Palm Oil Closes Near One-Month High on Improved Demand Prospects
Category: Oilseeds
(Bloomberg) - Palm oil closed near a one-month high on improved demand prospects ahead of Ramadan, Full Story
Category: Oilseeds
(Bloomberg) - Palm oil closed near a one-month high on improved demand prospects ahead of Ramadan, Full Story
Category: Sugar
(Businessweek) - China’s sugar futures fell after the government announced a purchase program that Full Story
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. growers will shift from corn to soybeans due to unseasonal rains and snow, Full Story
(Businessweek) - Corn production in the U.S., the world’s largest grower, may reach a record this year on yield gains even after wet weather curbed planting to the slowest pace in three decades, the U.S. Grains Council said. Full Story
(Businessweek) - Sugar fell to the lowest level since 2010 in New York as cane processing surged in leading Full Story
Category: Miscellaneous, Policy
(AgWeek) - The House Agriculture Committee on May 15 approved a new farm bill that would make most Full Story
Category: Grains, Miscellaneous, Oilseeds
(Reuters) - Areas of severe drought continue to shrink across many key agricultural areas of the Full Story
(Bloomberg) - Soybeans rose in Chicago, set for the biggest weekly gain since January, on signs of sustained Chinese demand and on speculation a pickup in U.S. corn planting may leave less acreage for sowing the oilseed. Full Story
Category: Policy
(IDFA) - IDFA joined with 35 other associations and business groups this week in voicing opposition Full Story
(Food Safety News) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its May 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Full Story