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Weather premiums building in corn

By |June 6, 2023|Categories: Corn & Soy Complex, Global Trade, Market Prices|Tags: , , , , , |

Dec-23 corn futures continued to move higher last week, closing out at the highest price since late April and up 42 cents over the [...]

Update on world food trade policies & export bans

By |May 26, 2022|Categories: Corn & Soy Complex, Dairy & Eggs, Edible Oils, Energy, Global Trade, Livestock & Poultry, Sugar, Wheat|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Following production and shipment exports stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, some countries adopted restrictions or additional duties on exports of some food commodities. In [...]

Corn market rises on new-crop supply concerns

By |April 18, 2022|Categories: Corn & Soy Complex, Global Trade|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Futures activity May-22 corn closed near $7.90 per bushel last Friday, up more than 25 cents from Monday. The Dec-22 harvest contract closed at [...]

Energy markets in the crosshairs of the Ukrainian crisis

By |March 15, 2022|Categories: Energy, Global Trade, Market Prices|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began two weeks ago are spilling over into global markets, creating massive volatility for corporations [...]

U.S. canola crop in poor shape heading into harvest

By |August 11, 2021|Categories: Edible Oils, Global Trade, Weather|Tags: , , , , , , |

As of Aug. 8, North Dakota’s spring-planted canola crop was developing faster than average pace, with 77 percent of the crop’s seed pods at [...]

U.S. soybean oil all but out of global market

By |August 4, 2021|Categories: Corn & Soy Complex, Global Trade|Tags: , , , |

Although net weekly soybean oil export sales returned to positive territory last week, that volume was just 708 MT (1.56 million pounds), and outstanding [...]

Food price inflation may temper earning results

By |August 3, 2021|Categories: Global Trade, Market Prices|Tags: , , |

Corporate earnings from multinational food consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies this past week were upbeat, with most results beating or exceeding analyst expectations. However, [...]