Sentences with phrase «agricultural commodity prices»

It also assumes that agricultural commodity prices are a major driving force behind deforestation and that yields decline with expansion.

In the coming decades we will most likely be facing deteriorating global macro economic conditions, increasing climate - change induced weather disruptions (floods and droughts), and more volatility in agricultural commodity prices and the price of energy used to produce and transport those commodities.

The fund, managed by AgCap chief executive Martin Newnham said that despite agricultural commodity prices and weather conditions varying year - to - year and region - to - region, the fund's operating profit had been remarkably stable.

The relative strength of farmland values has provided support for farm finances despite the ongoing pressure of low agricultural commodity prices on farm income.

The iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers Fund tracks a market - cap - weighted index of companies that are sensitive to agricultural commodity prices.

Viable forecast information beyond the traditional 10 day window can extend the time horizon for agricultural commodity price analysis and forecasting, and so support farmers» decisions about production, storage and marketing, as well as logistical decisions in dealing with regional shortfalls and excess product availability.

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This remains an agricultural commodity, which will generally experience downward price pressure as legal use grows.

Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge over decliners, buoyed by growth in global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.

The company that owns CBOT, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange group (CME), also rejects the notion that the enormous rise in speculation in agricultural commodities in recent years has caused food price rises.

The commodity selloff has been quite broad and includes industrial and previous metals, energy prices, and agriculturals.

Lying on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, the one - time backwater was transformed by an economic boom as the winding down of the conflict and a spike in commodity prices drew oil companies and multinational agricultural interests to areas that were previously off limits.

The moves show how Britain's dairy processors are trying to address a general trend towards branded and added value dairy products across the European Union, spurred on by price cuts for commodities in the bloc's Common Agricultural Policy reform.

During March 2011 - February 2014, he was Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), a body responsible for recommending Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) of 23 important agri - commodities to the Government of India.

It was also boosted by rising global prices for most agricultural commodities.

Mr Kerr says agricultural companies will always find it difficult to post sustainable earnings growth in the face of volatile commodity prices and the difficulties of building reliable customer relationships in Asia.

From the outset, they had two purposes: to help dispose of surplus agricultural commodities owned by the government as a result of price - support agreement with farmers, and to help prevent nutritional deficiencies among low - income schoolchildren.»

Increasing climate variability and more frequent disruptions from extreme events are projected to increase price volatility for agricultural commodities, and reduce food quality.

The data sourced from the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) database will include such agricultural information like prices of grains, pulses, seeds and other commodities in the local markets, latest weather updates or any other news from the agriculture sector that could be of benefit to the farmers.

Silver prices are displaying even more exaggerated «log - periodic» behavior, as are some agricultural commodities.

Historically, commodities such as metals and agricultural products have been a good hedge against inflation, though their prices can be volatile.

That's because prices for oil and many agricultural commodities have fallen from their highs this spring.

For example, for agricultural commodities, demand and supply are the most important factors, whereas, for commodities like oil, inflation becomes a price determinant.

One of the main reasons why prices of many agricultural commodities have risen is that consumers in developing countries are eating more and higher quality food.

The Commission of the European Communities, in a report on agricultural commodity speculation, defined backwardation and contango in relation to spot prices: «The futures price may be either higher or lower than the spot price.

The agricultural districts have been really hammered and commodity prices have gone through the roof.

This technical document stresses that price volatility is likely to continue due to climate change and weather shocks, growing demand for biofuel, and the «financialization» of food and agricultural commodities.

The report warned that increasing production of liquid biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, could increase the price of agricultural commodities with negative economic and social impacts, especially for the world's poor who spend a large proportion of income on food.

Global Commodities Boom Fuels New Assault on Amazon (6/20/2008) With soaring prices for agricultural goods and new demand for biofuels, the clearing of the world's largest rain forest has accelerated dramatically.

Looking forward, things to watch include: the impact of economic recovery on commodity prices and agricultural expansion for food and biofuels production; large - scale land acquisition by foreign nations and corporations in tropical countries; climate negotiations and the REDD mechanism, including controversies over land rights, «offsetting», forest definitions, and sustainable forest management; the emergence of payments for ecosystem services beyond REDD; the cap - and - trade versus carbon tax schemes; efforts to address the demand side of deforestation — notably consumption; emerging certification systems for agricultural and forestry products (i.e. RSPO, Aliança da Terra, FSC, etc); and Brazil's progress in meeting its deforestation reduction targets.

Sharply higher commodity prices, combined with resumption of agricultural lending and recovery of the Amazon cattle herd, will challenge efforts to reduce deforestation next year.

If agricultural croplands are drawn into the production of biofuel feedstocks, commodity prices are expected to rise, triggering land conversions overseas, releasing carbon emissions, and offsetting the carbon reductions expected from bioenergy.

Whereas ConAgra, listed as a direct competitor to Kraft by Yahoo Finance, stated, «In the event that such climate change has a negative effect on agricultural productivity, we may be subject to decreased availability or less favorable pricing for certain commodities that are necessary for our products, such as corn, wheat and potatoes.»

This analytical report proposes and estimates a default risk model for agricultural lenders, which explicitly accounts for two risks that are endemic to agricultural activities: commodity price volatility and climate.

Buried beneath billions of dollars supporting future farm incomes, commodity prices, agricultural trade, rural development and other farming - related issues is a provision for renewable energy.

In effect, the price of oil becomes a support price for agricultural commodities, and therefore food prices.

Placing the 2006/08 Commodity Price Boom into Perspective, John Baffes & Tassos Haniotis www-wds.worldbank.org [4] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-30/australian-wheat-exports-plunging-most-in-six-years-commodities.html [5] http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/08/21/russia-wheat-export-ban-fears-over-droug?videoId=237194913 [6] oryza.com/Rice-News/16857.html [7] «The total impact of the $ 7.62 billion agricultural production loss is an estimated $ 12.5 billion to the Texas economy.»

Part of the challenge is that «the agricultural industry doesn't set its own commodity prices; that's done by traders and speculators,» says Kirk Goble, ALC, with The Bell 5 Land Co. in Greeley, Colo..

It says that «despite the current volatility in commodity prices, the long - term prospects for the agricultural industry continue to be bolstered by global realities, including population growth, an international grain shortage and decreased availability of quality farmland from a worldwide perspective.»