Recent Markets Articles

Asia conference leads to $392 million in ag sales

Sep 23, 2009 9:37 AM

1.4 million metric tons of U.S. agricultural products, valued at $392 million, were sold and/or negotiated at the 6th Annual Southeast Asia U.S. Agricultural Cooperators Conference, held in Cebu, Philippines, earlier this month. ...

Better days predicted for peanut market

Sep 22, 2009 9:43 AM, By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The good news for U.S. peanut producers is that the demand for their crop is likely to remain relatively strong, and the market will need more peanuts next year than it does this year. ...

North Carolina ag exports top $3 billion

Sep 18, 2009 9:23 AM

North Carolina exported $3.1 billion worth of agricultural products in 2008, a 51 percent increase over the previous year, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has announced. ...

Cotton market a little edgy

Sep 17, 2009 9:43 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

As the 2009 growing season winds down, weathers concerns, a world production shortfall and a debt-ridden U.S. economy are primary factors that will likely impact the cotton market over the next few months, according to Peter Egli, a cotton market analyst with Plexus Cotton Ltd....

Look closely at pre-conditioning calves

Sep 17, 2009 9:37 AM, By Aimee Nielson, University of Kentucky

With fall just around the corner, Kentucky beef producers will soon begin crafting marketing plans for spring-born calves....

Not much happening in cotton markets

Sep 16, 2009 10:48 AM, By Don Shurley, University of Georgia

The latest USDA cotton numbers contained few or no surprises — nothing that should have a major impact on the market....

Carbon market evolving

Sep 9, 2009 9:34 AM, By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

A recent Congressional Budget Office study projected that carbon offsets could be a $60 billion market in 2012, on a par with U.S. corn and wheat markets, and “as it grows beyond that, it will make forestry mitigation opportunities more important,” says Jeffrey O’Hara, senior economist, Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)....