Hay prices may ‘spike’, even if cattle futures dip
In fact, especially if cattle prices fall, given a knock-on effect from feedlot dynamics. Dry weather and a fall in acres also look supportive
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Jump in exports and Kazakh hitch lift grain prices
Strong US export data, and talk of setbacks to a Turkish wheat order from Kazakhstan, drive a rebound in crop futures. Wheat prices soar 6%
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China wheat woes lift prices of futures and shares
Drought fears send wheat prices up the maximum allowed on the Zhengzhou exchange, and support Western futures. Farm shares jump in Shanghai too
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Cocoa may see price spike, despite output hopes
Cocoa, last year’s soft commodities slowcoach, could yet see prices jump towards record peaks, ABN Amro says, as futures hit a one-year top
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Wheat leads jump in European crop futures trading
Trading in Paris milling wheat jumped 125% last year, helped by investor and trade interest, and looks set to win extra index fund attention
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Unusual Cold Snap In Florida Raises Orange Juice Futures Prices
Florida, United States (AHN) – Cold arctic wind and temperatures continue to blast their way across the southern and western fringes of the United States towards South Florida impelling Orange juice futures to rise by 4.8 percent or 7.6 cents before settling at either $1.646 or $1.6530 a pound by end of the year.
South Florida is forecast to have a low of 31 degrees in Palm Beach worrying citrus farmers and traders that if the cold snap were to continue for a longer period in north and central Florida, orange crops there may be damaged.
Orange juice futures hit a three- year high of $1.657 on Sept. 22.
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Rains may turn Aussie wheat futures back to front
Australian wheat futures may be about to build on a rare foray into so-called backwardation, as harvest delays threaten near-term supplies
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China food price curbs send crop markets plunging
Wheat leads a fall in crop futures, slumping 7%, after China threatens a clampdown on food costs in a fight against rising inflation
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Futures spreads ‘critical’ to sugar rally
Sugar prices look like they have more to gain – but how much may depend on the gap between near-term and distant futures, Czarnikow says
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World ‘big enough’ for spate of dairy futures
There is a growing need for dairy futures, now deregulation is facing the sector with enhanced volatility, NYSE Liffe says
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