Last week, the market received a bid following news of trouble with two Bear Stearns hedge funds with heavy exposure to the subprime mortgage market. Evans said that while there were no developments Monday suggesting a wider fallout from the Bear Stearns developments, the market has been "left with a universe of investors who are looking very carefully at their credit footprints. The concern is that distress there could spill over to other fixed income products, persuading investors to buy...

New Delhi: As India struggles to deal with stagnation in its crucial agricultural sector, small-scale organic farming initiatives near the Capital are providing clues on how to reap healthy profits from the land. French farmer Roger Langbour poses among corn at his organic farm in Gurgaon district Agricultural growth has clocked in at a mere 2% far behind the economic growth of 9% leading the government to decide to spend up to Rs25,000 crore in a push for large-scale, industrial farms....

Prices of corn, wheat, oranges, avocados and milk prices have risen substantially in the past year as unfavorable weather, higher fuel costs and the demand for the alternative fuel ethanol have all pressured supplies. As an added bonus to the grocers, higher prices at the register mean higher revenue numbers - as long as the prices don t exceed what consumers are willing to pay. According to the Consumer Price Index, which measures the price of a typical basket of good, food costs are up...

A comment was made that he had worked all afternoon and still did not have a truckload of wheat. Green heads from sucker heads that developed following the Easter week freeze tend to raise the moisture level of wheat being harvested. Wheat delivered so far has been at the marginal level for moisture. One farmer stated that yields he was aware of were running between nine and 20 bushels per acre. Fields are dry and the weather good for harvesting except for early morning high humidity. Test...

Although spring wheat basis had weakened by an average of 1/2 cent entering Monday's trading session, daily readings of winter wheat basis edged 1/4 cent higher, despite improved harvest weather in the southern Plains this weekend. cash grain basis held generally firm Monday, with premiums offered for most commodities supported by a slowdown in country movement caused by last week's wholesale collapse in futures prices. Corn basis continues to lead the complex higher, with the national...