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***Top stories from the last 15 days
Soybeans
Nusbaum: Buying Agriculture
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- Published on Friday, 29 May 2009 02:10
- Written by Lara Crigger
- Oil is going to $80
- Gold still has a place
- Monsanto as a core holding
Archives
Good Times Return For Commodities (Stocks)
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- Published on Tuesday, 19 May 2009 04:55
- Written by Brad Zigler
In case you haven't noticed, several commodities have swung to a bullish mode now, particularly RBOB gasoline, the soybean complex and corn. Less well-developed are the trends in the petroleum complex, softs such as coffee, sugar and orange juice, feeder cattle and wheat.
Ag Roundup
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- Published on Monday, 04 May 2009 04:29
- Written by Julian Murdoch
- Wet weather and corn plantings
- Wheat won't sustain its rally
- Uncertainty and soy
Gaming Grains
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- Published on Monday, 30 March 2009 01:33
- Written by Julian Murdoch
With the flooding in Fargo swamping wheat and the USDA prospective plantings on tap, HAI examines the outlook for corn, soybeans and wheat.
- Why the massive flood isn't moving prices
- The global wheat glut
- Soybean fever
Catching Up With ‘Trader Vic’
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- Published on Thursday, 19 March 2009 17:00
- Written by HardAssetsInvestor.com
- Inflationary stimulus (or detriment?)
- The ‘Barry Goldwater’ of Israel
- Bartenders as benchmark ...
The Soy Game
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- Published on Thursday, 19 March 2009 04:12
- Written by Julian Murdoch
- The tragedy of the rearview mirror
- Diminishing stocks
- The biodiesel future
The Urge To Converge
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2009 06:17
- Written by Brad Zigler
Last week, the futures regulator, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, started soliciting nominations for a new subcommittee charged with examining the causes of poor cash-futures convergence in some agricultural commodity markets.
Recessionary Commodities
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- Published on Thursday, 12 March 2009 07:00
- Written by Julian Murdoch
Last week's interview with Tom Fernandes from GreenHaven Commodity Services pointed to a Yale study on recessionary commodities. We dig in...
- The power of sugar
- Signal value: How far are we though the recession?
- The big caveat
Bunge’s Bungee
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- Published on Monday, 09 February 2009 02:30
- Written by Julian Murdoch
- The importance of forecasts
- Bunge's future exposure
- Soybean expectations
A Real Commodity Moneymaker
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- Published on Thursday, 08 January 2009 06:07
- Written by Brad Zigler
Real-time Inflation Indicator (per annum): 9.2%
Wednesday's column ("2008 Was Golden ... Barely") left some readers with the impression that there were hardly any winners among the exchange-traded products (ETPs) tracking commodities.
Bean Battle Brewing
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- Published on Monday, 15 December 2008 02:27
- Written by Julian Murdoch
between the American Soybean Association and the United Soybean Board.
- Who the heck are these guys?
- What's the problem?
- Why should you care?
Considering China
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- Published on Tuesday, 11 November 2008 09:46
- Written by Administrator
Soybeans And Oil: At Odds
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- Published on Friday, 10 October 2008 06:12
- Written by Brad Zigler
Beware: Harvest Moon Rising
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- Published on Monday, 15 September 2008 03:38
- Written by Phil Franz-Warkentin
- An early frost could have big impact
- Soybeans, corn at risk
- What the weatherman's saying now
Ugly Thoughts For Pre-PPI Monday
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- Published on Monday, 18 August 2008 04:11
- Written by Brad Zigler
Bunge Still On The Hunt
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- Published on Monday, 07 July 2008 09:33
- Written by Brad Zigler
Bearishly Bullish On Corn
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- Published on Saturday, 28 June 2008 16:50
- Written by Brad Zigler
- Comparing flood years
- What's the upside?
- The behavior of wheat
Soybean Crush Crushed
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- Published on Thursday, 05 June 2008 08:40
- Written by Brad Zigler
Summer must have started, judging from the state of the soybean crush. Processing margins were, well, crushed to the year's lowest level by the time the markets closed yesterday. Going into the week, processors like Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM) and Bunge (NYSE: BG) had been eyeing gross margins averaging a shade under 7%. At the bell yesterday, the profit potential in the November/December spread had collapsed to less than 5%.
The Price Isn’t Right
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- Published on Sunday, 25 May 2008 10:14
- Written by Eli Neusner
Why are cash prices and futures prices different in the agricultural markets?
- The impact of ETF assets
- Barge prices and Hurricane Katrina
- Academic analyses
Ag Update
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- Published on Thursday, 15 May 2008 06:42
- Written by Julian Murdoch
We're in prime USDA report season, the seeds are going in the ground and investors are waffling.
- Aftermath of the prospective plantings report
- Crop progress and the biofuels update
- The rice crisis
