Crop Industry News: Global
21 February 2014

GLOBAL - In overnight news, reports said there has been another truce agreement between Ukrainian protesters and government officials. ...
20 February 2014

GLOBAL - Traders and investors are still buzzing about Wednesday afternoon’s FOMC minutes, in which the Federal Reserve’s voting members held the line on wanting to keep the Fed’s “tapering”...
19 February 2014

GLOBAL - Traders and investors today get a solid dose of U.S. economic data, including the release of the minutes of the latest meeting of the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC)....
18 February 2014

GLOBAL - In overnight news, the Bank of Japan made a de facto monetary policy stimulus move Tuesday following weak gross domestic product data released Monday. ...

ANALYSIS – An El Nino weather event is forecast to develop which should create ideal growing crop conditions in the US, but drier weather is expected in Brazil, Australia, India and China,...
14 February 2014

GLOBAL - The March NASDAQ 100 was higher overnight as it extends the rally off February’s low. Stochastics and the RSI are overbought but remain neutral to bullish signaling that sideways to...

GLOBAL - The carbon footprint of worldwide food losses and food waste amounts to the equivalent of 3.3 giga tons of CO2 emissions....
13 February 2014

GLOBAL - World stock markets are in a pause and corrective pullback mode Thursday following recent solid gains that have put the bulls back in near-term technical control. ...
12 February 2014

GLOBAL - The market place is still buzzing about US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s inaugural testimony on monetary policy to the Congress Tuesday. ...

GLOBAL - Cotton prices outside of China increased last month, with both the New York Nearby (March contract) and the A Index reaching their highest levels in five-months, reports Cotton Incorporated....
11 February 2014

GLOBAL - The highlight during US trading hours Tuesday will be Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s inaugural testimony on monetary policy to the Congress. ...

GLOBAL - The world market for animal feed antioxidants is set to grow at more than five per cent annually, according to a recent market research report at a CAGR of 5.07 per cent over the period...
10 February 2014

GLOBAL - Asian and European stock markets were firmer Monday, to start the new trading week. U.S. stock indexes were a bit weaker in overnight trading. ...
07 February 2014

GLOBAL - Friday is a big day for the market place. The U.S. Labor Department’s employment report for January is out at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. ...

GLOBAL - The FAO Food Price Index fell in January for the first time in three months as lower prices of cereals, sugars, oils and meat outstripped gains in dairy values....
06 February 2014

GLOBAL - World stock markets have stabilized from their recent sell offs, partly due to the strains on some emerging market currencies easing this week. ...

GLOBAL - The Specialty Feed Ingredients Sustainability (SFIS) Project Consortium, dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of livestock production through innovative specialty feed ingredients,...
05 February 2014

GLOBAL - While traders and investors are still concerned about the situation regarding some emerging market currencies being in turmoil, most of those troubled smaller currencies have stabilized...
04 February 2014

GLOBAL - The feature in overnight trading was a stock market sell-off in Asia and Europe, led by Japan’s Nikkei stock index being down over 4%. Some very weak U.S. manufacturing data Monday...
03 February 2014

GLOBAL - There are still some strains on a few of the emerging market currencies to begin the trading week. ...

ANALYSIS – Strong soybean demand from China will mean growing stocks are bought and a tight market will run through the year, leaving a bearish outlook, writes Michael Priestly, TheCropSite...
31 January 2014

GLOBAL - The STOCK INDEXES: The March NASDAQ 100 was lower overnight as it extends this week's trading range. ...

GLOBAL - Markets continue to drift lower, despite severe cold weather entering the US plains. US exports remain routine, although in recent tenders the US has managed to tap into Egyptian business,...
30 January 2014

GLOBAL - World stock and financial markets have calmed a bit amid the recent strains on some non-major world currencies. ...

GLOBAL - Results from the 2014 Global Feed Tonnage Survey released this week revealed a one per cent increase in feed production, with global feed tonnage reporting in at 963 million metric tonnes,...

GLOBAL - The 7th Annual International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) organized by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization...
29 January 2014

GLOBAL - The major overnight news comes from Turkey, as its central bank raised its key lending rate sharply, up to 12%, to try to stave off the deflating Turkish lira. ...
28 January 2014

GLOBAL - World stock and financial markets have stabilized Tuesday amid worries about some non-major world currencies being stressed. ...
27 January 2014

GLOBAL - There is some anxiety in the market place Monday, as some emerging market currencies are stressed, including the Argentine peso, the South African rand and Turkish lira. ...

GLOBAL - Four PhD students appointed in India, Kenya and Ethiopia, will contribute to £1.4 million research to combat wheat stripe rust....