Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
Earlier in the week, we noted that the US corn planting conditions have been suboptimal, with planting pace significantly behind both last year and the five year average for this date. Cold wet weather has slowed field activities, particularly in the northern and central growing [...]
Looking forward to the Standard Chartered Bank Earth Resource Conference in Hong Kong this June. Interesting speakers on all of the day’s panels.
The attached document highlights some of the factors that Weather Trends is looking at for the 2011 Indian Monsoon, as reported by Bloomberg.
May sugar futures slid in last week’s early sessions, but recovered back to the 24 cent range by the end of the week. The news of China’s plans on becoming a more significant buyer of physical sugar available to the global market is likely to strengthen sugar futures in the coming weeks – world prices [...]
Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
Following the run up to nearly 33 cents, world (#11) sugar futures have retreated and stayed in the 22-24 cent range for much of the week. The market is expecting strong production numbers from Brazil and India, the two largest producers, and there seems to be optimism among [...]
We know that El Nino years tend to correlate with decreased tropical activity in the Atlantic Basin, usually resulting in a season with fewer named storms. This does not mean that there won’t be any significant hurricanes during El Nino years, but the overall activity will be suppressed by cooler Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) across [...]
