"Grain prices" refers to the cost or value of different types of grains, such as wheat, corn, or rice. It indicates how much these grains are being bought or sold for in the market.
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Another shortfall could lead to
rising grain prices and higher prices for bread, meat, milk, eggs, and other products derived directly or indirectly from grain.
«The milk price came down, and it has helped out tremendously that
grain prices came down the last couple of years,» he said.
Grain prices among the lowest in two decades have discouraged farmers from investing in production - boosting measures.
The 2007 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), established by the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), exerts long - term upward pressure
on grain prices by diverting an ever - growing quantity of corn from food and feed to auto fuel.
The weakening dollar is offsetting declines in
global grain prices on the back of a strong international crop and is a tailwind for Victoria's dairy farmers.
Organic dairy producers in California are also facing high organic
feed grain prices and strong competition for their land from other high - value commodities, which could weaken organic dairy production in that state (Thomas, 2014).
At the grass root level commodity prices are mixed,
with grain prices depressed, cattle and beef prices coming off their highs and salmon prices holding above long - term averages.
I saw your support for cellulosic ethanol, but no statement on the logic (or lack thereof) of the United States diverting some 40 percent of its corn crop to fuel while world
grain prices soar.
NPR reports that China was buying so much DDGS that it sent global
grain prices spiking, which was a huge benefit to American farmers.
The National Weather Service puts odds at 75 % that we get a La Nina weather phenomenon this year, the same weather pattern that typically dries out the Northern Hemisphere and led to
record grain prices in 2012.
Darryl Cardona said that besides using better genetics, companies can increase their productivity by using more grain, but that can be risky
because grain prices can be volatile.
The lack of pasture has helped buoy
grain prices for growers as demand for cattle feed rises in the dry weather.
A decline towards the 850,000 — 950,000 head mark is expected, driven by
increasing grain prices combined with a growing gap between feeder and 100 - day finished over-the-hook prices (cents / kg)-- underpinned by restockers continuing to pay premiums in the young cattle market and increased US competition in key grainfed export markets.
«Negative yield changes in North America would substantially raise
grain prices worldwide,» he said in Oxford, before leaving for the US to deliver his findings.
For example, rising meat consumption (especially pork) in developing nations puts pressure on
grain prices through the use of grain for animal feed; it takes an average of five kilograms of grain to produce one kilogram of meat.
For Jody Klassen of Mayerthorpe, Alta., northwest of Edmonton, high
grain prices helped off set an average crop.
«Past decades have witnessed world
grain price surges, but they were event - driven — a drought in the former Soviet Union, a monsoon failure in India, or a crop - withering heat wave in the U.S. Corn Belt.
As Maple Leaf grappled with the effects of a strong loonie,
grain prices shot through the roof in 2008, severely denting its Canada Bread subsidiary.
The five top corporations are presently involved in class - action suits brought by wheat farmers in Oklahoma and Texas who accuse them of
rigging grain prices.
«The organic industry is growing and with lower
commodity grain prices, and farmers are looking to add value and meet consumer demands,» he told Civil Eats.
With the cost of meat rising as a result of high
grain prices across the world, however, it may well be that Finnair and other airlines see the wisdom of the cheaper, healthier option in future.
«In contrast, timely rains saw Western Australia and South Australia harvest one of their best crops on record, while strong domestic demand and a weaker Australian dollar underpinned
robust grain prices.»
The rise in
grain prices makes feed grains more expensive and adds further pressure as desperate farmers who can't support their stock dump cattle on the cheap and depress livestock prices.
(1) The amount a price would be reduced to purchase a commodity of lesser grade; (2) sometimes used to refer to the price differences between futures of different delivery months, as in the phrase «July is trading at a discount to May,» indicating that the price of the July future is lower than that of May; (3) applied to
cash grain prices that are below the futures price.
Monsanto's uneven growth and dependence on
grain prices give it higher than average stock price volatility.
Datasets Subreddit: A dive into anything and everything, from
English grain prices of the 14th Century to U.S. homelessness rates.
From 1950 to 2000 there were
occasional grain price spikes as a result of weather - induced events, such as a severe drought in Russia or an intense heat wave in the U.S. Midwest.
The poor harvests of the last two years were largely due to
weak grain prices, drought, and spreading water shortages.
The NRC and ISU studies argue that U.S. biofuel policies have only modest impacts on
grain prices whereas the CSI and CWFS studies indicate that biofuel policies contributed significantly to the 2008 global food crisis and / or pose significant risks to global food security today.
For example in the Brazilian Amazon, where deforestation is increasingly driven by industrial agriculture and ranching,
falling grain prices early in the year coincided with a sharp slowing in deforestation.
More below the fold.Speaking to a struggling food economy
where grain prices have doubled and some food items in Haiti and Ethiopia are five hundred times greater than normal, Clinton said,