GLG News by Agricultural Finance Experts

With corn prices climbing to record new highs everyday, there is additional incentive to accelerate the drive to switch from corn to cellulose as the raw material for ethanol in the U.S. The Department of Energy, Congress and private enterprize have their foot on the accelerator to find a commercially...

Argentine farmers are blocking highways and roads in their second strike of the year protesting increases on taxes. Major grain companies ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Corn Products and Dreyfus have major operations that are being impacted. Last month the strike caused major food shortages in Buenos Aires as...

USDA may have no choice but to trim its 2008 corn yield because of delayed spring plantings. Less yield per acre and fewer acres could have key implications to supply/demand and ultimately price.

The rapid increase in rice, wheat and vegetable oil prices has resulted in protests around the world as the poor are unable to feed themselves. The U.S. government is finally realizing that current model of sending U.S. farm products on U.S. flag ship vessels is a waste of money and neither helps the...

Could delayed corn plantings have a dramatic impact on short term corn futures price direction. History has shown divergence in December corn futures price direction.  

Corn plantings for 2008 are in unique company but research suggest it may be premature to panic. Recent historical data suggest planting delays may not impact the final yield.

Even with odds suggesting corn acres may expand from the month of March to month of June, corn stocks could drop 67% from 2007/08 to 2008/09 marketing years.

Recent La Nina weather history has surprising results on the USA corn yield.

Ug99 a wheat rust first found in Uganda in 1999 has been on the move. It first began spreading to neighboring countries in 2001, It is now as far away as the Middle East, with the likelihood that it will move east into some major wheat growing regions of Asia. With global wheat supplies already at 40+...

Considering the current fall-out in Commercial Lending with the big banks (most of which were deservingly so), such as Wachovia, Chase, and Bank of America, the Credit Union field has such great opportunities to grow their market-share if they just decided to move into the 19th Century, instead of living...