Credit crunch crunching markets

If recent conversations with elevator managers and farmers are even slightly predictive, it’s gonna be a long, ... downtrend lines from Sept. 23’s action on futures price charts for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton ... the harvest season peak for Dec. corn futures at $5.72 per [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 05:58:00

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12-15-08 AgriCharts Closing Comments…

Posted by brianallmerradionetwork on December 15, 2008   AgriCharts Market Commentary (www.agricharts.com) ... T corn futures higher. Private firms are estimating several million acres swing away from corn. US ... er in the front month. Wheat futures were boosted by higher CBOT corn and a weaker dollar. De [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 21:56:02

Ethanol Drowns in Monster Midwest Storms

(((At this rate, Coca Cola's gonna start using real sugar instead of corn fructose. Imagine your neighbors thin. And hungry ... .))) Corn futures prices have risen in the past week to record prices of more than $7 a bushel [more...]

Date: 2008-06-13 19:54:56

World food prices collapsing: were biofuel critics wrong?

A whole army of biofuel critics may have been wrong: contrary to what they said, ... have crashed, losing more than 40%. Cotton is in full free-fall as well. Clearly, all major agricultural ... for corn from ethanol makers was seen as a key driver of corn futures to record highs in June, but since [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 17:19:33

Samuelson on Why We Should (Not) Shoot the Speculators

Who are these offensive souls? Well, they often don’t fit the stereotype of sleazy high rollers: ... and producers of commodities to hedge. Airlines can lock in fuel prices by buying oil futures; farmers can lock ... generally don’t buy the physical goods, whether oil or corn. Instead, they trade “futures contracts,” [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 15:26:38

Soda Popping

Soda Popping by John ~ January 11th, 2009 | (0 views) Financial bubbles have burst all throughout the financial industry ... with the fallout from a volatile stock market. Beverage manufacturers have seen those costs passed ... by Americans) there is no fall in soft drink prices… Or Corn futures for that matter. Another quirk [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:15:53

The Prince’s Top 10 Financial Stories of 2008

10. Bye-Bye Washington Mutual Five years ago, WaMu was at the top of it's game gobbling up other banks, even last year at this time, ... the bankruptcy court to allow it to cancel futures contracts to buy corn from farmers after corn [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 13:16:00

The Top 10 Biofuels Stories of the Year: #6, Commodity prices

Palm, corn, wheat, ethanol, oil, and soybeans went on their biggest Coney Island rollercoaster ride ever this year, with corn rising as high last summer as $7.85 in the futures markets before falling to $3.50 late ... , had just two biodiesel plants operating in the country. Corn, soybean futures rise sharply on weak [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:59:02

Corn v. Crude

Why are corn and oil prices rising in tandem? I've become a bit obsessive about oil prices -- I check them online several times each day, just out of habit. But most other commodities remain something of a mystery to me. I keep ... from the phenomenally helpful futuresource.com, comparing the rise in recent futures contracts for corn [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 22:42:50

As Farm Belt rain woes deepen, G-8 warns on food, oil costs

From your grocery bill to their ears: Finance ministers of the Group of 8 wealthy nations, meeting in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday, ... to strengthen, a relationship I explain here. Near-term oil futures in New York slipped $1.88 to $134.86 ... the devastating flooding in the U.S. Farm Belt. Corn futures in Chicago rocketed to a record high of $7.31 [more...]

Date: 2008-06-14 06:29:08

World food prices collapsing: biofuel critics were wrong

A whole army of biofuel critics was wrong: green fuels like ethanol and biodiesel have played virtually no role in the surge in food prices ... have crashed, losing more than 40%. Cotton is in full free-fall as well. Clearly, all major ... was seen as a key driver of corn futures to record highs in June, but since then the sharp decline [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 20:15:43

Obama’s Plan To Address Energy Trading

This is one way to bring some sanity back to the price of oil, ... some energy traders from regulations that govern other exchange-traded commodities. Democrats call this “ ... years. Speculators also had purchased enough corn futures to fuel the entire U.S. ethanol production [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 18:56:50

Tracking Jim Simons - Renaissance Technologies

Renaissance Technologies is likely the best performing hedge fund of all time ... , which trades everything from corn futures to government bonds, has returned nearly 40% a year NET ... in what they are doing. From the Bloomberg article: What can he say about Medallion's trading strategy? ``Not much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 21:14:00

China corn futures dip after week of price increases, metals keep rising

Major commodities kept an upward trend on Tuesday, with metals continuing a strong rise ... U.S. dollars a bushel on the latest trading day, equal to about 1,107 yuan a ton. In an effort ... a tonne during the week. May Copper on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose by the daily limit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:19:22

Ah November …

Somehow, some way, 700 became the number the month of October revolved around. The stage was set Sept ... lows, new crop corn, soybean and wheat futures have, respectively, lost 53, 46 and 43 percent ... high of $16.10 for November futures and Oct. 24’s low of $8.63. Much of mid-October’s corn [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 05:00:36

4 Links I liked:

4 Links I liked: Posted November 7th, 2008 by itrade4real Financial bonds business commodities corn dollar ETF finance futures gold loss markets Money profit risk stock trading treasury Wheat Read the full article: http://www.itrade4real.com/2008/11/links-i-liked.html10vote Our catalyst today is the payroll data at 8:30 am. Not much [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 13:46:45

Not Even a Hill of Beans As Crisis Weighs on Commodities

Agro commodities slump Corn, wheat, pork, soybeans, ethanol and cattle futures all ended lower Thursday while rice prices edged up slightly, according to the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Newsletter published with Dow Jones. Jitters over ... to commodity hedging. Ethanol contracts for December fell 3.3 cents to $2.125 per gallon, and CBOT [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 13:12:00

01-08-09 AgriCharts Midday Ag Market Commentary

AgriCharts Market Commentary(Courtesy of www.agricharts.com)Midday - January 8, 2009 CLICK BELOWCornMarch corn futures are trading lower moving into the midday session. Renewed concerns over the impact of the recessionary economy domestic and global placed bearish pressure to grains and soy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:22:39

Gold, the solution to high commodity prices

If policy makers were astute, they would quickly seize on the obvious solution to today's soaring commodity prices that are causing so much pain and ... , corn, and other goods on commodities futures exchanges that really weren't set up to handle the sort [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 14:21:00

Five Ways to Play Gold’s Rebound to $1,500 an Ounce

Gold hit two historic milestones in 2008. First, in early March, the “yellow metal” hit its all-time high of $1,030 an ounce ... down from their record highs – in near-lockstep fashion. Corn futures are down nearly 50 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 15:21:31

All Things Corn

The National Corn Growers Association has introduced “The CORNer Store” - a one-stop shop for all things corn ... more items in the future. One request would be items with the logos from previous Commodity Classics [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:37:18

Ethanol Production Rising, Corn Prices Falling

The University Of Illinois Extension had an interesting post the other day ... . December corn futures closed the day at $4.24 per bushel on CBOT. The thing that strikes [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 03:38:21

Zimfo Bytes

Rising production costs and uncertain profit margins have risk-averse farmers ready to cut corn plantings in 2009 in favor of soybeans, ... Futures survey. The daily volume of 7,363 contracts traded Dec. 10, 2008 topped the former daily Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) record. The new daily record also pushed December 2008 in to the top 20 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 13:42:04

Potash Pricing Quietly Holding Up, But Commentary Has Vanished (POT)

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT) has seen a lot of its commentary drop along with its stock price ... Index. Grain futures have also fallen dramatically from their summer peaks, with corn, wheat, and soybeans all down 40% or more. But recent weeks have seen short month futures stabilize (especially [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 20:59:11

12-15-08 AgriCharts Midday Ag Market Commentary

Posted by brianallmerradionetwork on December 15, 2008   AgriCharts Market Commentary (www.agricharts.com) ... 4 at 8.58 Jan Meal +.80 at 258.50 Jan BO +.28 at 31.20. Wheat Wheat futures are follow CBOT corn a [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 17:58:31

Not Too Fast, ATA

Yesterday’s ATA SmartBrief (a free newsletter that is well worth subscribing to) ... , and sugar DBB follows aluminum, zinc, and copper DBC tracks crude oil, heating oil, gold, aluminum, corn ... , speculative money started flowing rapidly out of the oil futures market.” This effect isn’t necessarily [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:35:43

12-12-08 AgriCharts Midday Ag Market Commentary…

Posted by brianallmerradionetwork on December 12, 2008 AgriCharts Market Commentary (Courtesy of www.agricharts.com) ... in box beef cuts put pressure on cattle futures. With recent gains and steady prices in CBOT corn futu [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 18:03:55

What Can Onions Teach Us About Oil Prices?

Onions have no futures market, yet their recent price volatility makes the swings in oil and corn look tame ... in a commodity not in today's news: onions. The bulbous root is the only commodity for which futures trading is banned. Back in 1958, onion growers convinced themselves that futures traders were [more...]

Date: 2008-06-29 15:52:02

Midwestern towns missing ethanol boom - Boston Globe

Midwestern towns missing ethanol boom Boston Globe, United States - 4 hours ago ... futures market, before falling to below this week. The cost of growing corn skyrocketed, as fertilizer and seed costs jumped as much as 40 percent. ... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 10:41:29

The Price of Gas will soon be $1.50, right?

This will teach them, right? H.R. 6377 directs CFTC to use all its authority, including its emergency powers, immediately to curb the role of excessive speculation in the energy and swaps futures markets ... that an artificially high demand for essential commodities such as oil and corn has been created [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 20:30:06

Commodity Boom Turns Bust in 2008 as Worldwide Economy Crumbles

By Pham-Duy Nguyen Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) — Commodity prices in 2008 plunged the most in five decades as demand for energy, ... , the slumping economy drove crude oil, gasoline, copper, corn, and wheat down from records in the first ... commodities to post gains. Gasoline futures declined to $1.0082 a gallon last year on the New York [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 18:57:26

Blogging the Hazon Food Conference–Day 4

This is my last and final post from what has been an incredibly inspiring and amazing weekend ... , the bad news. In June ‘07 the price of corn was $7/bushel (56 lb), today it is just $3. This means ... in Chicago, which is a futures exchange, i.e., it functions on the PRESUMED costs, not actual costs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 20:18:38

Commodities

Chicago markets Agriculture futures traded mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery fell 28.75 cents to $8.2575; December corn added 2 cents to $5.96; December oats [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 05:00:00

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery fell 23 cents to $8.81; July corn lost 18.5 cents to $7.2775; July oats dropped 14 cents to $4.13 [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 05:00:00

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 29.5 cents to $8.7475; December corn gained 10.5 cents to $5.95; November soybeans [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 05:00:00

China May Purchase 10 Million Tons Corn to Boost Farm Incomes

China may buy at least 10 million metric tons of corn from local farmers to revive prices and boost rural incomes, ... has left the market guessing,” Cao Yanhui, analyst at Liaoning Cifco Futures Co., said by phone ... at 3,180 yuan at the break. Most-active futures have plunged 39 percent from a record 5,241 yuan a ton [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 11:23:21

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 4.5 cents to $7.8775; December corn rose 1.5 cents to $5.92; December oats rose 4.5 [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 05:00:00

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded mostly lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery rose 1.25 cents to $8.2325; July corn fell 23.75 cents to $6.9275; July oats declined 8 cents [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 05:00:00

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery rose 5.75 cents to $9.04; July corn added 4 cents to $7.4625; July oats rose 3 cents to $4.27 [more...]

Date: 2008-06-19 05:00:00

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded mostly lower Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 8 cents to $7.7475 a bushel; December corn fell 7 cents to $5.6225; December oats [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 05:00:00

Commodities

Agriculture futures finished mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 28.5 cents to end at $7.9375; December corn dipped 1.25 cents to close at $5.17; December [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 05:00:00

Cotton Futures Continue Their March Towards Zero

Can you spot the trend?Trading below 40 cents, cotton must be one of the most underpriced commodities in the history of western civilization.Supply was already under pressure, as farmers neglected planting cotton in recent years in favor of higher priced grains, such as corn and soybeans.Lock and load, because we're going to see cotton [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 00:42:00

Recession adds uncertainty to 2009 farmland leases

No business partnership seems unaffected by the recession, including one of agriculture’s most common, said Craig Dobbins, ... .     “In September if you used the futures market to give you an idea of what prices might ... , soybeans and wheat had dropped that margin to about $200 an acre.”     Prices are still falling, lowering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:19:08

Green Ink: Detroit’s Electric Dance, and Google’s Dirty Searches

paper Crude oil futures slumped to $38 in early trading Monday amid fears that lower OPEC production won’t be enough to counter cratering global demand for oil, Bloomberg reports. With oil prices (and valuations) falling, Exxon is sitting ... profiles “Bidder 70,” the environmental activist who waylaid the Utah oil-and-gas lease auction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:14:00

The Rest of the Cabinet: Gut Reactions to Obama’s Picks

Obama delivered a slew of nominee announcements over the last week, so many it is impossible for me to give my usual attention to each, researching and weighing the nominees’ records on salient issues. Instead, armed with the New York Times, my gut, and a willingness to speculate wildly, I am offering a brief synopsis and opinion of each nominee [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 12:30:04

Gold Loses Some Shine

Allen Sykora reports: Comex gold is on the defensive due to factors such as a slightly higher dollar, “less enormous” volatility in stock-index futures overnight than other recent sessions ... that there is potential for a heavier sell-off, pointing out that other commodities such as copper, silver, corn [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 15:15:22

Predicting the grain market is like checking the chicken entrails

If you drive down state Route 46 north of the Eastwood Mall, there used to be a sign for a “reader and advisor.” You see one of those once in awhile ... . Now that we are back in the fours on futures, we can look for that next 50 cents, or we can expect ... now is that we have lost demand. All commodities, farm and nonfarm, are trading lower. Gas is [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:58:13

DrumBeat: December 29, 2008

Gazprom, Once Mighty, Is Reeling MOSCOW — A year ago, Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, aspired to be the largest corporation in the world. Buoyed by high oil prices and political backing from the Kremlin, it had already achieved third place judging by market capitalization, behind Exxon Mobil and General Electric [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:06:30

2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns

In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00

2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns

In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00

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