Commodities are ubiquitous in everyday American life. We drive cars built of aluminum, drink coffee each day and wear clothes made of cotton. But when it comes to pricing, they aren’t all created equally—even within the same commodity market. Location affects commodity prices, and those differences in prices based on location are called “differentials.”
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July 14, 2017 05:01 UTC 
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The National Sunflower Association has spoken. It was one of 18 American agricultural associations that came out against President Donald Trump’s initiative to protect the domestic steel and aluminum industries under the US’ Section 232 national defense provision on trade. agriculture, beer, farmers, farming, grains, imports, Policy, regulation, Section 232, steel, steelmakers, steelmaking, trade, trade flows, Trump, US
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February 2, 2017 00:01 UTC
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History was made on December 8, 2016, when Australian wheat grower David Whillock delivered 23.46 mt to Fletcher International Exports in Dubbo, New South Wales. The transaction was settled through blockchain, the technology underpinning emerging cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. And Whillock got his payment instantaneously: a global first between a grower and a buyer for the agriculture industry. |
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January 24, 2017 11:00 UTC
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The day after President Trump’s inauguration on January 21, the People’s Daily newspaper led with the news that Yu Zhengsheng had presided over the fifth plenary session of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and that China’s GDP grew 6.7% in 2016. |
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January 12, 2016 00:01 UTC
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The gathering storm swirling around commodity markets augers of troubled times ahead. For agriculture, beset by the common concerns of currency fears, counterparty risk, an increased regulatory environment and once-bitten-twice-shy financial institutions, the climate is compounded by very real and entirely unique challenges. |
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February 9, 2015 15:57 UTC
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Guest blogger Jonathan Kingsman is the founder of Kingsman SA, which is now a unit of Platts, and he remains a Platts consultant. The monthly Food Price Index of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) averaged 182.7 points in January 2015, down 1.9 per cent from its value a month earlier. The Index had already fallen nearly 10 per cent in the twelve months up to December 2014 and is now off nearly a quarter from its peak of 240.1 registered in February 2011. The Index has returned to levels last seen in August 2010. Except for a short-lived respite last October, the FAO Food Price Index has been falling every month since April 2014. Last month’s decline was largely driven by a 7 per cent decline in wheat prices, something the FAO says is “confirmation of an ample supply situation this season and stronger likelihood of inventories reaching their highest level in over a decade.” At its current value, the FAO Cereal Price Index has fallen to its lowest since July 2010 and is now more than a third below its peak reached in June 2008. agriculture, biodiesel, Brazil, coffee, ethanol, farming, food, production, Russia, soy, sugar, Ukraine, Uncategorized, US
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