“What is the Best Grain Marketing Strategy for this Season?”

“What is the Best Grain Marketing Strategy for this Season?” In such a volatile market place, in which grain prices can shift a matter of pounds in just a few hours, managing risk and ensuring that there is a profitable margin left at the end of the year is becoming increasingly difficult. But what really is the best grain marketing strategy for the season ahead? The article below is...
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SY Venture

Just a quick reminder that we still have limited quantities of SY VENTURE seed available. SY VENTURE is a two-row malting winter barley variety which is new to the 2012/13 HGCA recommended list. The variety was highly praised at this year’s Cereals Event for its high-yielding consistency and its resistance to the common strains of barley mosaic virus. Other qualities include its...
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US Weather – Latest

This is the most recent, informative piece on the current state of the weather across the US Corn Belt that I could find, courtesy of agrimoney.com: http://www.agrimoney.com/news/tumble-in-health-of-us-corn-has-further-to-go–4681.html The maize corn crop, which is now said to be ‘the worst for 20 years’ is apparently not at the end of its decline, with further dryness forecasted for the...
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USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates – June 2012

The latest monthly WASDE report from the USDA is now available to view online. The full report (as a PDF file) can be found here: http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/latest.pdf Alternatively, here are a few main points that I have summarised: OILSEED Global Oilseed production for 2012/13 is projected at 470.8M/T, down 0.7M/T from last month. China’s soybean production is reduced by 0.5M/T...
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Latest from HGCA prospects

  Featured in the latest edition of prospects from the HGCA is a milling wheat update, in depth details of global crop development and UK yield prospects for spring 2012. Follow the link below to view in a PDF...
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