Dry Conditions in Brazil Lift Sugar Prices Globally
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Global sugar prices rallied as drought conditions... Full Story
U.S. Soybean Country’s Curious New Customer
Category: Grains
(Wall Street Journal) - China isn’t buying many American soybeans anymore. But at least there’s Iran. As rising trade tensions have pummeled Sino-U.S. agricultural trade—and the Trump administration’s sanctionson the Islamic Republic come into force—a curious patternhas emerged... Full Story
Trade Fight Threatens Farm Belt Businesses
Category: Miscellaneous
(Wall Street Journal) - The U.S. Farm Belt helped deliver Donald Trump to the White House, drawn to his promises to... Full Story
The Nutrition Mission at the FDA
Category: Policy
(The Wall Street Journal) - The politics of food can be a touchy subject. On the one hand, most people care deeply... Full Story
What’s Behind the Glut in Agricultural Commodities
(The Wall Street Journal) - Harvests are under way of what are projected to be the largest corn and soybean crops in U.S. history, which soon will hit a global market already sitting on the largest-ever grain stockpiles... Full Story
U.S. Grain, Bean Stockpiles Set to Climb
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn and soybean stockpiles continue to climb ahead of another record harvest that has sent futures prices tumbling since June, according... Full Story
USDA Is Expected to Raise U.S. Corn Production and Yield Estimates
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. farmers are expecting a record corn harvest this year alongside more soybean supplies, though the market impact will likely Full Story
Congress Passes GMO Labeling Rules That Supersede Tough State Measures
Category: Miscellaneous, Policy
(Wall Street Journal) - In a victory for food companies, Congress has passed a federal requirement for labeling products made with genetically modified organisms that will supersede tougher measures passed by one U.S. state and considered in others.The bill will require labels to be reworked or updated to show whether any of the ingredients Full Story
Reports Show Increase in Corn Planting, Adding Volatility to Agriculture Markets
(Wall Street Journal) - CHICAGO—U.S. farmers are planting more corn and soybeans even as the nation’s stockpiles swell, according to twin government reports Thursday that are set to stoke more volatility in agriculture markets. Full Story
Cocoa Beans Bounce to Six-Year High
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Good thing the British enjoy their tea, because after the “Brexit” vote, a cup of hot Full Story
Sugar Industry Headed for a Shake-Up
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sweeping changes to the trade barriers governing the sugar industry are redrawing the map for one of the commodity world’s most protected markets. Full Story
U.S. Corn Production Set to Rise, Boosting Supplies
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. farmers likely will harvest the second-largest corn crop on record this year, causing grain supplies to swell, according to analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal ahead of a closely watched crop report. Full Story
Commodities Rally Built on Shaky Foundations, Traders and Analysts Say
(Wall Street Journal) - A recent rally in agricultural commodities markets spurred by the prospect of weather damage to harvests looks vulnerable to a turnaround, traders and analysts said Thursday. “The chances of a correction Full Story
Soybean Prices Hit Eight-Month High
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. soybean prices climbed to new highs Thursday on a wave of buying by investment funds betting on lower world crop production and higher U.S. export Full Story
Heavy Rains Take Toll on Argentina’s Soybean Crop
(Wall Street Journal) - So much rain has fallen over Argentina in recent weeks that it could cost soybean Full Story
Corn Imports Surge in U.S., Despite Record Harvests at Home
Category: Grains
(Wall Street Journal) - There is something unusual going on in the U.S. corn market. Even as record Full Story
Grain Prices Rise Even As Stockpiles Climb
(Wall Street Journal) - Federal forecasters on Tuesday said global crop stockpiles continued to grow though Full Story
Higher U.S. Grain Stockpiles Expected in USDA Report
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. grain stockpiles have climbed higher over the past month because of lower corn and wheat exports, according to analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal Full Story
USDA Expected to Project Growing Crop Stockpiles
(Wall Street Journal) -U.S. farmers are expected to plant more corn and soybeans this year even as their storage bins remain stuffed with rising inventory, according to analysts surveyed by Full Story
Corn Becomes Next Market China Liberalizes
(Wall Street Journal) - China plans to start allowing its corn prices to be set by the market, the latest step in reforming its huge agricultural industry that could further thresh weak global Full Story
Chocolate Processors Struggle With Factory Glut
Category: Cocoa, Grains, Oilseeds
As chocolate lovers ready themselves for an Easter weekend of sticky fingers and tight waistbands, the world’s cocoa Full Story
Sugar Extends Gains
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar prices advanced Monday as the lingering El Niño effect continued to hurt Full Story
Sugar Futures on Course for Highest Close in Nearly 16 Months
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar futures were on course for their highest close in nearly 16 months Friday Full Story
Sugar Prices Hit 16-Month Highs
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar prices jumped to their highest levels in more than a year Thursday amid growing concerns over supplies in the world’s top producers. Raw-sugar futures contracts Full Story
El Niño May Be Weakening, but It Is Still Clobbering Crops
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Weather
(Wall Street Journal) - The El Niño weather pattern, while weakening, continues to hurt crop farmers Full Story
USDA Boosts U.S. Soybean-Stockpile Estimate, Trims Global Projection
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. federal forecasters on Wednesday boosted their outlook for domestic soybean stockpiles while trimming estimates for global grain and soybean Full Story
Banks Feel the Pain of Dairy Downturn
Category: Dairy
(Wall Street Journal) - The pain being felt by New Zealand’s dairy farmers from a global oversupply Full Story
Drop in Palm-Oil Production Shows El Niño’s Effects
(Wall Street Journal) - El Niño’s impact on agricultural output in Asia is starting to show Full Story
Palm-Oil Prices Hit 21-Month High, but Pessimism Creeps In
(Wall Street Journal) - Palm-oil prices surged to a fresh 21-month high Friday, though market watchers are becoming more pessimistic over the outlook for one of the few bright spots Full Story
Dairy Farmers Get No Relief in Latest Global Auction
Category: Dairy
(Wall Street Journal) - International dairy prices fell for the third successive GlobalDairyTrade auction, as concerns about an overabundance of products globally continue to weigh Full Story
Wheat Jitters Grow Over Egypt Import Delays
(Wall Street Journal) - A French wheat cargo stuck in an Egyptian port for more than a month is Full Story
Corn, Soybeans Up After Government Forecasters Cut Estimate
(Wall Street Journal) - Corn and soybean prices jumped Tuesday after government forecasters cut their Full Story
Sudan Arises as Sugar Hub
(Wall Street Journal) - When the price of sugar rose 40% in Sudan last year, Hussein Adawi temporarily Full Story
From Cattle to Coffee, Farmers Weather Worst of El Niño
(Wall Street Journal) - Two thousand of Troy Setter’s dark-haired cattle have been trekking along centuries Full Story
Winter Is Coming: La Niña Poised to Storm the Markets
Category: Miscellaneous, Weather
(Wall Street Journal) - As El Niño reaches its peak this winter, investors are already bracing for its sister climate phenomenon La Niña to be next to upend weather patterns and potentially wreak havoc on the agricultural commodity market. Full Story
Argentina to Remove Export Taxes on Some Agricultural Products
(Wall Street Journal) - Argentine President Mauricio Macri on Monday eliminated export taxes on beef Full Story
India Plans to Release Millions of Tons of Sugar Onto International Markets
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - India is planning to dump a mountain of sugar on the world, and traders say the controversial move could knock the wind out of a global sugar market that Full Story
Global Stocks Drop Sharply on Weak Commodities Prices
(Wall Street Journal) - Global stocks dropped sharply Tuesday as the recent rout in commodities Full Story
Strong Dollar Shreds Wheat Exports
(Wall Street Journal) - The strong dollar is stifling U.S. agricultural exports, worsening the strain on farmers Full Story
Wheat Futures Contracts Hurt by Full French Silos
(Wall Street Journal) - A key futures contract that helps set the price of grain has hit a roadblock: three Full Story
Farmland Prices Decline Across Parts of Midwest
(Wall Street Journal) - Farmland values fell in parts of the Midwest in the third quarter, reflecting a downdraft in the Full Story
Grain, Soybean Prices Fall to Multiweek Lows
(Wall Street Journal) - Grain and soybean prices tumbled to multiweek lows Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast larger domestic production and supplies than Full Story
Palm Oil Pushes Through Drought, Fire and Smoke
Category: Oilseeds
(Wall Street Journal) - Palm-oil production is holding up and stocks are accumulating despite drought Full Story
Hedge Funds Load Up on Sugar
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Suddenly, investors again see opportunity in sugar. Raw-sugar futures prices are up 39% since Aug. 24, the market’s largest gain since 2011 and a rare increase Full Story
California’s Growers Bear Brunt of Drought Woes
Category: Miscellaneous, Weather
(Wall Street Journal) - California’s historic drought is forcing farmers in the dominant produce-growing state to fallow hundreds of thousands of acres and spend millions of dollars to access water. Yet U.S. grocery shoppers are barely feeling an impact. Full Story
Ukraine’s Bumper Crops of Wheat Are At Risk
(Wall Street Journal) - Farmers Natalia and Yury Berezovsky have enjoyed two years of record wheat harvests. Full Story
Dry Weather Delays Soy Planting in Two Brazilian States
(Wall Street Journal) -Farmers in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Goiás have barely Full Story
Commodities Prices Are Heating Up on El Niño
(Wall Street Journal) - The El Niño weather phenomenon is starting to push up prices for agricultural commodities as its impact spreads through key crop-growing regions in Full Story
Conditions Sour for California’s Dairy Farmers
Category: Dairy
(Wall Street Journal) - California dairy farmers are retrenching amid falling prices and drought in the Full Story
World Food Prices Rise for First Time in 18 Months
Category: Dairy, Grains, Oilseeds, Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - World food prices rose in September for the first time in 18 months, pushed up by higher sugar and dairy prices, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Full Story
U.S. Reaches Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal With 11 Pacific Nations
(Wall Street Journal) - The U.S., Japan and 10 other countries around the Pacific reached a historic accord Monday to lower trade barriers to goods and services and set Full Story
Raw sugar hits 2-month peak; arabicas gain
Category: Sugar
(AgWeek) - ICE raw sugar futures hit a two-month high on Wednesday before the front-month contract's expiry, and arabica coffee extended gains on lower production and export Full Story
U.S. Corn Prices Drop as Domestic Stockpiles Rise
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn prices fell Wednesday after an Agriculture Department report showed large Full Story
Big Order Sweeps Sugar Market
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Wilmar International Ltd. has bought 1.2 million tons of raw sugar on the ICE Future Full Story
Brazil’s Sugar Cane: An Emerging Debacle
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Virgolino de Oliveira SA is trodding what has become a well-worn path for emerging- market companies that built up capacity to meet China’s demand for commodities only to watch it crumble. Full Story
Palm Oil’s Slide Looks Set to Continue
Category: Oilseeds
(Wall Street Journal) - Palm oil hasn’t escaped the rout in commodities markets, hitting a six-year low last week. Full Story
Global Markets Continue to Recover
(Wall Street Journal) - A recovery in global markets gained steam Thursday after concerns about slowing Full Story
Illinois Corn Crop Forecast 14% Lower Than 2014 Harvest
(Agriculture.com) - Illinois’s corn crop is forecast to come in more than 14% lower than last year, in line with the most recent federal projections, according to an average of survey results Full Story
Crop Tour Predicts Indiana Corn, Soybeans will Miss Last Year’s Harvest
(Wall Street Journal) - Indiana’s corn crop will pale in comparison to last year, according to an average of Full Story
Ohio Corn Crop Likely Smaller Than Expected
(Wall Street Journal) - The corn crop in Ohio, the nation’s seventh largest producer of the grain, will fall short Full Story
El Niño Tests How Soft Commodities Weather the Storm
(Wall Street Journal) - Investors in soft commodities are used to being slaves to the weather’s twists and turns. Full Story
Global Dairy Prices Fall to 13-Year Low
Category: Dairy
(Wall Street Journal) - International dairy prices fell to a 13-year low in the GlobalDairyTrade auction, a trading platform established by New Zealand’s Fonterra Co-Operative Full Story
Sugar Prices Fall to Multiyear Lows
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Raw sugar prices ended below 11 cents a pound for the first time in six-and-a-half years Monday as the Brazilian real continued its slide against the dollar. Full Story
Sugar Industry Sour on Trade Talks
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - High-level talks to wrap up a 12-nation Pacific trade pact here have put one set of locals on edge: Maui’s sugar-cane operation, which is concerned that U.S. Full Story
Australia Seeks Sweeter Sugar Deal From Trans-Pacific Partnership
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Australia said it wouldn’t sign up to the Trans-Pacific Partnership unless U.S. Full Story
U.S. Corn, Soybeans Slide on Demand Worries
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn and soybean futures declined Thursday as selling resumed amid concerns over weak demand for U.S. supplies. Meanwhile, wheat nudged higher. Full Story
Sugar Outlook Sours as Record Crop Adds to Stockpiles
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - You may think you have a sweet tooth – but it’s proving no match for the world’s enormous Full Story
Corn Prices Hit One-Year High as USDA Cuts Supply Forecast
(Wall Street Journal) - Corn prices jumped to a one-year high after federal forecasters trimmed their estimate of Full Story
Get Ready to Weather the Price of El Niño
Category: Dairy, Grains, Oilseeds, Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Fears that the El Niño weather phenomenon will wreak havoc this summer have sent prices Full Story
U.S. Corn, Soybeans Rise on Smaller-Than-Expected Stockpiles, Planting
(Wall Street Journal) - Corn and soybean prices surged to their highest levels in months after the government estimated growers had planted less than analysts expected and that less Full Story
Ghana’s Cocoa Agency Seeks $1.8 Billion Loan for 2015-16 Crop
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Ghana’s state-run cocoa regulator met with international backers Friday in London as it Full Story
El Niño Blows Away Already-Low Cocoa Stores
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Daily) - Since hitting a three-year peak last September, cocoa prices fell nearly 20% to about Full Story
Ghana Faces Huge Shortfall in Cocoa Crop
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Dry weather and the late application of pesticides and fungicides to protect cocoa trees Full Story
No Relief for Global Dairy Prices in Overnight Auction
Category: Dairy
(Wall Street Journal) - International dairy prices slipped in the overnight GlobalDairyTrade auction for June 16, an international trading platform established by New Zealand’s Full Story
U.S. Grain Prices Slide on Higher Supplies Forecast
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. grain prices fell sharply after federal forecasters projected larger-than-expected domestic Full Story
Weather Forecast Dampens Wheat Prices
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Weather
(Wall Street Journal) - The price of wheat is tumbling as weather forecasts brighten and investors grow more Full Story
Egg Prices Jump as Bird Flu Spreads
Category: Miscellaneous
(Wall Street Journal) - The financial toll of the worst U.S. bird-flu outbreak in history is soaring, forcing some Full Story
Soybean Prices Fall as USDA Forecasts Big Crop
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. soybean prices sank to a one-month low Tuesday after federal forecasters projected Full Story
U.S. Corn Planting Well Ahead of Schedule
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn was 55% planted in the week ended Sunday, well above the previous week and the five-year average, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Full Story
Forecasts for Steady Showers Hit Wheat
Category: Grains
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. grain futures tumbled Monday as favorable weather forecasts weighed on corn and Full Story
Sugar Gains on Expectations of Delays in Brazilian Harvest
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar prices jumped Monday, with brokers citing reports that major sugar producers in Brazil would delay the beginning of their cane harvest by as much as Full Story
Grain Futures Tumble
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. grain futures plunged on a stronger dollar and forecasts for timely rains across the U.S. Full Story
Rising Demand Sweetens Sugar Prices
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar prices are climbing ahead of Islam’s holiest month, when demand for the sweetener rises. The price of raw sugar, which refiners process to make white sugar Full Story
Soybeans and Corn Locked in Food Fight
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. farmers increasingly are eschewing “King Corn” in favor of planting soybeans, a dramatic shift that is shaking up futures markets and rippling through Full Story
Foreign Investors Lured By Palm Oil’s Wild Ride
Category: Oilseeds
(Wall Street Journal) - Interest in trading palm oil futures is growing beyond its traditional heartlands in southeast Full Story
Milk Prices May Have Hit Bottom, Fonterra Chief Says
Category: Dairy
(Wall Street Journal) - New Zealand’s exports and its dairy farmers could be in for some good news. Prices for Full Story
Potential for Bumper Crop Keeps Pressure on Cocoa
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - When it comes to cocoa, investors are seeing too much of a good thing. Prices for the main Full Story
U.S. Trade Commission Upholds Sugar Pact With Mexico
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - The U.S. International Trade Commission voted unanimously Thursday to uphold an agreement that suspended duties on sugar imports from Mexico Full Story
Cocoa Extends Losing Streak to 11th Session
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa prices fell for an 11th straight session on Wednesday, its longest slide in history amid Full Story
Global Dairy Prices Fall In Overnight Auction
Category: Dairy
(Wall Street Journal) - International dairy prices fell in the overnight GlobalDairyTrade auction for March 17 Full Story
Corn Futures Trim Losses as USDA Cuts Supply Outlook
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn futures trimmed losses Tuesday after federal forecasters projected tighter-than Full Story
Soybeans’ Rally Runs Out of Steam
(Wall Street Journal) - The rally in soybeans ended as suddenly as it began. A work stoppage by truckers in Brazil blocked soybean deliveries to ports and helped send prices Full Story
Floods to Slow Corn, Soy Planting in U.S. South, Planalytics Says
(AgWeb) - Farmers in parts of the southern-central U.S. will plant corn and soybeans as much as two weeks later than Full Story
Brazil Truckers Jar Soybean Markets
(Wall Street Journal) - A widespread work stoppage by Brazilian truckers is roiling global soybean markets Full Story
In Palm-Oil Market, Optimism Over Biodiesel Subsidy Fades
Category: Oilseeds
(Wall Street Journal) - Indonesia’s renewed push this month to increase the use of biofuels made from palm oil Full Story
Brazilian Rains, Real Jolt Sugar, Coffee Markets
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar and coffee prices got a jolt Monday when forecasts for rain in Brazil hyped expectations of a robust crop, adding to fears of abundant supplies Full Story
U.S. Wheat Prices Post First Weekly Gain in Six Weeks
(Wall Street Journal) - Wheat prices posted their first weekly gain after six weeks of losses, as hopes for better demand overseas for the U.S. grain buoyed the market. Full Story
GMO-Free Crops Prove Lucrative for Farmers
(Wall Street Journal) - Last spring, for the first time in 20 years, Indiana farmer Jim Benham planted his fields entirely Full Story
Cocoa Falls Into Bear Market As Demand Sours
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa prices fell into a bear market Thursday due to weaker demand from processors of the Full Story
Cocoa, Once Hot, Is Facing a Chill
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - As consumers around the world tighten their belts, even cocoa is getting squeezed. Prospects for slowing growth in both developed and emerging markets Full Story
Raw Sugar Falls Nearly 5%; Cocoa Futures Crumble to 1-Year Low
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar prices staged their biggest one-day drop in 2 ½ years on Friday, tumbling nearly Full Story
Rising Temperatures Could Cut Crop Output
(Wall Street Journal) - Rising temperatures in coming decades could sharply reduce U.S. crop production and reshape the Full Story
Sugar Is on a High at Year’s Start
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Investors have found a sweet spot among plunging commodity markets: sugar. Raw-sugar futures are up about 10% this year, even as most commodities Full Story
Cocoa Slips to One-Week Low On Weak Demand Signs
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa prices slid to the lowest level in more than a week on Friday after trade-group data Full Story
Soybeans Drop 3.6% After USDA Supply Report
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. soybean prices tumbled 3.6% on Monday, marking their largest one-day drop for a front-month contract since August, as the Agriculture Department Full Story
Cocoa Rallies on Concerns Over West African Output
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa futures rallied Thursday as traders worried about supplies coming out of West Africa, the Full Story
U.S. Sugar Soars Above World Prices
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - A strong, sweet smell emanates from the office-cum-factory of PEZ Candy Inc., where colorful pellet-size treats are molded and packaged with their signature Full Story
Sugar Prices Got Sweeter for Consumers In October
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Bakers, start your ovens. The price consumers paid for sugar fell the most on record last Full Story
Raw Sugar Futures Hit 2 1/2-Week High on Output Forecast
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar prices rose to the highest level in more than two weeks on Wednesday after the International Sugar Organization cut its estimate for this season’s Full Story
Sugar-Price Surge Follows Brazil Output Drop
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - The sugar market gave investors a buzz on Tuesday, when news of a surprisingly sharp decline in Brazilian production sent prices to their biggest Full Story
U.S. Sugar Policy: Sweet for a Few, Sour for Most
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - The United States and Mexico signed agreements last week that would restrict the amount of sugar Mexico can export to the U.S. Full Story
Cocoa Prices Fall as Harvest Begins
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa prices are falling as worry about production in West Africa eases. Ivory Coast Full Story
Pain in Trains Falls Mainly on Grain
Category: Grains
(Wall Street Journal) - The worst rail delays in more than a decade are impeding crop shipments in the Midwest Full Story
Cocoa Industry Group Raises Money for Ebola Prevention
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Ebola hasn’t been detected in the two West African countries that produce more than half Full Story
Cocoa Futures Slide to Near 1-Month Lows
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa prices slid to near one-month lows on Wednesday as investors continued to take profits Full Story
Food Prices Only Going One Way: Down
Category: Cocoa, Dairy, Grains, Oilseeds, Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Food prices are likely to continue to fall for months as the world is reaping bountiful harvests. Prices for soybeans, corn and wheat in particular could fall for Full Story
Mexico Aims for Agreement on Sugar Exports to U.S.
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said Wednesday that Mexico is seeking a negotiated settlement to a dispute over Mexican sugar Full Story
Cocoa Futures Decline as Investors Book Profits
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa futures posted their biggest one-day loss in nearly two years on Wednesday as Full Story
Raw Sugar Slips on Expiration; Cotton Falls to Five-Year Low
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Raw-sugar futures fell Tuesday as the front-month contract expired, while cotton prices fell to the lowest Full Story
Sugar Prices Record Largest Weekly Gain Since 2008
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar prices posted their largest weekly gain in more than six years, as investors focused on a slowdown in production of the sweetener from top grower Full Story
Raw Sugar Pares Gains as Market Resumes Focus on Supply Glut
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar prices trimmed their gains late in Tuesday's session as hefty global supplies weighed on the market. Investors with bets that prices would fall Full Story
U.S. Corn and Soy Futures Sink to New Four-Year Lows
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn futures settled at a more than four-year low Tuesday amid forecasts for near-perfect Full Story
Raw Sugar Futures Fall
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar prices slipped to the lowest level in more than five years Tuesday on continued expectations that production of the sweetener would outpace demand Full Story
Corn Price Falls as Crop Flourishes
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn prices have fallen to the lowest level in four years as expectations of a record Full Story
Raw-Sugar Prices Drop to 7-Month Low
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar prices sank more than 3% to a seven-month low on Thursday as the world heads for its fourth consecutive year of extra sweetener. Production has Full Story
Brazil’s Sugar Sector Goes on a Diet
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Brazil's sugar industry is slimming down, a shift that producers hope will deliver them from a years long glut that has depressed prices. The sugar surplus Full Story
U.S. Grain Futures Tumble on Upbeat Outlook for Crops
Category: Grains
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. grain and soybean futures closed sharply lower Wednesday—with corn sinking Full Story
Raw Sugar Slips Again as Glut Weighs on Market
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar prices posted their biggest one-day loss in nearly two months on Friday, as the market Full Story
Crop Tour Forecasts Illinois Corn 15% Higher Than 2013 Harvest
(Wall Street Journal) - Illinois's corn crop is forecast to vastly outperform last year's harvest, according to an average of Full Story
U.S. Farmers Are Up to Their Ears in Corn
(Wall Street Journal) - "We're going to drown in corn this year." The assessment, from Jeff Brown, 45 years old, a fifth Full Story
Forecast for Record Soybean Crop Pressures Prices
(Wall Street Journal) - Soybean prices fell nearly 2% as government forecasters estimated this year's crop would be Full Story
Clouds Over Europe Send Wheat Rising
Category: Grains
(Wall Street Journal) - Wheat prices jumped to a one-month high on speculation that demand for U.S. inventories will Full Story
Cocoa Prices Rise to Three-Year High
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa prices rose to the highest level in three years after reports of demand for the chocolate Full Story
Palm Oil Prices Hit Nine-Month Lows
Category: Oilseeds
(The Wall Street Journal) - The global palm oil market is taking a beating from forecasts of record soybean and corn crops Full Story
Palm Imports by India Decline as Refiners Buy More Soybean Oil
Category: Oilseeds
(Bloomberg) - Palm oil imports by India, the world’s biggest buyer, declined in May after refiners bought more soybean Full Story
Corn Prices Come Off Lows
(Wall Street Journal) - Corn prices got a respite from a recent slide as investors bet that the favorable weather Full Story
Raw Sugar Falls to Seven-Week Low
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Raw-sugar futures fell to a seven-week low on Thursday, as light demand and robust supplies countered concerns over how a drought in top producer Brazil Full Story
Expected Shortfall Gives Sugar a Boost
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - The world's sugar glut is melting away. Global production of the sweetener is set to fall short of consumption in 2015, snapping four consecutive years Full Story
Soybean Crushers Under Hammer Despite High China Imports
Category: Oilseeds
(Wall Street Journal) - Commodity houses are reporting bleak results for their soybean businesses in China despite rocketing imports, but some believe a turnaround may be just Full Story
Brazil’s Sugar-Cane Sector Shrinks
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Brazil’s sugar processors are downsizing. The fewest mills in six seasons — 377 — will be processing cane into sugar and ethanol this season, said Plinio Nastari Full Story
Sizing Up Wheat in Parched Midwest Fields
Category: Grains
(The Wall Street Journal) - Agricultural economist Josh Roe walked into a dusty wheat field on this city's outskirts Full Story
Cocoa Trapped In Neutral Range
Category: Cocoa
(The Wall Street Journal) - ICE July cocoa futures punched higher Wednesday, but remains trapped within its recent Full Story
USDA Corn, Soybean Stockpile Estimates May Fall, Analysts Say
Category: Grains, Miscellaneous, Oilseeds
(The Wall Street Journal)- The U.S. Department of Agriculture will probably lower its outlook for U.S. soybean and corn stockpiles in a report due out at noon on Wednesday, according to Full Story
Cocoa Rises to Multi-Year Highs on Supply Concerns
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa futures climbed Tuesday on worries about supplies of the chocolate ingredient, with prices settling above $3,000 a ton for the first time in Full Story
Nutrition-Label Proposal Stirs Up Small Companies
Category: Miscellaneous
(Wall Street Journal) - Tate's Bake Shop in Southampton, N.Y., will have to test and relabel products if a change in Full Story
Brazil Drought Jolts Commodities’ Prices
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Brazil's worst drought in decades is decimating crops but breathing new life into battered commodity markets. It hardly has rained in some of the South American country's top farming regions since the start of the year, a period when precipitation is usually the heaviest. Full Story
Dry Weather in Brazil Boosts Sugar, Coffee Prices
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Sugar and coffee prices rose to multi-month highs on Monday as a drought in Brazil fueled concerns about smaller crops from the world's biggest exporter of these commodities. Full Story
Overseas Buyers Boost Wheat Prices
(Wall Street Journal) - Wheat prices are climbing on expectations that overseas demand for U.S. grain will be Full Story
Cocoa Futures Rise to More Than 29-Month High
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa futures rose to a more than 29-month high Wednesday as dry weather in top growing region West Africa raised concerns over supplies of the key chocolate ingredient amid strong global demand. Full Story
Dairy farmers welcome farm bill’s subsidy overhaul
(Wall Street Journal) - Farmers expressed relief this week that a long fight over federal dairy subsidies had ended with Full Story
Farm Bill: Winners and Losers
Category: Policy
(Wall Street Journal) - Like any 949-page piece of legislation, the farm bill unveiled Monday night produces a bumper Full Story
Sugar Futures Fall to Lowest Since June 2010
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Raw-sugar futures fell to the lowest level in more than 3½ years on Monday, as a global Full Story
Cocoa Futures Surge to Highest Level in 28 Months
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa futures rose to a more than 28-month high Monday on concerns that supplies for the key Full Story
Raw-Sugar Futures Slide to 3 1/2-Year Low
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Raw-sugar prices fell to the lowest level in 3½ years Wednesday as new estimates Full Story
Cocoa Traders Await Price-Moving Demand Indicators
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - A big two days is coming up for cocoa, with price movements likely if closely watched demand Full Story
Russian Beet Harvest, Sugar Output from Beet Fall on Year
Category: Sugar
(The Wall Street Journal) - Russia's beet harvest and sugar production from the newly harvested beet are both significantly lower than last year, according to figures issued Wednesday by the national association of sugar producers, Soyuzrossakhar. By Oct. 22, Russia had harvested 27.6 million metric tons of beet from 646,700 hectares, or 71.4% of the total area to be harvested, at an average yield of 4.27 tons a hectare. Full Story
Soybeans, Corn Drop as U.S. Harvest Progresses; Wheat Rises
(The Wall Street Journal) - Soybean futures dropped 0.7% and corn fell 0.3% after the opening of pit trading on the Full Story
U.S. Government Shutdown Blinds Oil Markets
Category: Oilseeds
(Wall Street Journal) - Crude prices traded lower Monday as the U.S. government shutdown deprived investors of Full Story
Informa Forecasts U.S. Corn, Soybean Output Higher Than USDA — Update
(The Wall Street Journal) - Informa pegs U.S. corn production at 14.01 billion bushels -- traders Full Story
Soybeans Fall to Fresh 19-Month Low on Harvest, Stockpiles, Corn Drops
(Wall Street Journal) - Soybean futures fell to the lowest level in 19 months as the U.S. harvest accelerates amid Full Story
USDA Trades 56,711 Tons of Sugar for Import Credits
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture exchanged two-thirds of the sugar it received Full Story
Cocoa Near 1-year High; Weather Concerns, Good Demand Support Prices
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa futures hovered around their recent one-year highs in early European trading Thursday, supported by indications of strong demand and ongoing fears that rainfall levels in West Africa are insufficient for the crop. Full Story
Cocoa Off Highs But Edging Up As Market Eyes Demand, Weather
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa futures edged higher in European trading Wednesday, hovering near Monday's one-year Full Story
USDA Expects Domestic Sugar Stockpiles to Reach Record in 2014
Category: Sugar
(The Wall Street Journal) - The U.S. government is expecting a record amount of domestic sugar to be left over Full Story
Raw Sugar Climbs on Lower Brazil Output; Cocoa Nears One-Year High
(The Wall Street Journal) - Concerns over tighter supplies lifted raw-sugar and cocoa futures Tuesday, with the latter closing in Full Story
Louis Dreyfus sugar unit, others sue customers as U.S. sugar prices plunge
Category: Sugar
(The Wall Street Journal) - Imperial Sugar, one of the largest U.S. refiners, and two other firms are suing customers for defaulting on contracts, in the latest sign that sinking prices and a supply glut are roiling the U.S. industry. Full Story
UPDATE: U.S. Soybean, Corn Futures Retreat from Rally
(The Wall Street Journal) - U.S. soybean futures halted their weeklong rally Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking after Full Story
Soybean Progress Seen Lagging Recent Years Pace in Illinois, Iowa
Category: Oilseeds
(Wall Street Journal) - Soybean development here in the nation's largest producers of the crop continues to lag behind recent Full Story
Nebraska, Indiana Corn Yields Harvests May Be Slightly Smaller Than Reported
Category: Oilseeds
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn yields in the nation's third and fifth largest producers of the crop are seen developing at a pace Full Story
U.S. Corn Trades Higher; Soybean Futures Rise on Weather Concerns
(The Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn futures ended the trading session narrowly higher, as market participants continued to reposition following a monthly supply-and-demand report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Monday. The agency surprised many industry watchers by downwardly revising estimates for the year's corn crop yield Full Story
U.S. Corn, Soybean Futures Rise on USDA Crop Forecasts
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Policy
(The Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn futures erased earlier losses to trade higher Monday morning, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut its forecast for the size of the corn harvest this year. In its monthly supply-and-demand report, the USDA forecast U.S. corn output of 13.763 billion bushels this year, which would still be a record but is down from its forecast last month of 13.95 billion bushels. Full Story
A Corn Boom Starts to Wilt
(The Wall Street Journal) - The boom in corn prices that helped propel the U.S. farm economy is fading amid expectations for a record-high harvest. Prices are down more than 40% from last year's all-time highs, to their lowest point in nearly three years. The decline is bringing relief to meat producers and other food companies hurt by steep costs for animal feed and other ingredients made from corn. Lower corn prices also could curb supermarket prices for beef. Full Story
U.S. Wheat Slides on Export Uncertainty, Corn’s Fall
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. wheat futures settled at a 13-month low Monday, pressured by uncertainty about export Full Story
Cocoa Prices Jump 3.2%
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - Cocoa futures rose more than 3% as forecasts for dry weather in West Africa, the world's biggest source of cocoa beans, spurred buying. Cocoa for delivery in September on ICE Futures U.S. gained 3.2% to end at $2,364 a ton, the same settlement high hit on July 19. Full Story
Government Buys More Domestic Sugar
Category: Sugar
(The Wall Street Journal) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture bought sugar from domestic sugar-cane Full Story
Fonterra’s Expected Payout Increase Would Pump Billions Into New Zealand Economy
Category: Dairy
(The Wall Street Journal) - Farmers won't be the only ones cheering if Fonterra Co-operative Group, FCG.NZ -2.41% Full Story
Sugar Prices Jump Ahead of USDA Purchases
Category: Sugar
(The Wall Street Journal) - Domestic-sugar futures rose to 3 1/2-month highs Tuesday as the market anticipated the latest round of sugar purchases by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA said last week that it planned to buy $18.7 million of domestic sugar Tuesday, after buying $43.8 million of such purchases earlier this month. Full Story
Raw Sugar Settles 1% Lower
Category: Sugar
(The Wall Street Journal) - Raw-sugar futures fell below 16 cents a pound for the first time in more than three years, as Brazil's Full Story
Cameroon Govt takes Measures to Curb Sugar Prices over Ramadan -Official
Category: Sugar
(The Wall Street Journal) - Cameroon's ministry of trade has dispatched teams nationwide to ensure stable Full Story
Soybean Futures Climb on Tight Supplies, Weather
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. soybean futures were trading higher Monday, fueled by tight supplies of the oilseed and warmer, Full Story
India’s Sugar Refiners Get Crushed
Category: Sugar
(The Wall Street Journal) - This is a good time for buyers of refined sugar, but for refiners in India, the world’s biggest Full Story
U.S. Corn Futures Slump; July Tumbles on Falling Cash Prices
(The Wall Street Journal)- U.S. corn futures fell Monday, with the spot July contract down 3% on slumping cash prices for physical supplies of the grain. Corn futures for December delivery fell to a one-year low. Chicago Board of Trade corn for July delivery finished down 23 3/4 cents, or 3.5%, at $6.55 1/2 a bushel. The December contract settled down 9 3/4 cents, or 2%, at $5.01 1/4. Full Story
Raw Sugar Extends Gains as Rains, July Expiry Boost Market
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - Raw-sugar futures continued to rally Tuesday morning as rains in No. 1 grower Brazil fueled concerns Full Story
U.S. Government to Buy Sugar From Processors Amid Low Prices
(The Wall Street Journal) - The U.S. government said Monday that it intends to buy sugar on the domestic Full Story
Tight Supplies Boost Corn Futures to One-Week High
(The Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn futures finished higher Monday, with the spot July contract rallying Full Story
Soybeans Futures Hit Seven-Month High on Tight Supplies
Category: Oilseeds
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. soybean futures climbed Tuesday, with the spot July contract settling at a seven-month high on tight domestic stockpiles of the oilseed. Full Story
Farmers, Food Safety Group Sue Monsanto After Oregon Wheat Incident
Category: Food Safety, Grains
(The Wall Street Journal) - Two Pacific Northwest wheat farmers and a food-safety group have filed a purported class-action lawsuit against Monsanto Co. (MON) in the wake of the discovery of unapproved genetically modified wheat in an Oregon field. Full Story
Rain Eases Drought In U.S. Plains
Category: Grains
(The Wall Street Journal) - Drought conditions eased in the last week in the High Plains, the latest U.S. Full Story
U.S. Corn Futures Fall, Reverse Gains on Technical Selling
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. corn futures are trading lower Monday, reversing early price gains on signs of chart based Full Story
U.S. Growers to Shift to Soybeans From Corn Due to Unseasonal Rains
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. growers will shift from corn to soybeans due to unseasonal rains and snow, Full Story
U.S. Takes First Step To Give Sugar a Lift
Category: Sugar
(Wall Street Journal) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expanding a sugar-export program, a first step Full Story
Goldman ’12-’13 world cocoa deficit 100,000 tons
Category: Cocoa
(Wall Street Journal) - U.S. Investment bank Goldman Sachs said Monday it expects the global cocoa Full Story
America’s Milk Business in a ‘Crisis’
Category: Dairy
(WSJ) - In an age of vitamin waters and energy drinks, the decadeslong decline in U.S. milk consumption Full Story
Forecasts Boost Corn, Soybeans
(WSJ) - Corn and soybean prices rose, as forecasts for dry weather in the Midwest heightened concerns Full Story
Shrinking Soybean Supplies Send Futures Higher
Category: Oilseeds
(WSJ) - Soybean futures rose 0.7% on Tuesday, as the government cut its forecasts for U.S. supplies Full Story
Corn Plunges to 17-Month Low
(WSJ) - Corn prices slid 4.1% to their lowest close in 17 months, pressured by unexpectedly weak export sales and favorable weather for the U.S. crop. Full Story
Corn Takes Off as China Buys
(WSJ) - U.S. corn futures jumped 9.4% last week, lifted by concerns about tight current supplies and a rally in wheat prices. Full Story
Going Soft on China’s Commodity Demand
Category: Miscellaneous
(WSJ) - In China's boom years, everything from copper to soybeans benefited from turbocharged demand growth. Now that the economy is slowing, investors need to take a more nuanced view. Full Story
Wheat Futures Slide on Russia Competition
Category: Grains
(WSJ) - U.S. wheat futures fell after Russia said it won't put restrictions on grain exports and as favorable weather boosted expectations for the size of the next U.S. crop. Full Story
