We look for the corn market to open lower this morning and look for direction from the outside markets and investment funds. All the grain markets, but especially corn, seem to get its price action from the outside markets and investment funds, instead of weather and S&D estimates, but that isn?t uncommon this time of the year. Will pull wheat acres from areas not expected! This leaves less acres available for the mix of corn and beans. Some experienced traders are looking at historical...

Louisiana, among the nation's top 10 cotton producing states, is expected to yield its biggest corn crop on record this year, after higher prices prompted many farmers to plant much, if not all, of their cotton acres to corn. Gins could go out of business, and if the shift became more permanent, there could be a restructuring of agriculture in the state, with grain and row crops -- wheat, corn, soybeans -- gaining greater ground, he said. montgomeryadvertiser.com:: Cotton-to-corn switch...

The Government can allow a reasonable price increase for enriched wheat flour as the price in the global market had gone up by 70%, he said, adding that by reasonable he meant an increase of only a few sen and not 150% profit. The increase in price has been attributed to the higher cost of enriched wheat flour, which jumped from RM1. In the case of white sandwich Gardenia bread, the price has gone up by 20 sen per loaf to RM2. The rise in prices was not announced and caught many consumers...

With the market in tight supply, the job of the market is to encourage South American producers to plant enough acres to increase world ending stocks. The market has rallied, as it has put in a premium to attract acres, and this premium is likely to be removed once South American planting is under way. The United States is unlikely to produce another record-large crop in 2008, as corn acres will no doubt be reduced next spring, leaving end users to purchase corn during harvest, which will...

And it'll last years as demand grows for farm products such as corn, wheat, soybeans, milk, meat and poultry and fresh produce, among others. Scores of businesses that serve the agriculture sector are also benefiting, especially railroads, trucking and ports, as well as farm equipment makers and construction companies. It's creating high demand and high prices for major crops, "with the resulting increases in farm income ultimately equating to optimism around equipment sales. Prices for...