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Grain market news for Feb 2006


Above Average Canadian Grain Stocks

OTTAWA - Feb 1/06 - SNS -- Grain and oilseed stocks in commercial hands and on farms in Canada at the end of December were well above the previous 10-year averages, notes Statististics Canada in releasing the latest inventory numbers. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Agriculture Markets Warming Up

CHICAGO - Feb 1/06 - SNS -- Trading interest on international agriculture commodity markets showed improvement through the middle of the week, helped by the sale of corn and soybean meal to Japan and rice to Iraq. . . . Continue or visitors click here


India Will Import 500,000 MT Wheat

NEW DELHI - Feb 2/06 - SNS -- The Indian government authorized the State Trading Corp. Of India Ltd. (STC) to import 500,000 metric tons (MT) of duty-free milling wheat this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Ag Commodity Market Activity Improves

CHICAGO - Feb 2/06 - SNS -- Activity on international agricultural commodity markets is starting to improve as traders return to work from the Lunar New Year celebrations in Asia. China, however, will remain closed for the week, suggesting business will not return to normal until next week. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Western Australian Blocks Wheat Seed Imports

SYDNEY - Feb 2/06 - SNS -- The stats of Western Australia is effectively banning imports of wheat seed in an effort to prevent the spread of Wheat streak mosaic virus into the state. . . . Continue or visitors click here


CWB Sets Feed Barley B Pool Initial

WINNIPEG - Feb 2/06 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) set the 2005-06 initial payment for the second feed barley pool, "Pool B". . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA National Grain Review

ST. JOSEPH - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Feb 3. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Agriculture Market Finishes Week Quietly

CHICAGO - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets finished the week on a relatively quiet note, but optimistic about an improvement in overall trading interest once Chinese and other Asian traders return to work from this week's Lunar New Year celebrations. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Weekly Exports Total 566,600 MT

WINNIPEG - Feb 3/06 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 12,387,500 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 1,857,000 MT from the 10,530,500 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Corn Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC MGE Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Rough Rice Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Corn Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Oats Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC KCBT Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC MGE Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC KCBT Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Rough Rice Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Oats Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Feb 6/06 - SNS -- The latest weekly rice market summary for the United States was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here


New Oat Variety Healthier

WASHINGTON - Feb 6/06 - SNS -- USDA and North Dakota State University plant breeders have developed a new oat variety they believe will deliver more of the soluble oat fiber called beta-glucan to health conscious consumers. . . . Continue or visitors click here


World Agriculture Markets Start Slow

CHICAGO - Feb 6/06 - SNS -- International agriculture commodity markets started the week's trading on a relatively quiet note, but considerable tender business in on the schedule for the coming week, including a million metric ton (MT) wheat tender by Iraq. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Ukraine Suffers Greater Winterkill Rates

WASHINGTON - Feb 6/06 - SNS -- Winterkill rates for the Ukraine's winter barley and wheat crops are expected to be greater than normal because of colder than normal January weather, but still below the disastrous 2002-03 season. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Agriculture Commodity Markets Slow

CHICAGO - Feb 7/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets were relatively slow, judging from the level of overnight trading activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Agriculture Markets Slow in Front of USDA Reports

CHICAGO - Feb 8/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets were less active in front of tomorrow's updated USDA supply and demand projections for major grains and oilseeds. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA World Grain Supply-Demand Summary - Feb 2006

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USDA Domestic Wheat Usage Summary - Feb 2006

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USDA Domestic Corn and Feed Grain Usage Summary - Feb 2006

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USDA Domestic Rice Usage Summary - Feb 2006

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USDA World Corn Usage Summary - Feb 2006

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USDA Domestic Sorghum, Barley and Oats Usage Summary - Feb 2

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Modest Changes in Wheat Outlook

WASHINGTON - Feb 9/06 - SNS -- Global wheat production in 2005-06 is down fractionally, consumption is up slightly, imports decrease slightly, and exports increase fractionally from last month, according to the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board latest usage forecasts. . . . Continue or visitors click here


World Coarse Grain Residuals Up

WASHINGTON - Feb 9/06 - SNS -- The outlook for global coarse grains in 2005-06 is for little change in production and consumption, but slightly lower trade and lower stocks relative to last month, according to the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board latest usage forecasts. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA Lifts World Rice Supply

WASHINGTON - Feb 9/06 - SNS -- Global 2005-06 rice production, imports, exports, consumption, and ending stocks are raised from a month ago, according to the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board latest usage forecasts. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Agriculture Market Gets Busy

CHICAGO - Feb 9/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets experienced a significant improvement in the level of activity, with several overnight trades reported for wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA National Grain Review

ST. JOSEPH - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Feb 10. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Indian Tender Boosts Wheat Market

CHICAGO - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- World wheat markets finished the week's trading on a relatively high note, with the announcement of details for a tender by India to buy 500,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat this year. It is the first time since 1999 that India has imported wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Weekly Exports Total 408,900 MT

WINNIPEG - Feb 10/06 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 12,796,400 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 1,936,100 MT from the 10,860,300 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Thai Rice Markets Firm

BANGKOK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- Rice export prices in Thailand remained high, rising above levels seen the week before the Chinese New Year Holiday, in line with strong domestic prices, resulting from the recent intervention stock release, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Oats Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Rough Rice Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Corn Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC MGE Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC KCBT Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Corn Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Oats Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Rough Rice Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC KCBT Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC MGE Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here


Brazilians Use More Ethanol

WASHINGTON - Feb 12/06 - SNS -- Demand for ethanol has been rising in Brazil in recent months and the fuel now accounts for 37% of the fuel market for passenger cars. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Feb 13/06 - SNS -- The latest weekly rice market summary for the United States was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here


AWB Pool Outlooks Firm

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Markets Wait For Iraq Wheat Purchase

CHICAGO - Feb 13/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets are off to a slow start, with little business reported over the weekend. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Cheaper Hydrogen Fuel Generator

BOZEMAN - Feb 13/06 - SNS -- Researchers at Montana State University and in New York believe they have found a way to more cheaply produce hydrogen for use as a fuel. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Australian Seeded Area Estimates - Feb 2006

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Australian Crop Production Estimates - Feb 2006

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Australian Harvest Bigger Than Expected

VANCOUVER - Feb 13/06 - SNS -- Larger than expected seedings in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland has contributed to a 21% increase in the projected size of this season's summer harvest in Australia to around 4.8 million metric tons (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


Agriculture Market Trading Pace Quickens

CHICAGO - Feb 14/06 - SNS -- The pace of trading is quickening on international markets, with more tenders announced for later in the week and the continuing saga over Iraq's efforts to buy wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Syrian Wheat Little Affected by Drought

WASHINGTON - Feb 14/06 - SNS -- Last spring's drought did not have as negative an impact on Syrian wheat production as initially expected, with the result the country harvested more wheat than needed to cover local needs, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Taiwan Fills 2005 Rice Quota

WASHINGTON - Feb 14/06 - SNS -- Taiwan has contracted its entire 2005 public sector rice quota after it awarded its last tender for 2,000 MT of long grain milled glutinous rice to a supplier from Thailand last week, reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Philippine Demand Moving Toward Rice

WASHINGTON - Feb 14/06 - SNS -- Changing food consumption patterns in the Philippines as a result of increasing consumer and food prices will cause demand to shift away from milling wheat and food corn to rice through 2006-07, believes the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Optimism For Bangladesh Grain Crops

WASHINGTON - Feb 14/06 - SNS -- Bangladesh is expected to harvest 29.3 million metric tons(MT) of food grains in 2006-07, including 28.2 million MT of rice, and 1.1 million MT of wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here


AWB's Iraq Cloud Darkens

SYDNEY - Feb 15/06 - SNS -- The Australian wheat marketing board's credibility in defending its innocence in kick back schemes to the Saddam Hussein regime under the UN food for oil program has suffered a blow at the Cole Inquiry. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Improved Pace on Agriculture Commodity Markets

CHICAGO - Feb 15/06 - SNS -- Trading on international agricultural commodity markets picked up its pace, with the confirmation of wheat and rice sales. However, much of the focus of attention remains on Iraq, which continues to fiddle with a million ton wheat tender. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Corn Returns by State For 2005

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U.S. Grain Crop Values 2005

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U.S. All Wheat Returns by State For 2005

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U.S. Grain Sorghum Returns by State For 2005

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U.S. Alaska Crop Returns For 2005

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U.S. Durum Wheat Returns by State For 2005

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Thai Rice Markets Firm

BANGKOK - Feb 15/06 - SNS -- Continued strength in Thailand's currency and tight local stocks in front of this year's harvest continues to support prices for rice in Thailand, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Rye Returns by State For 2005

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U.S. Winter Wheat Returns by State For 2005

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U.S. Rice Returns by State For 2005

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Grain Markets Watch Iraqi Soaps

CHICAGO - Feb 16/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets were relatively busy overnight, with some wheat and corn business reported to Japan and Taiwan. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Education Needed For Ethanol Use to Grow

OMAHA - Feb 16/06 - SNS -- Momentum from U.S.President Bush's state of the union address is buoying spirits within the ethanol manufacturing community, but it will not succeed in converting consumers to the new fuel without an aggressive educational campaign, argues Tom Slunecka, executive director of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC). . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA National Grain Review

ST. JOSEPH - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Feb 17. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Ag Markets End Week on Busy Note

CHICAGO - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets are finishing the week on a relatively positive note, with sales of wheat, corn and soybeans reported to Pacific Rim buyers; while overnight strength in oil markets may further boost interest in bio-fuel. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Weekly Exports Total 567,600 MT

WINNIPEG - Feb 17/06 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 13,364,000 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 2,057,700 MT from the 11,306,300 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Rough Rice Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Rough Rice Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC KCBT Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC KCBT Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Corn Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC MGE Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Oats Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Corn Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Oats Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC MGE Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here


Nigerian Rebels Attack Oil Industry

WARRI - Feb 19/06 - IRIN -- Armed militants in Nigeria's southern oil region seized nine foreign hostages, damaged an oil export terminal and blasted a major crude oil pipeline in simultaneous weekend attacks that reduced the country's oil exports by at least 20%. . . . Continue or visitors click here


World Ag Commodity Markets Start Quiet

VANCOUVER - Feb 20/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets are starting the week on a relatively quiet note, influenced in part by the closure of commodity futures markets in the United States as the country celebrates Presidents Day. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Ukraine's Winter Crops Hurt by Cold

KIEV - Feb 20/06 - APK -- Over 30% of winter wheat and some 50% of winter barley in Ukraine will have to be re-seeded, head of agro-meteorological dept. at Ukrainian weather centre Tetyana Adamenko said to media on Friday. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Bull and Bear Problems Lash Ag Markets

CHICAGO - Feb 21/06 - SNS -- International agriculture commodity markets were busier overnight with the USDA reporting 106,000 metric tons (MT) of corn was recently sold to Mexico while Iraq indicated it bought wheat over the weekend and Egypt confirmed buying 15,000 MT of soybean oil. . . . Continue or visitors click here


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Catfish Feed Deliveries Up in January

WASHINGTON - Feb 21/06 - SNS -- Catfish feed deliveries jumped in January, rising 19% above December to 5,572 tons, though they were down 15% on the year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here


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Bird Flu An Issue in Corn, Soybean Markets

CHICAGO - Feb 22/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets were relatively quiet over night, with little fresh business reported as market participants continue to analyze the potential impact bird flu will have on demand for primary agricultural commodities. . . . Continue or visitors click here


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Relatively Busy Times for Markets

CHICAGO - Feb 23/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets were relatively busy heading into the closing days of the week, with some market participants cautious about trading because South American grains and oilseeds are still involvedin a weather market. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Ukraine's Winter Crop Update

KIEV - Feb 23/06 - APK -- According to Ministry of Agrarian Policy data, 98.4% of winter wheat in Ukraine came up from 5,054 million hectares sowed, and 66.1% of crops are in good satisfactory condition. . . . Continue or visitors click here


CWB Lifts Milling, Lowers Durum PROs

WINNIPEG - Feb 23/06 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat board (CWB) lifted its Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for milling wheat, but left feed wheat unchanged. . . . Continue or visitors click here


USDA National Grain Review

ST. JOSEPH - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The USDA issued its latest weekly national grain market review, covering the period through Feb 24. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Thai Rice Markets Steady

BANGKOK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- Thailand's export asking prices remain steady, notes the U.S. agricultural attache in a report on the country's rice sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Malaysian Corn Imports Rising, Wheat Off

WASHINGTON - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- Strong economic growth and a limited consumer response to the avian influenza fears sweeping around Asia and other parts of the world in recent months is expected to keep Malaysia's livestock sector advancing at a respectable rate, believes the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Vietnam Rice Market Weak

HANOI - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- Activity on Vietnam's rice market has improved since the government lifted its ban on new crop sales, but prices are under pressure from the country's harvest, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in an update on the market. . . . Continue or visitors click here


No Change in Coarse Grain Numbers

LONDON - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The International Grains Council (IGC) left its world coarse grain production estimate for 205-06 unchanged at 966 million, down 46 million MT from 2004-05. . . . Continue or visitors click here


IGC Lowers 2006 Wheat Crop Estimate

LONDON - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The International Grains Council (IGC) left its 2005-06 forecast wheat production unchanged at 615 million metric tons (MT), for an 10 million MT decrease from its 2004-05 estimate. The council also released its second forecast for 2006 wheat output, reducing the forecast 7 million MT to 588 million ton harvest. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Bullish Demand News at Week's End

CHICAGO - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- International agriculture commodity markets finished the week on a busier note for European traders, who sold 240,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat to Egypt. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Canada's Weekly Exports Total 346,600 MT

WINNIPEG - Feb 24/06 - STAT -- Export clearances of all grains and oilseeds shipped from Canada total 13,710,600 metric tons (MT) so far this marketing year up 1,918,800 MT from the 11,791,800 moved last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Corn Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Rough Rice Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC KCBT Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Corn Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by corn traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC MGE Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Oats Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Rough Rice Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by rough rice traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC KCBT Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Oats Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by oats traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC CBOT Wheat Options and Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by wheat traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here


CFTC MGE Wheat Futures Commitments

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by wheat traders on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE). . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Feb 27/06 - SNS -- The latest weekly rice market summary for the United States was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Australia Lowers EPRs

SYDNEY - Feb 27/06 - SNS -- The Australian wheat marketing board, AWB Limited, lowered the Estimated Pool Returns (EPRs) for the majority of pay grades in the 2005-06 National Pool this week, in line with a weakening of hard wheat international cash basis values. . . . Continue or visitors click here


World Agriculture Commodity Markets Quiet

CHICAGO - Feb 27/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets are starting the week on a quiet note, almost as if market participants were still tired from watching the final weekend of the Olympic games in Torino. . . . Continue or visitors click here


CWB Sets New Crop PROs

WINNIPEG - Feb 27/06 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) said new crop markets are sending mixed messages to western Canadian wheat growers, with its first Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for the 2006-07 crop year showing no consistent relationship to this season's market. . . . Continue or visitors click here


World Ag Commodity Markets Quiet

CHICAGO - Feb 28/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets remain relatively quiet, with exporters pleased to see the Turkish government defer a tender to sell up to 350,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat, corn and barley. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Ethanol Will Restructure U.S. Corn, Livestock

CHICAGO - Feb 28/06 - SNS -- There is no doubt an ethanol revolution is underway in the United States as government subsidies fund the construction of new plants across the U.S. corn belt. . . . Continue or visitors click here


Heavy Rains Hurt Lesotho Crops

MASERU - Feb 28/06 - IRIN -- Lesotho's heaviest rainfall in nearly two decades has destroyed more than a third of the crops in the ground ahead of the April harvest, according to the agricultural NGO, Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM). . . . Continue or visitors click here


ABB Makes Interim Payment

SYDNEY - Feb 28/06 - SNS -- The Australian barley marketing board, ABB Grain Ltd, is making interim payments to growers who delivered barley to its 2005-06 marketing pool. . . . Continue or visitors click here


U.S. Wheat Prices Received by State -- Feb 2006

A table about U.S. Wheat Prices Received by State -- Feb 2006 . . . Subscribers Only


U.S. Barley Prices Received by State -- Feb 2006

A table about U.S. Barley Prices Received by State -- Feb 2006 . . . Subscribers Only


U.S. Field Crop Prices Received - Feb 2006

A table about U.S. Field Crop Prices Received - Feb 2006 . . . Subscribers Only



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