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Grain Futures - February 2011
- Oil, food and metal - all getting more expensive: [2011 Feb 24 02:13 PM] The prices of a tank of gasoline, a loaf of bread and a gold coin are likely to rise in the coming weeks. Read more
- India to re-enter rice, wheat trade: [2011 Feb 23 08:13 AM] India, the globe's second-largest grower of rice and wheat, will resume shipping the commodities, the subcontinent's farm minister told reporters. Read more
- Middle East protests push down grain futures: [2011 Feb 22 03:35 PM] Grain prices descended rapidly amidst increasingly violent protests in the Middle East and North Africa. Read more
- Farmers' corn production is short: [2011 Feb 22 08:20 AM] Not enough corn production from farmers has resulted in the smallest inventories of the commodity in nearly four decades. Read more
- Farmland prices soar: [2011 Feb 18 03:11 PM] Surging commodity prices are working wonders for the value of farmland and auctions. Read more
- Crops produce more in 2010 than 2009: [2011 Feb 16 05:28 PM] Values for crops in the U.S. advanced 22 percent in 2010 amidst the global recovery from the deepest recession in more than 70 years. Read more
- Chinese drought harms wheat futures: [2011 Feb 16 02:34 PM] Chinese wheat crops likely are subject to significant damage as a result of drought conditions, which are expected to persist for at least the next month. Read more
- Brazil preps for strong soybean crop: [2011 Feb 15 03:14 PM] The production and exports of soybeans in Brazil is pointing toward record numbers for 2011 due to healthy amounts of rain strengthening the development of the plants. Read more
- Corn futures continue gaining: [2011 Feb 15 07:32 AM] Inclement weather harming global crops helped push up prices for corn futures on Tuesday morning. Read more
- Commodity price inflation comes to your local clothing store: [2011 Feb 15 12:00 AM] Commodity prices have been on a steady surge for the past year - indeed, commodity futures investors did better than those in most other sectors across the span of 2010. Read more
- Chinese drought pushes up wheat futures: [2011 Feb 14 06:37 AM] A severe lack of rain in the high-producing areas of the world’s top grains consumer is continuing despite snowfall as world prices of wheat remain at their highest values in 24 months. Read more
- Planting to suffer in North Korea with sick oxen: [2011 Feb 11 11:01 AM] Oxen suffering from foot-and-mouth disease in North Korea poses a serious threat to the nation since it is reliant on those animals for agriculture and the planting season begins in May. Read more
- Wheat harvest shortfall might prompt hoarding: [2011 Feb 10 09:39 AM] Hoarding and additional price gains might follow the second straight year of wheat harvests lagging behind demand. Read more
- Corn, wheat and soybean futures thrive: [2011 Feb 09 01:27 PM] Smaller crops and increasing demand pushed corn, wheat and soybean futures to their highest rates. Read more
- Corn, soybeans benefit from Argentine labor dispute: [2011 Feb 01 03:34 PM] Labor strikes by Argentine port employees pushed soybeans futures to their highest prices since July 2008 as demand increased for exports from the U.S., which is the world's largest shipper of soy and corn. Read more
