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Corn market 347

WORLD: Gloomy macroeconomic environment in the US From 5 to 12 May, the price of July delivery in Chicago fell by $4/t to $231/t. The Chicago maize price was affected by further Chinese purchase cancellations and a bearish USDA report. While overall planting has progressed rapidly in the Corn Belt, the northwestern part of the… Read more »

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Corn Market 318

WORLD: US exports disrupted From 30/09 to 07/10, the price of December delivery in Chicago rose by $ 2/t to $ 269/t. In the US, as of 02/10, 20% of American corn had been harvested, compared with an average of 22% at that date (2017-2021). The Mississippi River is currently very low due to the… 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 281

WORLD : price increase in Chicago From 24/09 to 01/10, prices for the December delivery in Chicago rose by 6 $/t to reach 213 $/t. This increase is explained by the strengthening of the net buying position of non-commercial funds in a context of tensions on the world cereal balance sheets and while oil prices… Read more »

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Corn Market 275

WORLD : Renewed concerns about the Corn Belt From 9 to 16 July, prices for the December 2021 delivery in Chicago rose from $14/t to reach $217/t. After rains last week temporarily stabilised water-deficient maize in the western Corn Belt, traders are now concerned that hot, dry weather will return by the end of the… Read more »

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CEPM Newsletter 27

Rotation at the plot level, a cascade of negative effects The number of “false good ideas” in Brussels is definitely increasing. After “Taxonomy”, which stigmatises agriculture by describing it as unsustainable, the obligation of plot rotation in the CAP is another example of the disconnect between the Community’s circles and the agronomic and economic reality…. Read more »

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