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CEPM Newsletter 33

Editorial: The new Civil Dialogue Groups Since the original CAP, the Directorate-General for Agriculture has been organising regular meetings with all stakeholders in the food chain. The ‘Agricultural Advisory Committees’ became ‘Civil Dialogue Groups’ in 2014. The concept is attractive: to bring together all stakeholders, from producers to consumers, around the same table. In 2013,… Read more »

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Corn Market 307

WORLD: Uncertainty about global demand From 10/06 to 17/06, prices for the July delivery in Chicago gained $4.5/t to stand at $304.5/t. The evolution of the prices remains torn between the weather worries on the one hand and the uncertainty on the return of the Ukrainian exports and on the level of the world demand… Read more »

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Corn Market 257

WORLD : Production decrease in Ukraine From 5/03 to 12/03, Chicago May futures fell by $2.5 /t to reach $212 /t. This decline in prices is mainly caused by non-commercial funds’ operations, while operators did not react much to the publication of the USDA’s March report. The USDA report left the US balance sheet unchanged… Read more »

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CEPM Corn Market n°223

WORLD : WORLD: Towards a 2nd wave of the epidemic? From 05/06 to 12/06, prices for the July delivery in Chicago remained relatively stable at $130/t. Ethanol consumption is now close to its pre-epidemic level (-12%). Compared to the previous week, ethanol production is up by 9% (to 836 thousand barrels/day) and stocks are down… Read more »

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CEPM Corn Market n°221

WORLD: Rising prices in Chicago From 22/05 to 29/05, the Chicago July delivery price rose by $3/t to stand at $128/t. This rise in prices is explained by the CPC’s projection of a hot and dry month of June in the Midwest. As of 31/05, 93% of American maize had been planted compared to an… Read more »

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CEPM Corn Market n°204

WORLD: Coronavirus impacts global prices From 24/01 to 31/01, the March prices lost $2.4/t in Chicago to reach $150/t. Despite good export sales last week (1.2 Mt), the maize market experienced a sharp decline. Indeed, like all stock markets, and particularly commodity markets, it is impacted by the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic in China…. Read more »

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