GLG News by Fertilizers Experts

Expiring contracts may add two million acres a year to planted area in the US, but don't look for many contracts to be "broken" unless they were recently signed, as the penalty's are too severe, even with high commodity prices. It seems likely that given the current situation with a poor crop in the...

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?

China confident of its grain supply but not within the US according to Allendale Inc's research. The likelihood of China importing corn from the US is growing weaker.

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...