Categories
-
Recent Posts
- The Latest on the MF Global Meltdown
- Glencore and Xstrata: Merger of equals
- Looking for the Next Move in Silver
- The world in figures: Countries: Argentina
- Commodities Outlook Post Fed
- Oil and growth: No oil for old countries
- Focus: Commodity prices
- A Bottom in Natural Gas?
- American energy trends: Less of a menace from oil
- Silver Investors Hold for Buying Opportunity
- Corn Futures Finally Getting Upside From South America
- Crude Oil Faces Italy and Iran
- A Copper Penny is Worth More Than One Cent
- Ways to Invest in Commodities
- Silver Stages Quick Reversal
Tag Archives: corn
Corn Futures Finally Getting Upside From South America
Corn futures have been dwindling lower in the last couple months on pressure from outside markets and prospects for record crops from South America. However, in the last couple days, those same factors have turned into a positive for corn prices. … Read … Continue reading
Posted in Traded Commodities
Tagged America, corn, Finally, from, futures, Getting, South, Upside
Leave a comment
Corn Futures Facing Harvest Lull
Corn futures have been trading sideways for about three months as traders try to figure out whether corn yields will come in higher or lower than expected. The USDA will release their monthly estimates next week and that might … Continue reading
Iowa land boom: The political economy of corn
THIS fascinating installment of “Planet Money” on the farmland boom in Iowa is evidence that college towns occupy an alternate dimension; I had to listen to NPR to learn that the value of the rolling farmland I drive through every … Continue reading
USDA Delivers Another Blow To Corn Prices
Corn prices were riding high earlier this summer, but the USDA brought some stark realities to those hoping for even higher prices this year. The Grain Stocks Report released Friday morning indicated that corn supplies are lower than last year, … Continue reading