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An oil price of $120 a ton could send the global economy into a major recession and fan inflation in the U.S., which Jim Wiesemeyer says is already in double digits for rural Americans.
While China grapples with choosing which production lines to reopen, the food shortage conversation looks to ramp up.
Ukrainian farmers had been watching the talks to allow resumption of grain exports the last few weeks with great hope, because it’s their only lifeline to be able to plant a new crop this fall.
Fertilizer prices have cooled from record highs. So is it time to lock in prices?
With worldwide recession fears climbing, there is further evidence that China’s economy is slowing down. ThenNational Bureau of Statistics reported second quarter GDP was only up .4% from a year ago.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict threatens to upend world trade.
What are the most popular crops and livestock produced across the globe? Let’s take a journey around the world of agriculture.
“Right now, Ukraine’s grain silos are full,” says David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme. “At the same time, 44 million people around the world are marching towards starvation.”
The end of the South American monsoon has come earlier than average this year due to La Niña. The drier finish on the Safrinha crops will limit their yield potential.
Ukrainian farmers in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia are determined to get their fields planted this spring.
Before Putin’s forces even breached the Ukraine border, fear and speculation drove commodity prices skyward. Concerns are warranted.
China is strengthening ties with countries beyond the U.S. and making incredible investments in its Belt and Road Initiative. How will these factors intersect with the country’s changing population structure?
Russia may suspend exports of wheat, barley, corn and rye starting Tuesday and lasting until June 30, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing the agriculture ministry.
In the March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, USDA made a deeper cut than expected to global soybean production.
We could be headed for a volatile year – or more – in both ag commodities and energy. Here are just a few reasons for strong prices.
The global soybean crop keeps shrinking, led by a massive decrease in South America.
DEVELOPING: There’s a new issue getting inputs after the only potash mine in Belarus declared a force majeure.
Hopes for docile agriculture markets in 2022 have already been blown out of the water. Instead, we could be headed for a volatile year – or more.
Market dynamics and consumer shifts support U.S. beef.
China booked its biggest single-day U.S. corn purchase on record on Tuesday, its second massive deal for the yellow grain in less than a week.
Chinese buyers booked their single biggest-ever purchase of U.S. corn, extending their flurry of large U.S. purchases even as tensions between Washington and Beijing rise.
For fiscal year 2021, USDA estimates total U.S. agricultural exports to be $173.5 billion. For next year, exports are projected to hit $177.5 billion.
The South American country is poised for a top spot on the crop leaderboard.
The global economy’s slow-and-steady rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic is good news for U.S. agriculture.
The dollar slipped on Monday towards a three-week low as Treasury yields traded near recent lows and traders awaited crucial U.S. inflation and retail sales data in coming days.
The container ship blocking the Suez Canal could cost global trade $6 billion to $10 billion a week, a study by German insurer Allianz showed on Friday.
A container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a “beached whale” may take weeks to free, the salvage company said, as officials stopped all ships entering the channel on Thursday in a new setback for global trade.
The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
Pirates are stealing billions during the exchange of U.S. agriculture goods, and pumping the wares right back onto American department store shelves. But CSI is ready to take on agriculture crime.