Crop Reports

Statistical data on crop growth used to gauge seeding, harvest, yield and price.

May 21, 2012

Article

Corn growers want public comment on extended trading hours

In a letter to the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the National Corn Growers Association has requested a 30-day public comment period before the grain traders are allowed 22-hour-per-day electronic trading of grain and oilseed futures contracts....More
May 21, 2012

Article

Wine grape market shifts in game change

A looming grape shortage and growing demand for California wines have driven grape prices higher, with some grape prices doubling in the span of a year. And wineries that were hit hard by the recession are exploring alternative ways to maintain lower prices for consumers, even while their production costs are rising....More
May 15, 2012

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Southeast Farm Press

USDA report considered bearish for cotton

USDA’s May 10 projections for old and new crop cotton would have to be considered bearish as ending stocks are unchanged for old crop and prospects are for increased stocks for both the U.S. and the world in new crop....More
May 15, 2012

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Southeast Farm Press

Cotton market takes it on the chin

Dreadful supply/demand news hammered cotton prices May 10-11....More
May 10, 2012

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ICAC: Record Chinese imports boost world cotton trade

Global cotton trade is expected to rise by 13 percent to 39.5 million bales in 2011-12, driven by record imports from China....More
May 8, 2012

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Corn prices moving in three distinct patterns

Corn prices have recently moved in three distinct patterns....More
May 4, 2012

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MF Global Trustee agrees not to pay bonuses to executives

Senate Agriculture Committee leadership has applauded MF Global Trustee Louis Freeh for dropping any possible plan to pay bonuses to MF Global executives. MF Global's bankruptcy last year, the eighth largest in U.S. history, resulted in a loss of as much as $1.6 billion of the firm's customer’s money....More
May 4, 2012

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U.S. growers should benefit from Mexico’s improving infrastructure

A new project under way along the Gulf Coast of Mexico could reap windfall gains for U.S. farmers and agribusinesses, according to the U.S. Grains Council....More
May 4, 2012

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Climate change, biofuels mandate would cause corn price spikes

A study from Purdue and Stanford university researchers predicts that future climate scenarios may cause significantly greater volatility in corn prices, which would be intensified by the federal biofuels mandate....More
Apr. 26, 2012

Article

If market offers, take profits in increments

I am comfortable letting others have highest-corn-price bragging rights....More