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US finds extra corn, sending prices to 2011 low 30 Sep 2011
Corn prices plunge limit down, dragging wheat down too, after the US identifies an extra 200m bushels of the grain in data deemed "ragingly bearish" |
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Corn acres, not just yield, may provide data upset 7 Oct 2010
US officials may change estimates for corn sowings as well as yields in a key report on Friday, which may also clear up a data controversy |
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Investors upbeat on cotton, despite record harvest 13 Sep 2011
Analysts talk of higher cotton prices despite a US estimate of a record world crop, and Australia's hopes for an all-time high as well |
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Investors brace for 'explosive' US crop reports 30 Jun 2011
Chicago corn futures, especially, are seen likely to move the daily exchange limit on US sowings and stocks data due later |
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US soybean stocks 'may hit lowest since 1977' 8 Jun 2009
Analysts believe that the US is poised to cut its forecast for soybean inventories, with many expecting a drop to the lowest figure for 32 years
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Heat and early sowings put corn in line for record 12 Aug 2010
America's corn crop is to set records for both yield and output. And strong exports will avoid stockpiles swelling, US officials say |
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US wheat heartland falls prey to bugs and frost 8 May 2009
Experts have forecast a cut of 23m in Kansas' wheat output this year after finding hail damage, insects, standing water and disease |
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Australian wheat crop to fall - but not by much 19 Mar 2010
Higher yields will prevent output dropping far, despite a fall in sowings, USDA officials say in a report forecasting a 23% jump in stocks |
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Beancounters to raise US corn and wheat forecasts 10 Aug 2009
Official US statisticians will on Wednesday add 220m bushels to their estimate for this year's corn harvest, traders believe |
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Double whammy to strike US wheat farmers 12 May 2009
America's wheat growers are to be hurt by lower yields and a slump of up to 31% in prices, official US data shows |
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Drought-hit Kazakh grain crop to fall by up to 30% 8 Jul 2010
The country confirms suspicions that, like neighbouring Russia anhd much of Europe, its crops are suffering from dry weather |
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Rains bring 3m-tonne cut to EU milling wheat hopes 15 Sep 2011
Strategie Grains slashes its estimate for the level of EU wheat which will make it to food use, citing damage to harvest rains |
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