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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