Trade
Corn and soybean export activity is encouraging
Oct 6, 2009, Source: University of Illinois
Corn exports will rebound sharply during the current marketing year, and soybean exports are expected to remain at the record level of the 2008-09 marketing year, according to new USDA projections. “Corn exports during the 2009-10 marketing year are projected at 2.2 billion bushels, 237 million below the record...
Taiwanese Delegation Visits Iowa, Signs Agreement To Purchase Soybeans
Oct 1, 2009, Source: Iowa Soybean Association
The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) hosted members of a Taiwan Agricultural Trade Goodwill Mission visiting Iowa to see the grain crop about to be harvested and to sign letters of intent for the purchase of soy and corn products...
Green Shoots | Strong Supply and Demand Factors Lead to Growing Markets for Corn and Soybean Farmers
Oct 1, 2009, By Larry Stalcup
Is a green shoot in your marketing scope? Don Batie believes it's out there and he's counting on strong world demand for corn and soybeans to transform...
Opening Doors | Farmers Look for Corn and Soybean Markets In The Black Sea Region
Oct 1, 2009, By Greg Lamp
Build it and they will come is a familiar phrase from the well-known Iowa movie Field Of Dreams. It's also the backdrop to why a group of Midwest farmers,...
Corn Prices Are Showing Early Marketing Lows
Oct 1, 2009, By Richard Brock
Markets have certainly been wild over the last couple of years, but the one thing that is still at least somewhat reliable is the seasonality of the cash...
CFTC to Expand COT Data
Sep 1, 2009, Compiled by Greg Lamp
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has started including more detailed classifications in its weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) reports, according...
They Pursue Identity-Preserved
Sep 1, 2009, By Larry Stalcup
From six guys wanting better corn and soybean markets, to over 70 growers and 100,000 acres committed to identity-preserved (IP) crops, a 10-year-old...
CFTC Removes Speculative Position Loophole
Aug 24, 2009, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has removed a provision allowing certain speculators to exceed federal speculative position limits on agricultural commodities...
Lower Prices May Spur Fresh Soy Demand
Jun 16, 2009, Source: Brock Associates
Soybean traders will be watching to see whether recent futures declines are enough to spur renewed interest in U.S. soybeans from Chinese buyers, who have delayed or cancelled some previous purchases over the past couple of weeks...
CME Expands Electronic Grain Futures Hours
Jun 9, 2009, Source: Brock Associates
CME Group announced on Friday that electronic trading hours for CBOT grains, oilseeds and ethanol futures contracts will be expanded in the morning by one hour and 15 minutes, until 7:15 a.m., beginning July 1...
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