Archive for the 'Sugar' category
Posted on April 26th, 2011 in Agriculture, Global Commodities, Global Weather, India, Sugar, monsoon with no comments
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 [...]
Posted on April 26th, 2011 in Agriculture, Sugar, USDA, weather with no comments
As the graphic from the NWS Advanced Hydro Prediction Service shows, the Red River at Fargo is forecast to remain well above major flood stage through this Friday. Certain impacts to sugarbeet plantings.
Posted on April 21st, 2011 in Agriculture, Biofuels, Brazil, ENSO, Energy, FAO, Global Commodities, Global Weather, India, Sugar, commerce, food, monsoon, supply chain with no comments
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 [...]
Posted on March 15th, 2011 in Agriculture, Sugar with no comments
down nearly 14%
chart from Finviz.com
Posted on March 9th, 2011 in Agriculture, FAO, Global Commodities, Global Weather, India, Sugar, food, weather with no comments
Still several months away, but an interesting event to put on the calendar:
Interesting line up – Look forward to meeting with Dr. Peter Baron, the head of the International Sugar Organization.
Posted on March 8th, 2011 in Agriculture, Brazil, ENSO, Global Commodities, Global Weather, Sugar with no comments
In a note to clients on Monday, we stated that If the pattern that sugar has been following remains, we should expect another run at the 32/33 cent level to occur this week. The market has come down a bit off of the highs from early Feb; recent reports that the global market will move [...]