WORLD: Planting begins in the Corn Belt From 08/04 to 15/04, the price of the May delivery in Chicago gained $18/t to stand at $320/t. The Easter weekend allowed funds to break through the technical resistance to the upside. The price of corn in Chicago on the 1st maturity thus exceeds $8/bushel, its highest level… Read more »
WORLD : Rain returns to South America From 07/01 to 14/01, prices for the March delivery in Chicago lost $1/t to stand at $235/t. However, this relative stability hides a high volatility. The American market is closed on Monday 17/01 because of Martin Luther King Day. Last week was marked by the publication of the… Read more »
In favour of real competition In its international trade relations, the European Union has perfected the art of sabotaging itself. This is even truer in agriculture, where distortions already began in 1962! It was at this time that the EEC – in order to be authorized by the GATT (the ancestor of the WTO) to… Read more »