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| THIS WEEK IN COMMODITIES |
| Sunflower prices move against the trend NSA President, Tim DeKrey says "in case you have not noticed, sunflower old and new crop prices have been bucking the downward trend of other commodities." In the meantime, most commodity new crop prices have dropped with soybeans down 88 cents/bushel, spring wheat down 92 cents/ bushel, corn up 8 cents/ bushel and canola down $1.95 cwt. Recently, prices for corn and cotton oils have firmed up narrowing the price spread with sunflower oil and has allowed sunflower oil prices to remain steady... |
| Tough times for catfish farmers Faced with soaring feed prices and pressure from cheap Chinese and Vietnamese imports, the numbers of Arkansas catfish farmers and acreage have decreased over the past several years, according to Dr. Carole R. Engle, director of the Aquaculture/Fisheries Center at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Record grain and oilseed prices in 2007 have taken the cost of producing catfish in Arkansas to record levels, Engle said. Scott Stiles, an extension economist with the University of ... |
| Nebraska corn farmers face rising input costs With Nebraska's corn producers beginning to plant an estimated 8.8 million acres of corn, producers are being hit by increased input costs according to the Nebraska Corn Board. And unfortunately corn producers can't raise the price of corn according to their input costs." The Nebraska Corn Board is a self-help program, funded and managed by Nebraska corn farmers. |
| NCGA- Leading Food Policy Center study cites rising oil costs as underlying force in food, fuel argument A study released April 11 by Texas A&M's Agricultural and Food Policy Center illustrates corn prices have had little to do with rising food costs, the National Corn Growers Association notes. The report "The Effects of Ethanol on Texas Food and Fuel" also determined that relaxing the Renewable Fuels Standard would not result in lower corn prices for livestock and poultry feeders. The analysis examines the potential effect of relaxing the RFS on corn prices and finds any action to slacken the... |
| Ethanol- Fact vs. fiction Ethanol producers and corn farmers can't single-handedly supply enough fuel to fill the nation's transportation fleet or secure U.S. energy independence. If the argument gains traction, it could impede the growth and development of other domestic alternative fuels like cellulosic ethanol that are needed to displace foreign petroleum and provide U.S. consumers with viable alternatives and an energy safety net. When it comes to the advancement of renewable, homegrown alternative fuels, I will... |
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