Hedge Funds Match Record in Selldown on Soft Commodities
Category: Grains, Miscellaneous, Sugar
(Agrimoney) - Hedge funds approached the end of 2016 on a bearish note in agricultural commodities... Full Story
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Conab Trims Brazilian Sugar Output Forecast
Category: Sugar
(Agrimoney) - Conab, the Brazilian crop supply agency, trimmed its estimate for the sugar season just finishing, although production is still up strongly from last year. Conab saw 2016-17 sugar production in the Brazilian Centre-South cane belt at 36.3m tonnes, down from the 36.5m tonnes forecast in August, but still up some 18% year-on-year... Full Story
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India to Produce Surplus Sugar in 2017/18
Category: Sugar
(Reuters) - India is likely to produce surplus sugar in 2017/18 as farmers have increased cane-growing... Full Story
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Sugar Sell-Off Extends as Brazilian Production Winds Up
Category: Sugar
(Agrimoney) - There is not end to the fund exodus from sugar, as prices plumb new six-month lows, under... Full Story
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Caution Urged Over Using Two SDHI Sprays In Wheat
Category: Food Safety, Grains, Miscellaneous, Oilseeds, Sugar
(Farmers Weekly) - The use of two SDHI applications fungicides for septoria control... Full Story
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World Food Prices Edge Down 0.4 Percent In November: U.N. FAO
Category: Dairy, Grains, Oilseeds, Sugar
(Reuters) - World food prices edged lower in November... Full Story
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Britain Publishes Draft Sugar Tax
Category: Sugar
(Reuters) - Britain moved forward with its planned sugar tax on Monday, publishing draft legislation confirming a... Full Story
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Farmers Eye Record Sugar Beet Harvest in Wyoming, Montana
Category: Sugar
(AgWeb) - Record sugar beet harvests will keep refineries busy making sugar longer than usual. The U.S. Dept... Full Story
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Hedge Funds’ Ag Sell-Down Rattles Sugar Market – But Not Grain Investors
(Agrimoney) - Hedge funds turned bearish on agricultural commodities at the fastest rate in nine months, provoking... Full Story
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Sugar Stocks at Lowest Level in Five Years, says USDA
Category: Sugar
(Agrimoney) - World sugar inventories will fall to a five-year low by the end of the 2016-17 season, as consumption rises faster than production. The US Department of Agriculture saw sugar stocks falling by some 7.2m tonnes... Full Story
