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Stabilization of the financial markets and energy prices provide some support for corn and soybean prices now, but recovery in those markets will be required to fuel a meaningful post-harvest recovery for those crops, reports University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist Darrel Good.
“Final production estimates for U.S. corn and soybean crops will be released in [...]
The implications of the current meltdown in U.S. credit markets is a major concern for agricultural commodities because it calls into question the potential for economic growth in the United States and the rest of the world, according to University of Illinois Extension marketing specialist Darrel Good.
“That concern is reinforced by the sharp decline in [...]
excerpted from Market and Price Analysis: The Agricultural Industries
by Dale C. Dahl and Jerome W. Hammond
McGraw-Hill, 1977
History
Futures trading developed in response to several trading needs. It has been used to assure the seller of an outlet for a stored commodity, to assure the buyer of a supply of the commodity in the short production season, [...]
It’s obviously a crime against humanity that this kind of financial speculation is allowed to continue. It’s one thing to have speculation on the price of widgets or car parts, but it’s another thing to have speculation in the fount of human life…. This should be a wake-up call to help us realize that food [...]
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