GLG News by Agriculture Equipment Experts

It is a win-win marriage made in Brazil. The timing is perfect to take advantage of record stock prices and commodity prices, though wet corn milling might have some problems next year.

There are possibly 4-6 million acres lost this year due to flooding in the Midwest. This has been enough to force corn, soybean and some meat prices to record prices this month. If prices rise further due to a reduction in yields due to a hot dry spell during pollination, will the government be forced...

Flooding across the Midwest is causing billions of dollars of crop damage as corn and soybean crops are killed or washed away. What had looked as a stellar year for farmers throughout the Midwest will result in some major losers, starting with farmers and livestock producers, and continuing with crop...

The Argentine farmer strike continue. It has been 100 days with on and off again strikes, with truckers and housewives joining the protests. Exports as well as domestic agricultural processing has been stopped again, putting additional pressure on soybeans in the US and the Argentine Government.

The record rains and flooding in Iowa will result in a further drop in corn and soybean production this year, with estimates of up to  3 million acres and 20% of the Iowa crops lost. This has already caused a run up in corn, soybeans and wheat prices and a drop in many companies' stocks, including...

The midwest has had exceptional amounts of rain since last December leading to major delays in the seeding and emergence of the corn and soybean crops. La Niña has been blamed for the cool wet weather, if it is disappearing what type of summer and crop will we have.

World sugar prices have dropped below the 10 cent/lb. level , even as energy prices and food demand increases. Why is this happening, will it end soon and what are the implications for ethanol, HFCS and alternative crops next year?

- The focus should be on "The Immorality of Imported Oil". - U.S. corn production for 2007 was about 14 billion bushels - One bushel of corn will produce about 2.7 gallons of ethanol - Total fuel costs have had a bigger impact on food costs than the increase in corn prices in the past 24 months....

- Elizabeth Rosenthal, author, has an established track record of anti-alternative fuels.  THE INTERNATION HERALD TRIBUNE is owned by THE NEW YORK TIMES and has consistently published anti-alternative fuel articles. - The assertion that rain forests are being desimated in order to raise invasive...

  During  the  early  1970's  the  coal  industry  started  to  expand  and  found  that  not  only  was  there  a  shortage  of  engineers  and  technical  people  but ...