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I thought it was something Komrade Obama said last night, but apparently corn’s rally today was due to short covering and buy orders that kicked in on the rally. According to my broker, corn still sits about $.50 below the cost of production. I’ve read that for the most part, most grains and softs are […]
Maybe it’s not time to quit on Rice yet! Sorry – wrong rice 🙂 Close call for me – I had my stop down at 23.50. I was sure I was going to be stopped out, and am glad I hung on and waited to “take it like a man”, rather than just selling around […]
Well, when it hits the front page of your local newspaper, it’s probably time to sell. It will be interesting to see where prices go this week. For now, the line is still going from the “lower left to the upper right”, as Dennis Gartman likes to say. Sacramento Bee: Panic over rice prices hits […]
Another good one from Agora – courtesy of their 5 Minute Forecast (if you couldn’t tell, I read this publication religiously): On the other side of the world, extreme drought and telling profit margins have Australian rice farmers switching to growing wine grapes. Australian rice? Yeah, that’s what we thought, too. But the reduction in […]
The U.S. corn crop was 2% planted as of Sunday, down from the five-year average pace of 7%, the U.S. Agriculture Department reported Monday afternoon in its weekly Crop Progress report.
Great job by Dan Denning and the Rude Awakening crew on today’s article. They make the case that a steep decline in agriculture is unlikely. Only a decrease in demand would trigger that, and that does not appear likely at this point in time.
3/31 Editor’s note – Click here for coverage on the latest USDA Planting Intentions Report. Â Report looks to be bullish for corn, bearish for what and beans. Full article from Farm Futures. And the markets are trading accordingly. I just picked up a May corn contract at 576 – like the report, and overall […]
Unfortunately Agora has not yet posted the full article yet in their Rude Awakening archives – keep an eye out. Same story we all know – agriculture is poised to go much higher, and the softs (sugar, cotton, cocoa, coffee) look particularly undervalued.
Full article Summary: UN says world food production must increase by 60% over next 20 years to meet demand Grain and meat production is extremely water intensive – many areas in the world do not have the excess water to ramp up grains and meats Brazil will be the key – it has 23% of […]
Full story Summary: Kerr believes a sharp correction could arrive at anytime Corn prices are likely to remain high as long as the US gov’t continues to subsidize ethanol Longer term, the bull market in ag commodities should continue for some time
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