There were mixed views as to the amount of damage, if any, that may have been incurred by hard red winter wheat from weekend sub-freezing temperatures across western portions of the southern Plains.
The current 60-plus day backlog of soybeans at ports in Brazil is about twice as severe as usual and reflects the record large soybean crop being readied for export in South America.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture should require that biotechnology companies mandate that farmers who purchase genetically engineered seeds take steps to limit GE crops' unintended impact on neighboring farms.
Ukraine has resumed exports of maize to Iran, which has been hit by international sanctions, with a shipment of 30,000 tonnes made on March 13, analysts and traders said on Thursday.
New EU27 oilseeds estimates for the 2012/3 and 2013/4 marketing years released by Copa-Cogeca today show EU-27 oilseeds production is expected to recover this season.
Texas saw a small decline in good-to-excellent rated winter wheat in the latest week to 16%, down from 18% the previous week, said the U.S.D.A. Texas Field Office.
India's total food subsidy is seen at 1.3 trillion rupees ($23.98 billion) to cover expenditure for its Food Security Bill which aims to expand cheap food provision for the poor.
Some buying support coupled with limited arrivals in the market kept rice prices in positive territory while reduced offtake pulled dara wheat and poultry items down last week.
N.O.P.A. said soy crushings in February dropped to 136.3 million bus, below both analyst estimates of 142.4 million and the previous month’s 158.2 million bus.
The outlook for Distillers’ dried grains with solubles, a byproduct of corn ethanol production, will be much better understood at the end of March, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture releases its next Grain Stocks report.
