The proposal has generated a great deal of often vitriolic debate over the future of the wheat board, and the C.D. Howe Institute recently weighed in with a report arguing that
global grain markets have changed significantly over the past few decades, to the point that the CWB is more often than not a price taker.
Not exact matches
CHICAGO, May 2 -
Global grain marketers have seized upon trade tensions between the United States and several of its top export
markets, including China, to turn around struggling trading units following one of the toughest years ever for the industry.
Plans for retaliatory measures were expected to impact US soybean exports the most, since it was a US$ 12.4 billion
market in 2017.6 Elsewhere, corn (+10.5 %, to US$ 3.88 per bushel) and wheat (+5.6 %, to US$ 4.51 a bushel) prices also rose during the period, with wheat finding primary support from dry weather - related stress in select US states.5
Global demand for
grains is increasing.
In addition, most of the affected
markets, such as
grains, are
global in nature: If China isn't buying, the U.S. can simply sell the same product in another region of the world.
«GrainCorp has performed well considering the subdued
market and relatively expensive price of eastern Australian
grain in
global markets for the half,» he said.
SACRAMENTO, California, September 14, 2017 / PRNewswire / — RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT and RIBTW)(the «Company» or «RBT»), a
global leader in the production and
marketing of value - added products derived from rice bran, announced today that Continental
Grain Company, one of the oldest food and agribusiness companies in the world, has entered into an agreement to purchase 2.7 million shares of RiceBran Technologies common stock from the Company for $ 2.9 million.
Global markets for food, however, spectacularly failed in 2008 as countries shut down exports in the face of rising
grain prices.
I was at the managed futures association conference as well as the
Global Grain in which I sat on a panel regarding commodity trading advisors affecting
markets & flash crashes.
A couple of days ago, I had a very interesting meeting with some of the folks at GfK, a
global market research firm that recently released a report about the growth of
grain - free pet foods in pet stores — a report that I blogged about here.
«Currently, pet parents are regularly seeking out products that are
grain free and corn free, as well as products that offer limited, natural ingredients,» said Lion Houkes,
global marketing director at Paragon Pet Products, makers of Whimzees dental dog chews.