Planted Acres instead of Prospective Acres
June 13, 2011
The USDA WASDE is different than USDA's prospective acres and planted acres. USDA's WASDE did cut corn acres on June 9. They have done it before. Does this suggest the June Planted Acres will be the same as the USDA WASDE? Find out by reading the following.
Investors, Traders, Private Equity Listen Up- Are Federal Contractors Ready?
June 5, 2011
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Sustainable Acquisition | www.gpo.gov
DoD, GSA & NASA are driving the Federal Government's Environmental Performance Program. A sustainability procurement interim rule was issued last week which will impact 600,000 Federal Contractors and hundreds of investment portfolios. This rule impacts at least 95 percent of future Federal contracts.
The Eastern Corn Belt Will Tighten Belt Next Year Without Corn
May 31, 2011
The wet spring has pushed back total seeded acreage of corn to where it will be impossible to have the high yield and large acreage needed to replenish inventories. In the Eastern Corn Belt delays in planting corn will force farmers to plant soybeans, if they can ever get into the field.
May 20, 2011
Planting pace of spring wheat and corn are important but keep your eye of U.S. and world end stocks to use for price direction. Hedging is just as important as prospective farmer income.
An aquaculture primer: a food production, investment, and conservation message
May 10, 2011
Aquaculture is the wave of the future. We grow our aquatic foods on fish farms, and at the same time preserve wild populations from decimation or extinction. Aquaculture has now come of age as an agricultural pursuit, and as a potential investment.
May 6, 2011
Report: Kansas wheat condition declines slightly | www.businessweek.com
Present Winter wheat conditions are unique when compared to preceding years. MGEX not only looked at what happened to those conditions as we move forward but the futures prices as well. You may be surprised at the outcome.
Record Low Spring Planting Pace
April 29, 2011
The corn planting pace equals two other slow years. Find out within the article what happens to end stocks to use and the season average farm price.If it is record you seek then look no further than this years spring wheat pace of planting. We have detailed what happened in the previous low planting pace year.
April 25, 2011
Too wet in the Northern Plains, too dry in the Southern Plains. MGEX found the closest year and what impact it had on prices. The impact on prices can mean dollars farmers have to invest in equipment, bins, seed, fertilizer and a host of other important items.
The Feed Use Group is Blinking
April 15, 2011
When cattle feeders are using wheat rather than corn it is a matter of economics. The question is will USDA recognize this?
April 8, 2011
USDA issues a weekly wheat crop conditions report. Read how this impacts prices on various exchanges through the harvest.
Apple brings textbooks to iPad -- Finally
January 20, 2012
PayPal loses a key player in mobile device payments to Yahoo
January 10, 2012
More details and insights about the planned Sears Holdings store closings
January 4, 2012
Three things you should know about Sears store closings
December 29, 2011
Thoughts on GM Volt's recent "rapid thermal expansion" incident
December 6, 2011