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Dot on July 24, 2006 - 10:21am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Has anyone seen any forecast or discussion of where that storage cushion may be at the end of the year?

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kenny on July 24, 2006 - 11:24am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Thanks. I wonder about the extent to which the prediction takes into account this season's heat waves in the U.S. and Europe. But they've forcast a nearly 10% reduction in end-of-season stocks.
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jjhman on July 25, 2006 - 10:56pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I've been watching grain prices for about a year, expecting to see some reaction in the markets for grains related to either fear of a bad harvest (given falling stocks) or the rising price of oil.  It just ain't happening.  Soybeans, corn, rice and wheat are all running close to their ten year average prices, with rice and wheat showing an increase during this year.  The others quite stable.  It raises the question whether rising oil prices really affect farming so much or are the markets not acting rationally?  Or what?
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tate423 on July 26, 2006 - 11:48am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Where are you getting your info from?  I just read an article yesterday/mon maybe that was talking about peak commodities.  Not every commodity, but they were pointing out grain stocks being lower the last 4-5 yrs and it isn't getting better as we add more souls.  The article was from itulip.com and generally, very reputable.
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