Soybeans and corn gained in Chicago yesterday after the government reported that crop conditions unexpectedly declined for a third week in the U. Brazil's real, which is near its strongest since September 2000, has gained 15 percent against the dollar this year, making exports from Latin America's biggest economy less competitive. crop more attractive to foreign buyers, and amid worsening Midwest crop conditions. Still, Pan said planting intentions were uncertain and acreage would depend...

Increased labor, packaging and transportation costs all play a role in rising food prices, EPIC said. A 33 percent rise in crude oil prices which translates into a $1. This is expected to be the largest crop in over 60 years. Ethanol Group Responds to Schwan Foods Hike of Pizza Prices. OMAHA, NE -- Numerous studies have shown that rising energy costs have a significantly greater impact on food prices than a rise in corn prices, according to the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council...

Corn varieties and tips Modern sweet corn is planted in three stages: early, mid-season and late, with the early varieties being smaller than the later. Botanically speaking, however, it is a little shakier, as sweet corn is technically a type of dry fruit called a caryopsis, which in everyday speech means it's a grain. Sweet corn, on the other hand, has a higher sugar content to begin with, and is harvested at its "milky' stage, before the sugars have converted to starches. Field corn,...

Corn varieties and tips Modern sweet corn is planted in three stages: early, mid-season and late, with the early varieties being smaller than the later. Botanically speaking, however, it is a little shakier, as sweet corn is technically a type of dry fruit called a caryopsis, which in everyday speech means it's a grain. Sweet corn, on the other hand, has a higher sugar content to begin with, and is harvested at its "milky' stage, before the sugars have converted to starches. Field corn,...

Most traders/analysts I talked to this morning want to sell a higher opening in corn, but the demand for corn should keep traders from aggressively selling corn because there will be users to support it, as we saw yesterday. Corn is not the leader of the grain complex, it is a follower, and traders may want to talk about weather in the Midwest being a factor for corn, but corn is really out of the woods in most areas. Many traders I talked to were scratching their head on why corn was...