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Brokers line up to cast doubt on US corn, soy data

Commentators from Goldman Sachs to the University of Illinois raise doubts about official US crop estimates, changing dynamics in futures markets

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Two reasons why crop price falls will be restrained
OK, the US has outlined a future of ample supplies of the likes of corn and cotton, and low prices. But that does not mean this scenario will happen
Record US corn crop to fuel jump in world stocks
World corn stocks are to recover to a 12-year high, boosted by a larger-than-anticipated US harvest than investors, key data show. Corn futures tumble
Improved seed lifts hopes further for Ukraine corn
US officials lift the bar for the Ukraine corn crop to a second successive record high, thanks to improved seed as well as sowings on lost wheat area
Ag markets brace for highlight in crop data year
... and the key to unlocking the US Department of Agriculture's first estimates for world 2012-13 crops lies - Initially, at least - in two datapoints
US growers keep up rapid sowings, despite rains
Rainfall slowed US spring sowings, but by less than investors had expected. The rapid pace of corn seedings frees farmers to get ahead on soybeans too
US farmers 'ditch plans to cut soybean sowings'
US soybean acreage will rise after all this year, as high prices encourage farmers to switch from corn and plant as a follow-on crop after wheat
Rain too late to spare Spain hefty grain imports
Rains have boosted crops in some parts of Spain. But not by enough to avoid the need for the EU's top grains importer to require large imports
Brazil farmers lobby to ensure corn bet pays off
The high prices which have driven Brazilian farmers to grow huge levels of winter corn have fallen 20% in the last month
Grain prices to fall despite tighter supplies - UN
The UN foresees lower prices despite slashing its estimate for the world's 2012-13 wheat harvest, and estimating tighter supplies of cereals overall
Corn prices dip as rapid sowings raise yield hopes
The fast pace of US corn sowings is prompting analysts to lift forecasts for the resulting harvest - with downward implications for prices
ADM optimistic on ethanol despite slide in profits
Archer Daniels Midland unveils a drop in profits, hurt by tumbling returns from ethanol. But US ethanol industry dynamics are improving
Rain to slow US corn sowings after bumper week
US farmers sowed an area the size of South Korea with corn last week. But rains looks like putting the brakes on activity in early May
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US farmers' huge bet on corn had better pay off

US growers huge allocations to corn in their planting schedules bodes well if everything goes to plan. The trouble is if it doesn't
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