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Commodity prices trip over raised output forecasts 10 Oct 2008
Farm commodity markets tumble after the US raises increases output forecasts, and lowers expectations for farm gate prices |
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Cut to US corn estimate sends futures soaring 12 Sep 2008
Corn prices rise limit up after the US reduces its estimate of its 2008 corn harvest to 1bn bushels behind last year's crop |
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Wheat slips despite weaker EU harvest 10 Jun 2009
Chicago wheat drops nearly 3% % after the US raises its estimate of stocks even though Canadian, Spanish and Ukrainian crops are suffering |
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Soy tumbles after US 'discovers' extra beans 30 Sep 2008
An admission by US statisticians that they vastly underestimated soy production sends prices of the beans to a nine month low |
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US, after 9 months, cuts world wheat stocks guess 9 Apr 2010
US officials cut their estimate of world wheat inventories for the first time since July, noting better prospects for demand from livestock farmers |
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Opinion: wheat's best hope may lie in inflation 11 Jun 2009
Wheat's vital statistics may not justify even its current market values. What the grain needs to go much higher is help from broader price rises |
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Planting and stocks data lift soybeans 31 Mar 2009
Bean prices rise by 5% in Chicago after US reports show a rapid fall in stocks and planting below traders' expectations
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Biodiesel use to acclerate demand for soyoil 15 Feb 2010
Soyoil's credentials as a biodiesel feeedstock will help reverse cuts at US refineries and is boosting Argentine consumption too, the USDA says |
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Opinion: corn investors should bless Monsanto 1 Jul 2010
US corn supplies may be in for a squeeze, depending on how a drop in stocks pans out. And GM tecnology won't be able, for now, to help out |
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Biodiesel boost could fuel further gains in soyoil 17 Aug 2010
Soyoil prices, already near highest for two years, could gain a boost from a "strong recovery" in use by biodiesel refiners, the USDA says |
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6m US acres 'lost' ahead of key sowing data 31 Mar 2010
US farmers are expected to raise corn and soybean plantings by 3.5m acres. But what about the area the size of Israel still unaccounted for? |
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Forecast of rise in soybean acres 'may be wrong' 29 Jun 2009
A key report on Tuesday will show a fall in US bean plantings rather than the 2.1m-acre rise that the market expects, broker Alaron says |
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