Commodity News & Analysis

• Dairy Week in Review: 5-17-13
  
  05/17/2013
  A solid pick-up in buying interest supported Class III futures this week. Stewart-Peterson's Bob Devenport reports.
• Markets Focus on Rapid Planting Pace
  
  05/17/2013
  Heading into this week, corn planting was running at its slowest pace in nearly 30 years. That all changed as the week progressed.
• AgWeb Radio: Weekly Dairy Market Wrap 5-17-13
  
  05/17/2013
  Robin Schmahl, Hedge and Marketing Specialist with AgDairy, says futures fell then finished higher at week's end. Block and barrel cheese price spread narrowed. Very good activity in the cash markets. The Global Dairy Trade Auction saw prices decline. The Foreign Ag Services reported butter exports were up 200.1%.
• Wheat Supplies Limit Upside Potential Despite Weather Concerns
  
  05/17/2013
  Weather-based planting delays have plagued producers of spring wheat for weeks, but analysts say wheat producers could make rapid headway.
• First Quarter Volumes of U.S. Dairy Exports Recover from Soft Q4
  
  05/16/2013
  U.S. dairy exports improved in the first quarter of 2013 after lagging in the second half of 2012.
• AgWeb Radio: Closing Commentary 5-16-13
  
  05/16/2013
  Brock Schimbeno of Grain Hedge says a mixed trade today on the board. Ethanol margin is still profitable for crushers. Most of the fundamentals have been rather neutral for the last couple of days.

Marketing Blogs

Market Watch: Roll On, Big P

 

Grain Hedge: Informa Released Their Estimates, But Will Technicals Support?

 

Current Marketing Thoughts: Record Planting for Corn?

 

The Truth about Trade: The USDA of Europe

 

The Ted Spread: Corn Falls Under Pressure as Weather Agrees with Planting

 

The Allendale Wake-Up Call: Traders Prepare for Mondays Planting Report

 

EHedger Report: Fieldwork Pressures Prices Lower