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Grain prices tumble on US hopes for supply rebound 11 May 2011
Corn futures plunge the maximum allowed in Chicago after US officials forecast weak exports will enable a rebuild in crop inventories |
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Goldman lifts wheat price hopes as crops struggle 11 May 2011
The investment bank flags the threat to wheat crops from "adverse weather" in a note also flagging "upside" for corn and soybean prices |
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Putin tempers talk of Russian wheat export splurge 11 May 2011
Comments by Russia's prime minister have quelled rumours that the country is to launch 10m tonnes of cut-price wheat onto export markets |
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Aussie wheat exports boom, but dryness 'alarming' 10 May 2011
A caution over prospects for Australia's late-2011 wheat harvest removes some of the elation at a further upgrade to export prospects |
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US wheat sowings hit low, while corn seedings fly 10 May 2011
US spring wheat sowings record their slowest pace in recent history. But corn farmers plant, in one week, an area bigger than South Korea |
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Paris wheat spikes, leading rally in wheat prices 9 May 2011
Paris's expiring May wheat contract soars 17% in a rally fuelled by dryness fears, leading a revival in world prices. Chicago wheat jumps 4% |
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Jobs data fosters, temporary, commodities revival 6 May 2011
Better-than-expected US jobs statistics foster a modest revival in commodities markets. Until fears of a Greek exit from the eurozone trip it up |
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Russia's slow sowings threaten barley, not wheat 6 May 2011
Russia's spring wheat plantings look set to exceed official forecasts, despite the record slow start to grain seedings overall, SovEcon says |
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Palm oil prices to hold at 'good levels', says REA 6 May 2011
REA forecasts that palm oil prices, at a five-month low, will not stray too far from current levels. However, its shares tumble 7% |
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'Scary' copper, wheat price tie gives clue to rout 6 May 2011
The prices of the two commodities are moving remarkably in step, indicating the role of funds in the sector sell-off, ANZ says |
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Cocoa leads crop falls as US data speeds fund exit 5 May 2011
Cocoa prices plunge more than 4%, leading another weak session for agricultural commodities, which follow metals and oil lower |
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Confirmation of China deal to underpin corn prices 5 May 2011
China's belated admission that it was behind a mega US corn order in March will provide lasting support to the grain's price, Commerzbank says |
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