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Corn could hold surprises in Wasde crop report 10 Mar 2011
Market expectations that a key report will make only a minor downgrade to estimates for US corn stocks could be upset by firm exports |
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UK farmers bet on rapeseed over wheat for 2011 10 Mar 2011
Farmers in the major European growing state, reacting to higher prices, lift rapeseed sowings by more than 10 times as much as wheat area |
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Viterra ready to lower forecast for Canada sowings 9 Mar 2011
The grain handler-to-wool seller notes "risk" to an estimate that wet ground and snowmelt will cost Canada up to 4m acres in plantings |
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France firms grip on second place in wheat exports 9 Mar 2011
France, Europe's top wheat producer, raises again its estimate for wheat exports, noting strong North African and Middle Eastern demand |
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Rains fail to refresh West Australia grain sowings 9 Mar 2011
Farmers in Australia's top cereals state look like keeping plantings at the same level as last season, when drought depressed seedings |
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End of tax perk to tip corn ethanol into decline 7 Mar 2011
Corn use for ethanol will fall in 2011-12, ending a run of dramatic growth, top academics say, foreseeing US corn output below official estimates |
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China admits 'outstanding problems' in corn stocks 7 Mar 2011
China says it has ample supplies of wheat. But on corn, a senior official urges export curbs and restrictions on industrial use |
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Rabobank upgrades wheat, but sees corn as best bet 4 Mar 2011
The bank lifts hopes for wheat prices, citing limited prospects for a Russian export revival. But corn prices are on their way to a record |
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Brazil rains risk to both corn sowing and soybeans 3 Mar 2011
Rains twice as heavy as usual are causing big delays to the soybean harvest. And that is not their only blight, a leading analyst says |
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Oil 'surge' deepens food price headache, says UN 3 Mar 2011
Oil market spikes "could exacerbate an already precarious situation in food markets", the UN FAO says, as food prices hit a record high |
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Indian wheat to set record, posing export question 3 Mar 2011
The second-ranked wheat producer is on course for a record crop, again. With storage limited, this may raise pressure to resume exports |
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Lack of biofuels use leaves wheat price vulnerable 1 Mar 2011
Crop values are on their way down - but wheat prices especially so, thanks to its dearth of use, unlike corn or soybeans, in making biofuels |
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