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Rabobank joins Goldman on corn-wheat price parity 11 Apr 2011
Rabobank says that a bushel of corn could become worth the same as a bushel of wheat in Chicago for the first time in 15 years |
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Are corn investors getting upset over nothing? 8 Apr 2011
A decision by US farm officials not to cut their corn stocks estimate, despite thin supplies, may not be as offbeam - or bearish - as it first appears |
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US estimate of resilient corn stocks 'a joke' 8 Apr 2011
Corn prices recover early losses, after some traders query a USDA assessment that a hole in supplies of the grain will be filled by wheat |
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US ditches forecast for drop in world soy stocks 8 Apr 2011
World soybean inventories will rise after all in 2010-11, lifted by better-than-expected South American crops |
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Which corn users will cave in first to record prices? 8 Apr 2011
The US is to cut estimates for corn supplies - but not by as much as stocks data imply. Will ethanol or livestock sectors or importers take the hit? |
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Argentine farms braced for dryness even in 2011-12 7 Apr 2011
Local wisdom has it that a parched La Nina season, which has depressed corn and soybean yields, is followed by further dryness |
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Indian cotton exports to recover - but not by much 6 Apr 2011
The world's second-biggest cotton growing country will only have capacity for a small recovery in exports in 2011-12 - to America's benefit |
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Corn price hits record in hunt for rationing point 5 Apr 2011
The price of Chicago corn hits an all-time high of $7.70 ¾ a bushel, amid talk that even higher prices may be needed to quell demand |
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Sowings geography to depress US yields - a little 5 Apr 2011
Hopes for US corn and soybean yields have been eroded the make-up of state seeding plans. But weather and demand appear more significant |
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US winter wheat gets off to worst start since 2002 5 Apr 2011
US officials rate only 37% of the crop in "good" or "excellent" condition, sapped by dry conditions rated in some areas as the driest ever |
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Corn price matches record high, lifting wheat too 4 Apr 2011
Fears for thin US supplies send corn prices higher for a third day, returning them to all-time highs. Wheat gains too, to avoid being overtaken |
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Australian farmers to sow near-record wheat area 4 Apr 2011
High prices and "excellent" soil moisture are to encourage Australian growers to lift wheat sowings - at the expense of barley plantings |
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