Eric Dutram: With the exception of a few days here and there, this summer has delivered sweltering heat across much of the nation. Temperatures have set records in many parts of the country and especially so in much of the main grain growing Read more…

NYSE:COW, NYSE:FUD, NYSE:JJG

Kevin Grewal: Supply shocks over the past two years in wheat and corn continue to take their toll on food prices, which will likely provide positive price support to the iPath Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Subindex Total Return ETN (NYSE:JJA), iPath Dow Jones-UBS Grains Subindex Total Return ETN Read more…

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Investors can’t seem to catch a break from volatile trading on Wall Street as financial woes in Europe and debt ceiling drama at home are putting significant pressure on equity markets across the globe. Politicians in Washington D.C. have been struggling to compromise on a viable plan for modifying Read more…

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The world food index tracked by the United Nations rose to an all time high in February, indicating that food prices continue to rise and are likely to remain elevated in the near term future, providing Read more…

NYSE:DBA, NYSE:FUD, NYSE:MOO

The relatively peaceful revolution that has played out in Egypt over the last several weeks has come across to the developed world as a push for democracy in a country that has floundered Read more…

NYSE:FUD, NYSE:MOO, PAGG

Sometimes I just don’t know when to leave well enough alone, particularly when it involves that Holy Grailesque quest to cram every potentially relevant piece of data into one overcrowded Read more…

NYSE:CORN, NYSE:COW, NYSE:DBA, NYSE:FUD, NYSE:GRU, NYSE:JJA, NYSE:JJG, NYSE:JJP, NYSE:SGG, NYSE:UAG, NYSE:UBC, RJA

The global price of food continues to increase illustrated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s monthly food price index rising to 214.7, the sixth consecutive month Read more…

NYSE:DBA, NYSE:FUD, NYSE:JJA, NYSE:MOO

Agriculture prices have surged this year as demand for grains, dairy, meats and cooking oils have elevated in emerging markets and supply has remained constrained enabling the Market Vectors Read more…

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An Observing Mind notes that we live in the age of global and federal governance. The Sovereigns, that is the Congresspeople, passed the Dodd Frank legislation that created the authority of Read more…

NYSE:BND, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:EWX, NYSE:FUD, NYSE:FXY, NYSE:IRV, NYSE:IWM, NYSE:JNK, NYSE:MUB, NYSE:SHY, NYSE:TIP, NYSE:TMF, NYSE:UBT, RJA, RZG, RZV

Corn prices had gained as much as 45 cents per bushel overnight in foreign and electronic trading markets following a maximum 30-cent per bushel increase Friday.  This equates to big gains in Read more…

NYSE:CORN, NYSE:DBA, NYSE:FUD, NYSE:MOO

Russian wheat farmers have a tough life. Having grown up on a working farm in Oregon, I understand this all too well. Those days taught me a lot about hard work and patience Read more…

NYSE:DBA, NYSE:FUD, NYSE:JJA, NYSE:MOO, NYSE:UAG, PAGG

In case you haven’t noticed, agricultural products, grains in particular, have been putting on an impressive rally. Take a look at this chart of the Dow Jones – UBS Grains Index Read more…

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