russia  increased for almost all crops because of the tight deficit of stocks. Meanwhile, they were mostly stable in Ukraine...

The overnight session saw grain and soy prices work both side of yesterday’s closes, although they were slightly firmer as the trading recess neared. Led b...

While the European Parliament followed the advice of activist Olivier De Schutter in rejecting the use of intensive, conventional agriculture in Africa, G-...

Grain and soy prices weakened in active overnight trading. The theme of lower prices carried over into the day session, and long liquidation became more wi...

Four months ago, there were quite a few complaints about the lack of market volatility. Has this glum outlook really changed for the better? Obviously, the...

Maize prices in Kenya have been moving higher as import supplies have become increasingly more difficult to source from neighboring countries. They have re...

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The head of Argentina’s Ministry of Agri-Industry yesterday indicated the government was very close to reaching a deal with Monsanto regarding the inspecti...

The recent U.S. ITC report on the TPP identified agriculture as one of the sectors that will benefit the most. The House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcomm...

The total blend of ethanol in the fuel supply in 2016 is about 10.1 percent based on the ethanol volume of 14.5 billion gallons.  If set at 9.7 percen...

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The outlook for U.S. soybeans has undergone a quick and remarkable change over the past three months after being decidedly bearish in February and early Ma...

Weekly data from the Dalian Exchange confirms the trend in soymeal that began in early May has now weakened as investors take profits. Through today, the s...

Soybeans ripped sharply higher on the opening Sunday night based on less-than-expected weekend rainfall. That early rally was the high for the night and al...

Big Ag continues to play defense and thus gets beaten regularly in its battle against antagonists. The latest black eye was delivered by 47 Green Party mem...

Momentum is supposedly building in Congress to fully liberalize economic engagement with Cuba. Meanwhile, the president’s Export Council (PEC) has pondered...

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Farmers do not wish to grow soybeans in 2016/17 for many reasons, including low prices and a lack of good seeds as well as fear that the excessive rains fo...

There appears to be no stopping the soybean train yet. This is the ninth week in a row of higher soy complex trade and, by some accounts, the longest rally...

The U.S. EPA held a public hearing in Kansas City yesterday to receive comments on the 2017 proposed Required Volume Obligations (RVOs) for biofuels under...

The U.S. winter wheat production estimate was 6 percent higher from the May number. That is a significant increase, all in hard winter wheat, and justified...

After 16 months of no additional incidents of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) in the province of Manitoba, authorities are confirming three new case...

One of the advantages Argentina has had in the last year in exporting soybeans, soy products and other agricultural commodities has been its weak currency...

Issues Plaguing the Meat Industry From animal welfare to meat substitutes, the livestock sector faces many challenges. U.S. Meat Exports and the TPP The U...

In the U.S., regulators with a scientific background weigh the approval of new drugs and chemicals. In the EU, it is left up to politicians and the sway of...

Defining and quantifying world food security is difficult, to say the least, but there is at least one significant effort to do so. Since 2012, the DuPont-...

Prices for the grains and soybeans turned a bit lower overnight in much quieter trade. The day session faced a more diverse set of inputs. General Comments...

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The South American soybean market showed some movement in the first week of June. In Argentina, trades were made at levels of 49 SN for June shipment and 6...

Price action in the grains was rather quiet and mixed, leading to small gains overnight while the soy complex worked its way higher. Soybeans and soymeal t...

Grain prices at the Ukrainian ports rose during the week in review because of limited offer, but that should be a short-term trend. According to forecasts,...

The Obama Administration will spend $16.8 million to encourage healthier food purchase decisions by SNAP recipients. However, a notable food assistance dev...

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

According to reports in Egypt, the price for local poultry, the main consumers of corn and soymeal, has grown 25 percent in recent weeks. While some source...

Through the first quarter of 2016, domestic ethanol use totaled 3.4864 billion gallons or 83.01 million barrels. Until higher blends can circumvent the ble...

This is a particular time on the crop cycle calendar when there is a multitude of crop and market-related possibilities floating around but very few factor...

Although India expects to produce a larger soybean crop in 2016, its protein meal exports continued to drop in May as a lack of supply and high prices made...

The overnight session was considerably less frenetic than Monday’s with corn, wheat and soybeans trading both sides of yesterday’s closes on about half the...

The European Commission once again failed to achieve agreement by a qualified majority to provide a temporary extension for the approved use of glyphosate...

Markets started strong Sunday evening and finished that way with soybeans and soymeal again leading the way. The buying accelerated at today’s opening with...

Most crude oil, ethanol and biodiesel rail shipments in the United States originate in the Midwest (PADD 2). While only a relatively small percentage of cr...

The producers' price for soyoil (grade 4) averaged RMB 6,268/MT (approximately $952.70/MT) last week, up RMB 142/MT ($21.60/MT) from the previous week and...

The corn market in the Black Sea is extremely firm due to the CBOT futures rally and slow pace of farmer selling. Corn is now at an approximate $10-15 prem...

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Policy can have a great impact on markets, as shown by the current multi-prong attack on sugar. Some say this will be a huge benefit to artificial sweetene...

It’s far too early to say the bear market is dead. It is interesting, however, to watch how some of these commodity markets have exploded higher without an...

The Organic Trade Association issued a study showing that income was higher and poverty lower in the 225 counties with significant organic food production...

No market has attracted as much attention over the past few years like the soy complex has in recent months. One of the slogans of a very successful colleg...

According to a recent Federal Reserve report, prices were below breakeven for a number of commodities in the Corn Belt. It also indicates that credit condi...

It was another day of volatile price action in the soy complex. This time around, much of the market’s strength occurred during the overnight session. Mean...

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CECA) has approved an increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all 2016/17 kharif crops. While pulses h...

A European environmental group, Transport & Environment (T&E), claims the EU biodiesel industry has sharply increased its usage of palm oil as a fe...

It was another blowout kind of a day for the soy complex with grain futures attempting to follow. Once again, overnight trading and price action provided l...

The GAO announced yesterday that it has accepted the Senate Judiciary Committee’s request, spearheaded by a letter it received in January from R-CALF USA,&...

Although this bull market has been driven at least in part by speculative money from noncommercial traders, it could not have survived as long and as stron...

While Washington and Brussels are blaming one another for the lack of progress in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations an...

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Brazil’s soybean market keeps heating up with the basis showing a regular daily increase as the old crop offer is being reduced due to the very negative or...

Russia's domestic grain prices continued to rise due to the decreasing stocks and offers of  the 2015 production. However, barley prices started dropp...

The placid overnight trading pattern was quickly cast aside as the day session opened. Renewed fund buying and bull spreading of soybeans and then corn qui...

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

The EU has opened debate on the next (2020) iteration of the Common Agricultural Policy, and some want it to look more like U.S. policy. Topsy-Turvy Politi...

USDA FAS published a report this week on the Egyptian program of land reclamation. The report points out that if the planned 630,000 hectares of desert are...

Brazil’s farmers would be expected to sharply boost their soybean plantings in the upcoming crop year as a result of the high prices. However, they may be...

Greens and others in Canada have dreamed up what is termed the “Leap Manifesto,” which they contend would move society closer to utopia, and their aspirati...

Market bulls are receiving no help from the weather outlook, and the generally softer prices seen during most of the day session are a sign of that. The ab...

The Supreme Court weighed in today on the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) wetlands regulatory rule. At issue was whether final agency action by the Arm...

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WASDE projections of record-large world production in 2016/17 still leading to an 8 MMT reduction in ending soybean supplies painted a tempting picture for...

Several factors have contributed to Brazil's bullish corn market, squeezing chicken and hog producers. In turn, this is having an impact on wheat prices th...

India’s pulses demand is close to 24 MMT with current production stagnant at about 17-18 MMT, leading the country to be a net importer. Now Canada, Austral...

A key hindrance to the EU extending the approved use of glyphosate in Brussels is coming from German politicians. They do not accept the opinion of Europe&...

Markets were relatively quiet today. USDA announced the sale of 100,000 MT of soymeal to unknown. That was enough to generate light fund buying that held s...

There is no question that U.S. corn and soybean exports will be greater than anticipated even a month ago in USDA’s May WASDE, largely because of some sign...

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The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up about 10 percent during the 5 April-25 May period with much of that increase due to soybeans, meal and corn. The p...

It was another see-saw type of day for grain and soy markets that started out higher across the board during an active overnight session. Wheat was the unl...

A British decision to leave (Brexit) the European Union may or may not lead to more positive outcomes in terms of the country’s economics or domestic harmo...

The rule was first proposed in June 2010, per congressional direction in the 2008 Farm Bill. Specifically, Congress directed USDA to look at five issues re...

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The rich countries of Europe along with some developing nations in Asia and Africa continue to oppose the planting, and in some cases the consumption, of G...

The U.S. Senate approved (55 to 43) a measure today that would end USDA’s inspection of imported catfish and move the responsibility back to the FDA from w...

Both the soybean and soymeal markets rallied overnight as the Dalian soymeal market prices stabilized amid another session of record trading volume. Undoub...

The corn situation in Argentina is not improving yet, and some are starting to think that the lineups will not ease until at least the end of July. Meanwhi...

Milling wheat prices started decreasing at the Ukrainian Black Sea (UBS) ports, mainly due to the exhaustion of export potential and the resultant lower de...

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The EU reportedly described the U.S. effort at blocking an additional term for Korean Seung Wha Chang on the WTO Appellate Body as “unprecedented,” and Jap...

USDA's projections for world corn production and consumption in 2016/17 are similar in pattern to those for 2015/16. However, there is a wild card in that...

Everyone likes a little market excitement, but the back-and-forth price swings experienced today pushed the needle on that meter higher than it has been fo...

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For the past few years, Egypt has been one of the top two importers of U.S. 60 percent protein corn gluten meal (CGM). However, the sudden rally in those p...

The U.S. dairy sector is a big winner under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), according to the recently released analysis of the agreement by the U.S. I...

The U.S. EPA is looking at “several changes” to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in order to “resolve outstanding issues” and “provide clarification” on i...

The eastern Corn Belt struggled early with cool temperatures and wet conditions that delayed planting progress. May has been drier, though, and parts of th...

While apple shipments to China pale in value and volume compared with other commodities, they are an important proxy for value goods as this fruit is a pre...

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

New crop (July/August) feed wheat is offered at $170 FOB in Ukraine and Bulgaria. Bulgarian origin has a €12 advantage over the Ukrainian to EU destination...

Soybean futures were down as much as 20-22 cents at mid-morning, and that weakness in the soy complex kept wheat lower all day. Meanwhile, corn was very re...

There are plenty of worries about credit access and conditions in the agriculture sector. The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing yesterday on the...

It was a very active night session with soymeal setting new highs in the July contract, trading $8-10 higher. That had soybean futures 12 cents higher with...

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While India continues to import large quantities of palm oil, considered unhealthy by many and mostly used domestically as a base for mixed vegetable oils,...

A draft EU-backed study of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) oddly concludes that the pact will actually raise the cost of food and...

Summer weather and yield potential will be next on the market’s agenda, and there has been much hype about the shift in weather patterns from El Nino to La...

The ebb and flow of world trade of grains and oilseeds is one of the more important determinants of domestic prices in major producing and exporting countr...

Private analysts in Argentina indicate that country will not be able to meet its soybean export commitment in the current marketing year because it lacks a...

Grain and soy markets took little notice of the Fed’s bullish influence on the U.S. dollar yesterday, but that was not the case as the day session got unde...

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U.S. EPA’s  2017 proposed Required Volume Obligations (RVOs) for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) implies a likely  increase in conventional&nbs...

 It is easier for politicians to embrace a false perception of the past than to work on a policy approach whereby productivity gains and its associate...

The supply side looks a mess as agricultural production outpaces demand. Rabobank even notes the expansion in poultry production by non-traditional supplie...

It can’t be said that the increased prospects of a Fed interest rate hike in June had any real impact on grain and soy markets today. Prices were slightly...

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Wheat (milling and feed) and corn prices continued to rise in RUB expression at the Russian grain market, although at a higher rate than previously. They a...

Origination has become very expensive for soybean exporters in Argentina. The FAS market keeps climbing as farmers are not eager to sell aggressively. In t...

Monsanto today announced it has suspended sale of future biotech soybean technologies in Argentina because of recent, disappointing discussions with the go...

USDA’s world 2016/17 soybean supply/demand projections provide a good benchmark from which to weigh potential, real changes in both. The soybean market see...

Tomorrow is the day that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is expected to issue its impact analysis of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agre...

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Millers and grain traders in Zimbabwe have set a minimum purchase price for local maize of $335/MT, which is lower than the $390/MT that the government has...

The current mood of grain and soy futures markets seems mainly unaffected by details of planting progress and beneficial weather as today’s price action de...

During his political career, Maggi made waves by supporting President Lula’s re-election because of the latter's commitment to growing the soybean industry...

France’s exports to non-EU destinations have significantly increased during the last month as its wheat is competitive against Black Sea origins. Algeria b...

Markets traded lower much of today’s session. It seemed at times that they could make a significant move lower, but that sharper break just never happened...

NASA has combined with Columbia University to produce a study (Geophysical Research Letters), which claims that fine particulate matter from food productio...

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While China's President Xi is driven to implement economic and agricultural policy reforms that will deleverage the Chinese economy and take away the loose...

With the possibility of an ag appropriations bill markup this week in the Senate and discussion already started about the next farm bill, National Crop Ins...

The U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is likely getting larger. Barring a wet weather pattern during the harvest period, the last issue is what the market ca...

Corn prices continued to be down during the first few weeks of the harvest in Bihar, but they have been moving up as demand increased once industries reali...

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While the May USDA WASDE numbers projected another season of record or near-record yields and production, there are implications for the margin of error be...

The publication Consumers Report (CR) has long been depended upon for objective information about products for purchase, but it has become an unreliable so...

On Tuesday 10 May, House Representatives Bill Flores (R-Texas), Peter Welch (D-Vermont), Jim Costa (D-California), and Robert Goodlatte (R-Virginia) introd...

Corn and wheat futures traded higher most of today’s session as the soy complex continued to struggle. Better harvest weather in Argentina coupled with mor...

The U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR’s) office announced on 10 May that the U.S. will challenge China over its failure to bring its duties on U.S. chicken...

The concept of holding stocks of grain that can be used during times of need has a nice humanitarian ring to it. It only becomes a good deal less appealing...

The U.S. FDA has collected public comments and now must decide what the term “natural” means on a food label.The U.S. FDA has collected public comments and...

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USDA is initially forecasting Brazil’s and Argentina’s soybean harvested area in 2017 will increase by 900,000 hectares and 50,000 hectares, respectively...

Grain and soy complex prices firmed in overnight trade with the complex getting a big boost from the surging Dalian (DCE) soymeal contract, which closed up...

WTO members committed in the Nairobi Ministerial declaration to create a rule regarding a government’s right to use stockholding for food security purposes...

The corn situation in Argentina is generating big losses throughout the entire chain. It started with farmers not harvesting and thus not delivering to por...

Markets were considerably more relaxed today amid consolidating trade that saw both sides of yesterday’s closes before finishing mostly lower. However, tod...

Ukraine's milling wheat prices increased slightly as did corn prices at the UBS ports due to export reasons. The milling rye market there remained stable a...

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Monsanto today lowered its forecast for U.S. plantings of its Roundup Ready 2Xtend soybean this year from 3 million acres to 2 million acres. U.S. processo...

This is always one of the most interesting of USDA’s monthly supply/demand reports as it is the first to provide the agency’s views of the next crop year a...

The May WASDE with its first peak at supply/demand for the next crop year has a history of generating futures market volatility immediately following its r...

U.S. corn exports to North Africa/Africa in the first quarter of 2016 are down 75 percent versus 2015, mainly due to reduced business with Algeria, Morocco...

Beijing wants the U.S. to concede to China the status of being a “market economy” under the rules of the WTO, but it has a funny way of trying to sway Wash...

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Last October, the company Clear Labs of Menlo Park, California released the findings of its investigation into the molecular makeup of hot dogs. Industry s...

Considering the Black Sea's high level of old crop stocks held by farmers and the arriving big crops, the total feed wheat supply at the start of the 2016/...

These reports will set the tone for the markets until and unless weather changes the dynamics of the yield estimates, but USDA's corn and soybean productio...

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Leading the opposition was the UK, which the Department of Transport there indicates is preparing to offer legislative reforms to its own Renewable Fuel Tr...

U.S. DDGS export shipments to China in March fell to their lowest level since December 2014. However, the steady drop since last July suggests that the dra...

Last week’s unexpectedly big hard red winter wheat yield forecast from the wheat tours kept pressure on wheat again today. The big rally in the U.S. dollar...

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It has been periodically charged that USDA has a bias in favor of farmers over consumers, and the agency’s local effort is evidence of the difficulty...

Overnight markets were quiet and mixed in light volume. That all changed when the soy complex again started a significant rally in the first hour of today’...

Officials in the previous Commission at least attempted a small but overt effort to inform the European public and open minds to biotech; the current one i...

India's high domestic feed ingredient prices have spurred livestock farmer groups to ask that GOI allow imports that may have been produced using grain and...

While today’s Stats Canada stock numbers did not contain any signficant surprises, two crops showed an interesting change from last year. Meanwhile, this w...

This is the 30th anniversary of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which was created in the 1985 Farm Bill, and enrollment was the most selective in i...

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Big non-food companies suggesting the dismantling of the food system because it is also big is certainly a big idea, but it cannot be characterized as prag...

It was sort of a crazy day for grain and soy markets. The overnight session saw higher prices across the board, and that trend accelerated early in the day...

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The history of commodity and financial markets during the past 45 years suggests that complacency just might be the speculator/investor’s worst enemy, and...

China’s announcement that it was conducting an ant-dumping investigation of U.S. DDGS exports has impacted local importers' decisions, but other markets ar...

Wheat Uncompeted Demand will grow, but wheat has been a loser in the competition against other commodities for profit and thus growing area. U.S. Wheat Sec...

Last June, the U.S. FDA issued the final rule implementing the agency’s Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) “to ensure the judicious use of medically important...

The soy complex was once again supported by renewed strength of soymeal futures. It appeared that commercial end users were buying meal futures as protecti...

A Chicago Booth survey of leading economists found that expertise caused both an increase and a decrease in certainty about the actual value of breaking up...

Several exporters in Argentina expect the export program to end soon because of the drop in soybean production. Offers started to decrease this week, but t...

Processors' and traders' bid prices for soybeans on the Ukrainian domestic market rose to $374-394/MT EXW and $378-398/MT CPT, while CPT-port prices grew t...

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Morocco has decided to leave the soft wheat import tariff at 30 percent until the end of 2016. This resulted from the expected drop in the local wheat crop...

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The truth is that the extreme low levels of quantification available via organic chemistry means that very little in the food system will test at pure or a...

Mauricio Macri promised Argentina’s agricultural exports would increase sharply if he was elected president and eliminated export taxes. Data released by t...

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From 2013/14 through 2015/16, the world produced three record wheat crops in a row. 2016/17 production is unlikely to reach the level of 2015/16’s record 7...

The U.S. Senate Budget Committee recently held four hearings regarding reform of the congressional budget process. There is general consensus that it has b...

After reaching new rally highs overnight, the soybean and soymeal markets faltered soon after the day session opened. Meanwhile, good reports from the firs...

The April 2016 statistics for the Dalian Exchange show the impact of China’s move away from direct corn subsidies on a set floor price. The interesting thi...

While U.S. agriculture groups push for passage of the TPP, the longer-term stakes for restoring the Japanese economy, a major market for U.S. agricultural...

The soy complex, particularly soybean and soymeal futures, is where all the action continues to be. Soybean futures were lower overnight and traded down as...

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USDA will release its first estimate of U.S. winter wheat production on 10 May, but this week’s Kansas crop quality tour will provide a reasonable idea of...

The U.S. Treasury Department’s annual report comes closer than any prior assessment in calling out key trading partners for currency manipulation. Name Cal...

The recent moves by two of the top three players in the yogurt market, Chobani and Dannon, underscore the marketing battle to gain consumer confidence rega...

The prevalence of drought news has prompted GOI to discuss agricultural policies regarding ways to save water and promote crops that can thrive under arid...

Markets were active on this last trading day of the month, but volume was much closer to normal than some of the big days in recent weeks. Soybean, wheat a...

The food sector overflows with idealism, and while one person, one vote makes sense in democratic politics, an equal vote by all shareholders in an economi...

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There has been a great deal of chatter about the possible impact that the frenzied commodity speculation in China may have had on U.S. futures markets.It w...

The impact that the state of the Chinese economy may have on its demand for physical commodities is obviously of key importance to how those products are v...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week regarding a study of last year's...

Price action in overnight trading of CME grain and soy contracts was mixed with minor changes. USDA’s weekly export sales report was the main fundamentally...

Mercedes Benz has proposed to the Indian government that it shift its cars and other vehicles solely to biodiesel as a way to comply with a Supreme Court r...

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The post-Doha agenda for the WTO is unclear, but EU Trade Minister Cecelia Malmström laid out Europe’s vision for where the organization should focus. One...

Weather conditions have improved in Argentina since last week, but the soybean harvest is still far behind. Approximately 4 MMT were lost because of the fl...

The Ukrainian corn market showed significant changes as prices grew on all terms of trade due to high demand from exporters. That same demand drove the cou...

Every food has been genetically modified, and the use of the term “natural” is one of the most litigious in food marketing. Even labeling food as non-GMO i...

The day session produced a bias toward lower prices, although nothing remotely close to a market collapse. Soybean futures prices were off about 17 cents a...

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The market was nervous about its direction today because of the relatively weak closes yesterday when soybeans went from up 30+ cents to up 12-15 cents. So...

A consortium that includes Brazil’s Universidade Federal de Viçosa, DuPont Pioneer and 2Blades (a non-profit organization) indicates it has developed a soy...

Both Farmer Mac and commercial banks reported a 7 percent increase in agriculture-related loans last year versus 2014. With an outlook for depressed commod...

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Egypt reports that it has purchased approximately 57,000 MT of local wheat in the first 10 days of buying against a target of 4 MMT by 31 July 2016. Howeve...

The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is predicted to have a contentious meeting when it gathers this week for its semi-annual subjective opining of...

Tomorrow could be a big step toward clearing the picture on the Republican side, or it may leave the waters muddied. Either way, the states remaining with...

Markets were quietly lower overnight, but that pattern quickly changed with this morning’s opening. Accelerated buying took soybeans and corn to 30-cent pl...

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After a tepid first quarter, demand from  China's feed industry picked up considerably last week and decreased the nation’s estimated soymeal inventor...

The old crop feed wheat and corn market in the Black Sea is much firmer because of slow farmer selling and short covering demand. This has impacted the inv...

Markets crashed last Friday when the fund buying dried up, so the sharply higher trade this morning caught the market by surprise. What seems to be clear i...

 Fearing that American agriculture’s concerns may get overlooked in a final push to complete the TTIP this year, 26 U.S. senators sent a letter to U.S...

Regardless of what has caused or created this recent market rally, it has brought an enormous Christmas present to farmers and agricultural bankers in the...

One of the issues carried over from the 2012 Farm Bill to the 2014 version was the new Dairy Margin Protection Program (DMP), which provides margin insuran...

U.S. and EU political leaders and trade negotiators begin critical Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) meetings this weekend, and the cha...

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The soy complex crumbled sharply lower overnight as funds turned from big buyers to moderate sellers. Soybeans then opened this morning with moderate losse...

Under normal circumstances, India's chickpea prices tend to move lower as arrivals peak. Contrary to that, though, NCDEX spot prices in New Delhi are up 18...

Today’s planting intentions report by Statistics Canada indicated Canadian farmers intend to plant more corn and pulses but less oilseeds this year than la...

Corn couldn’t participate in the soybean rally even when the soy complex was super strong overnight.. Markets opened lower and traded with sharp early loss...

German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel attempted to put the U.S. in the defensive position on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotia...

Can a commercially useful world wheat contract be created? It would have to be a contract that attracted widespread commercial participation from buyers an...

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After the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) initially dropped meat from its dietary recommendations, the World Resources Institute (WRI) re...

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The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved a bill funding agriculture for FY 2017, and the effort included a couple of notable fights.The U.S. House...

Floods have ruined an important part of Argentina’s seeded soybean area, and farmers are now selling their stocks at $250/MT compared with $217/MT FAS at R...

The main signal from the overnight trade was the continued heavy trading volume. The day session also opened with grain prices edging higher and mixed but...

Wheat and corn prices in the Russian market decreased insignificantly last week, while barley and milling rye prices remained stable. However, all prices g...

Soy complex futures prices jumped very sharply higher in aggressive trading, and wheat futures prices also advanced smartly. Corn futures prices were highe...

Efforts by the new government in Argentina to assume the inspection of soybeans and to deter the ability of technology providers in obtaining royalties for...

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Turkey’s wheat production should reach 19.5 MMT in 2015/16, according to the latest USDA-FAS report on that country. However, that volume could drop to 17...

India has suffered from droughts during the past two years, reducing its production of lentils, peas and other pulse crops that are diet staples for many t...

The House Appropriations Committee was marking up the FY 2017 Agricultural Appropriations Bill this afternoon. It totals $21.3 billion in discretionary fun...

Supply/demand analyses require a considerable amount of subjectivity and guesswork, while prices and price changes are facts. All of this leads us to consi...

For the second consecutive week, the average domestic corn price fell RMB 10/MT ($1.50/MT) last week to RMB 1780/MT ($274.20/MT). Since the beginning of Ap...

The Egyptian GASC bought 120,000 MT of Romanian wheat and 55,000 MT of Ukrainian last week at an average price of $192.12 CNF. The prices offered are at le...

Brazil’s lower house voted last night to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, and the Senate now has 10 sessions to decide if it wishes to move forward with t...

The current farm bill took two years of debate and negotiations to finish, and now stakeholders are already getting involved two years later in farm policy...

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Wheat had an interesting trading day today. Chicago led the rally because that’s where the funds are short about 500 million bushels of futures. Short cove...

Sweden is seeking a European Union ban on the importation of live Maine lobster. It charges that the Homarus americanus is an invasive species that gets lo...

While government of India (GOI) data might indicate adequate plant protein availability for the livestock sector, actual domestic production suggests other...

Low commodity prices may be leading farmers to plant seeds less expensive than GM varieties, but technology is winning in other ways. Anti-GMO Takes Hits L...

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff''s story is fascinating. It is an epic saga of sorts, much in the mold of South America’s political turmoil from the mid...

This week provided a very good demonstration of how quickly attitudes and prices can change. The soybean rally continued to gain strength and set new highs...

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Markets were steady to slightly weaker overnight following the weak closes on Thursday. Corn and soybean markets then shifted again this morning as funds b...

While China has a full bag of tricks to limit its exposure to imports when it wants to, Beijing is quicker to come into compliance with adverse WTO decisio...

At one time, Chicago wheat futures (now the CME wheat contracts) provided a price discovery function for most world buyers and sellers. However, the CME SR...

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After the giddy rally of the last four sessions, grain and soy futures markets finally paused to catch their breath today. It did not happen early in the o...

Argentine Minister of Agriculture Ricardo Buryaile has signed a resolution aimed at stopping companies from collecting royalties on their patented biotech...

Although the organic industry generally has expressed support for USDA’s move in tightening the animal handling standards, there have been some concerns fr...

Domestic prices on the Ukrainian grain market fluctuated insignificantly last week. Some traders continued raising bid prices for wheat without changing th...

The Great Grain and Soy Rally of 2016 continued in full force again in overnight trading and during the day session. Overnight trading volume was heavy, es...

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The corn situation in Argentina is becoming more complicated because of the heavy rains over agricultural areas and numerous vessels arriving at the ports...

The U.S. House Agriculture Committee plans hearings on the downturn in the farm economy, and discussions have already begun on the new farm bill to be writ...

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USDA released its April 2016 WASDE today. If anything, the report carried a slightly bearish tone. Despite this, markets traded strongly higher today, both...

Italy is looking at three zone developments related to agricultural logistics in Egypt with one project for wheat and grain said to be likely in the Red Se...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released the first month’s data on biodiesel, and it is interesting to look at three key factors in th...

This year Monsanto expects up to 35 million acres of Intacta soybeans to be planted in Brazil and the area to increase to 75 million acres by 2019. That’s...

The U.S. dollar is at an eight-month low against a basket of currencies, and speculation is increasing about interventions by other governments to countera...

The soybean market is in the grips of a strong technical rally that has pushed futures prices to their highest levels in more than six months. Soybean futu...

All four living (current and past) Federal Reserve chairs discussed investors’ perception of the economy last week and agreed that the U.S. economy is soun...

Managed money continues to press the short side of corn and wheat futures while buying soybean and soyoil futures. In the meantime, Canada’s acreage is sta...

Soybean futures put in a new high overnight, and that strength followed through today. Funds are also long soybean and soymeal futures, and this chart patt...

The combination of the lower U.S. corn price and a firmer EUR versus the USD raised the theoretical import levy to about €5/MT. The actual levy is currentl...

USDA is boasting that at 12 percent per year, organic farming is “one of the fasting-growing segments of American agriculture." It also claims to hav...

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China’s estimated soymeal inventories fell sharply last week for the first time since the end of February. They have totaled more than 1 MMT since the week...

After two failed monsoons and higher food demand for its population of 1.26 billion, India is gradually becoming a net importer as the country's water cris...

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If a centrally-controlled government like China’s cannot persuade consumers as to the safety of biotechnology, it stands no chance in the tabloid-dri...

The Immigration Debate and Agriculture Fundamental changes will impact the migration debate, including in agriculture. Immigration Challenges in Russia and...

Crude oil was soaring today with gains of more than $2.00 a barrel, and that set the tone for everything else. However, corn couldn’t follow wheat or soybe...

WPI's acreage estimate is based on the belief that the very wet conditions across the Delta will result in acres shifting back to soybeans from corn. The k...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has added data on rail movements of ethanol and biodiesel to its monthly Petroleum Supply Monthly (PSM) re...

Overnight trade in grains and the soy complex found both sides of Wednesday’s closes in below average volume. However, corn prices never fell far from the...

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The EU is once again delaying the approval of feed ingredient imports derived from biotech crops despite their science-based proof of safety. Dubious Organ...

While a Chinese ag ministry official indicated today that the government plan is to boost domestic soybean production for food purposes rather than reduce...

It was announced today that China bought a feed lot and three meatpacking plants in Argentina for $75 million, a move that is expected to help the Argentin...

In January 2016, the Council on Foreign Relations held a workshop to look at volatility in food prices and its consequences with an emphasis on food crises...

With China's announcement last week regarding a change in its income support policy for farmers, local analysts predict a notable shift in their planting d...

The U.S. trade deficit is growing worse as the U.S. dollar stays strong and the economy stands out from many others. This trend will eventually feed back i...

Wheat, corn and barley prices at the Russian market continued to drop (in RUB expression) during the week in review, while rye prices remained unchanged. H...

In Brazil, the soybean market keeps focused on the spot. This week there were several trades at levels of +55 SK for Santos and +54 SK for Rio Grande. The...

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