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'New and virulent' fungus wrecks Middle East wheat 10 Jun 2010
US officials cut estimates for Turkey's crop by 5%, and Syria's by 25%, citing a rust strain which can cause "nearly total crop loss" |
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US corn yield forecast 'raised too far' 18 Aug 2009
The rise to 159.5 bushels per acre in America's official corn yield forecast may neglect hail and weather damage, a leading academic says |
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US finds extra 5m tonnes of wheat in Russia 9 Jun 2011
Wheat prices struggle after the US lifts estimates for supplies in Russia, a fierce price competitor, and its hopes for the domestic harvest too |
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US 'too gloomy' in downgrading wheat exports 12 Dec 2011
Farm officials in a key report underestimated US wheat export prospects, and may be too upbeat on ideas for Brazil's soybean harvest |
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Corn price plunges, amid anger over 'flawed' data 1 Oct 2010
Corn prices close down the exchange limit, pressured by controversial data showing robust US inventories, and drags other grains lower too |
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IGC lifts corn deficit estimate way above USDA's 23 Sep 2010
The grains body, cutting hopes for America's crop, foresees a shortfall of 12m tonnes in world corn output, three times the USDA's guess |
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Brazil's soybean prices 'increasingly competitive' 15 Feb 2010
The country's soybean prices have, in some cases, fallen far more than Chicago's, the USDA notes, as shippers forecast a record month |
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Weak US crop export data 'may set a trend' 6 Jan 2011
High corn and soybean prices may tempt importers to hold on for cheaper South American supplies. But with Argentina dry, there is a risk |
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'Bearish' US stocks data send crop prices plunging 31 Mar 2010
Wheat slumps 4% and soybeans 3% on data showing robust US crops stocks, which overshadow lower-than-expected crop sowing estimates |
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Coffee market heading for a - modest - fall 21 Jun 2010
The rally in arabica prices is "exaggerated" given big supplies on their way, Commerzbank says. But Colombia's weak crop limits the downside |
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China acknowledges need for sizeable corn imports 25 Oct 2011
China concurs, at last, with market thinking that it will need to ramp up purchases, pegging imports at 2011-12 at what looks a record high |
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Kazakh cropland the size of Israel lying vacant 22 Jan 2010
Kazakhstan could lift its arable area by 10%, USDA staff say, after a field trip which hears that one Deere combine is worth four Russian ones |
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