Sugar finding its sweet spot
Category: Sugar
(Futures Mag) - Last week March 2013 Sugar opened at 18.32 and closed the week at 18.38. This coming Full Story
Category: Sugar
(Futures Mag) - Last week March 2013 Sugar opened at 18.32 and closed the week at 18.38. This coming Full Story
Category: Sugar
(Bloomberg) - Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup, used to sweeten products from Full Story
(Bloomberg) - Sugar rebounded in London and New York on speculation supplies from top producer Brazil are tighter than initially anticipated just as speculators’ bets on lower prices climbed to a record. Full Story
Category: Sugar
(Bloomberg) - Raw sugar, the worst performer on the S&P GSCI Commodity Index after Arabica coffee Full Story
Category: Sugar
(Bloomberg) - Record U.S. sugar output is creating the biggest domestic glut in a decade, reducing costs for Hershey Co. and making it more likely the government will need to stockpile supply to support farmers. Production will jump 6.9 percent to 9.07 million short tons (8.23 million metric tons) in the year ending Sept. 30, the US. Department of Agriculture said Jan. 17. Stockpiles are forecast at 2.2 million short tons, the most since 2000. Full Story
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Policy, Sugar
(Farm Futures) - Following action earlier this month to extend certain provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill, the USDA Farm Service Agency on Tuesday released the 2013 sign-up schedule for extended programs. The extended programs Full Story
(Bloomberg) - Cocoa fell in New York on speculation slowing economies will continue to dent chocolate Full Story
(Bloomberg) - Cocoa fell in London after European bean processing in the fourth quarter dropped to the lowest Full Story
(Bloomberg) - World food prices fell for a third month in December as the cost of grains and oilseeds declined, the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization said. Full Story
Category: Sugar
(Businessweek) - Sugar and coffee climbed in New York on speculation investors may be buying the futures due to changes in commodity-index weightings. Cocoa also advanced. Full Story