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Corn, Wheat Stockpiles to Rise

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 12:54 pm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this morning released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for April. The agency lifted its estimate on U.S. wheat stocks ...
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Wheat Supply Rises, Price Falls

Posted: December 11, 2012 at 11:53 am

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this morning released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for November. The agency lifted its estimate on U.S. wheat stocks ...
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Forecast Prices for Ag Commodities Fall

Posted: November 12, 2012 at 12:30 pm

A previous forecast price for corn of $9 a bushel was lowered by $0.75 following last week’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) most recept World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates ...
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U.S. Corn, Soybean Crops Mostly Harvested — and Smaller

Posted: October 16, 2012 at 8:38 am

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported last night that the harvest of this year’s U.S. corn crop is 79% complete and the soybean harvest is 71% complete. These numbers are ...
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Nearly 15% of U.S. Households Were Hungry in 2011

Posted: September 6, 2012 at 8:54 am

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its annual report on household food security in the United States in 2011. The study found that 14.9% of American households “had difficulty ...
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Crop Forecasts Slashed Again (CORN, SOYB)

Posted: August 10, 2012 at 9:35 am

The U.S. Department of Agriculture now estimates that the U.S. corn crop will fall 2.2 billion bushels lower than the estimate provided just a month ago, to 10.8 billion bushels, ...
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Food Prices to Rise on US Drought

Posted: July 25, 2012 at 2:02 pm

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published the first of its food prices report to include the effects of the current drought in much of the US Midwest. The ...
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Media Digest (1/26/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 6:29 am

Ben Bernanke says the Fed is prepared to buy more bonds. (Reuters) NEC to cut 10,000 workers. (Reuters) Nintendo posts poor earnings and cuts forecasts. (Reuters) Warren Buffett says higher ...
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Commodities Watch: Grain Supplies and Planting Plans Stir Up Equities; Rare Earths Get Some Congressional Attention (MOS, POT, AGU, CF, MOO, DBA, MON, KFT, TSN, CAG, SFD, MCP)

Posted: March 31, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Today's news is dominated by two reports from the US Department of Agriculture. One provides the USDA's latest figures ...
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Agriculture Report Good for Farmers, Not For Consumers (ADM, BG, MOS, MON, POT, DE, CNH, LIZ)

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 10:13 am

The US Department of Agriculture this morning released its January World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, or WASDE, which projects world supply and demand for food products like wheat, corn, ...
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