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Cotton clings to gains, easing fears of bear run 11 Jun 2010
Cotton stays ahead in early deals, raising hopes that it can avoid triggering a technical signal which could drive it to a four-month low |
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Will record inventories sink wheat prices? 9 Feb 2012
The US has lifted its estimate for world inventories of the grain to an all-time high. But that may not be quite as bad news for farmers as it seems |
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Oklahoma stokes ideas of strong US wheat harvest 4 May 2012
The Oklahoma crop is pegged at a nine-year high, as the yield in Kansas, the top producing state, is seen at its highest in at least 30 years |
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Seed supplies may limit US rush to sow wheat 13 Sep 2010
The clamour to sow the grain, following its price rise, may prove so strong that it is limited only by seed availability, an academic says |
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China counters claims of weak hand in soyoil spat 9 Apr 2010
China's farm bureau says the country has enough stocks of the vegetable oil to avoid curbs on Argentine imports squeezing the market |
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US sowings and China help crops extend price surge 18 Mar 2011
Agricultural commodities end what one analyst called "one of the most volatile weeks in history" on a firm note. Corn and cotton go limit up |
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Hormel puts hopes in turkey as pork downturn bites 23 May 2012
Hormel Foods reveals its pork business has suffered from the market downturn which has affected producers, processors, wholesalers - but not retailers |
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Calamity or soft dollar only hopes for crop prices 15 Jan 2010
Only a crisis for South American harvests or a dollar collapse can spare crops a bear run, Rabobank says in a note cutting price estimates |
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China has begun 'new era' of corn imports 26 Jul 2010
The country's growing taste for meat and milk will drive corn imports from near-zero to 15m tonnes within six years, a leading analyst says |
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Monday night has become soybean night 4 Jul 2011
OK, not this week, when it will be Tuesday. But weekly US crop reports have taken on extra significance for soybeans, given the lower level of sowings |
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Australia lifts wheat hopes but drops barley guess 16 Jun 2010
The country is on course for its best wheat crop in five years - as long as dry weather and locusts hold off, official forecasters says |
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German barley farmers rush for intervention buying 23 Feb 2010
A dearth of export opportunities, and increasing competition from rye and triticale, will German intervention offers for barley to 1.5m tonnes |
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