Archive for the May 14, 2017
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Buyers of Asian rice turned to Vietnam this week as prices remained firm in Thailand and India, traders said on Thursday. Thai benchmark 5-percent broken rice edged up to $387-$392 a tonne, free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok,
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The volume of business was firm on the cotton market on Saturday following the announcement of incentives' package by the government for growers, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 6700, they
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ICE Canadian canola futures slipped on Thursday, weighed down by a lack of buyers and lower US crop markets. Crusher demand seen dropping off after running ahead of year-ago pace, pressuring the July contract, a
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US natural gas futures jumped to their highest since January on Thursday on a smaller-than-expected storage build and worries a key pipeline may be delayed, possibly cutting output growth this year. The US Energy Information
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Spot cash bids for hard red winter (HRW) wheat firmed at the US Gulf Coast on Thursday while the basis held steady elsewhere in the southern Plains and farmer selling remained thin, grain merchandisers said.
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Chicago Board of Trade corn futures closed lower on Thursday, pressured by disappointing weekly export sales data and forecasts for warmer weather in the US Midwest, traders said. CBOT July corn futures closed down 4-1/2
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Chinese farmers are expected to sow 35.84 million hectares of corn this year, down 2.5 percent from last year, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday, as Beijing looks to boost alternative crops to reduce its
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Brazil's agricultural statistics agency Conab, for the fifth time this year, raised its estimate on Thursday for the country's 2016/17 soyabean crop to 113 million tonnes. The agency had previously estimated the soyabean harvest, which
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Chicago Board of Trade July wheat futures closed 2 cents higher on Thursday at $4.33-3/4 per bushel, lifted by technical buying and short-covering, analysts said. K.C. July hard red winter wheat closed up 1-1/2 cents
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Asia's naphtha crack was at a two-session high of $67.28 a tonne, supported by firm demand from North Asia, while the gasoline crack was a two-week high of $10.47 a barrel with a sharp drawdown
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