Reforming financial markets 

Dec 3, 2009,

By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff

After months of hearings, the reform and oversight of financial markets remains on the Senate Agriculture Committee’s agenda....

GM crops: China, EU OK 

Dec 3, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

China and Europe have approved use of genetically modified crops. Europe approved imports of soybeans and China approved plantings of corn. Demand should increase....

Rice – change remains constant 

Nov 30, 2009,

By Jim Guinn, USA Rice Federation

Since the rapid increase in rice prices in early 2008, prices have softened with the global economic slowdown and increased production. ...

Grains tied to oil, economy 

Nov 24, 2009,

By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

2008 was a heady year for Pat Westhoff and other analysts at the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute....

Soybean exports beat expectations 

Nov 24, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

Soybean demand is 24 percent ahead of USDA predictions so far this season. ...

Soybeans — dollar, oil impact 

Nov 19, 2009,

By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Providing a marketing outlook on a particular commodity involves much more these days than simply looking at supply and demand numbers, says Chuck Danehower, University of Tennessee Extension farm management specialist....

Cotton market focus on supply, quality 

Nov 13, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Cotton futures broke out of a month-long trading range and surged to the highest level in over a year on Nov. 11 on spec trading. ...

Markets: soybean harvest point of focus 

Nov 11, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

Weekly soybean export sales were above expectations. Soy oil sales were disappointing this past week. ...

New ag marketing tool in Louisiana 

Nov 11, 2009,

From the LSU AgCenter

Louisiana’s agricultural and seafood industries will have a new marketing tool in early 2010 when MarketMaker, a national Internet-driven service, is inaugurated in the state, according to officials with the LSU AgCenter....

Cotton market: anchovies, options, ethanol 

Nov 9, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

How could anything as benign as an anchovy change the structure of the cotton market?...

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