GLG News by Fertilizers Experts

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.  

GTL, CTL FINDING ROLES IN GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPY Iraj I. Rahmin, Oil & Gas Journal, March 24 2008, p. 22 The article gives a good overview of the status of Gas to Liquids (GTL) and Coal to Liquids (CTL). The field is very fluid with new proposals for projects coming to light all of the time. In this...

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.

Utilizing sugars derived from switch grass, corn stover, and other relatively cheap feedstocks, Royal Dutch Shell and Virent Energy Systems are developing a catalyst-based (non-enzymatic) “Bioforming” process to produce gasoline blending stocks (hydrocarbons).   Hydrocarbons made from sugar have...

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+...