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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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U.S. Consumers Paying Less for Meat, More for Vegetables

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 3:17 pm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released its preliminary report on March farm prices. The index uses prices from 1990-1992 as its base value (100). The March price index ...
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U.S. Crop Report Boosts Ag Prices

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 12:44 pm

Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inaugurated its new practice of releasing the monthly crop reports at noon ET. January saw a decline in the forecast for the Florida ...
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Food Price Forecast Unchanged in July

Posted: August 24, 2012 at 12:15 pm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that its estimate for food price inflation did not change in July. The agency still expects food prices to rise 2.5%-3.5% this ...
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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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Commodity Watch: Corn Planting Solid, Prices Not So Much (DBA, MOO)

Posted: June 30, 2011 at 10:16 am

All the worries about cold, wet weather and flooding in the Great Plains and the Ohio River Valley have pretty much been laid to rest. The US corn crop is ...
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Media Digest (3/11/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 11, 2011 at 4:13 am

Japan was hit by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake. (Reuters) Chinese insurance regulators passed on details of the AIG (NYSE: AIG) disaster to local insurance companies, according to WikiLeaks. (Reuters) Apple ...
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