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Michael Snyder: Are you ready for the next major global food crisis? The price of corn hit an all-time record high on Thursday. So did the price of soybeans. The price of corn is up about Read more…
Michael Snyder: Why is the heartland of the United States experiencing such a horrific drought right now? At the moment, approximately 61 percent of the entire nation Read more…
Michael Snyder: All over America the corn (NYSEARCA:CORN) is dying. If drought conditions persist in the middle part of the country, wheat Read more…
Michael Snyder: It is too early to panic, but if there is not a major change in the weather very soon we could be looking at widespread crop failures throughout the United States this summer. Record heat and crippling drought are absolutely devastating crops Read more…
Sean Brodrick: Are you ready to go hog-wild for profits? China’s annual meat consumption of 71 million tons is more than double that in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. meat consumption is falling Read more…
Michael Johnston: United States Commodity Funds rolled out another addition to its suite of “third generation” commodity ETPs this week, debuting a fund that will take a unique approach to delivering Read more…
Michael Johnston: Teucrium, the Vermont-based firm behind a growing lineup of exchange-traded commodity products, announced today the launch of a new fund targeting agricultural resources. The Teucrium Agriculture Fund (NYSEARCA:TAGS) will offer equal exposure to the “big 4″ of the agriculture commodity Read more…
Simon Watkins: Grain exports in Ukraine have been restriction free for little more than a month, and are about to be limited once more after drought and frosts hit the winter crop. March wheat prices Read more…
Rick Mills: As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. Our agriculture system is concentrated on producing a very few staple crops – there is a very serious lack of crop diversity. Corn, wheat, rice and soy are the main staples and production is Read more…
Kevin McElory: In 2011, for the first time ever, more corn (NYSEArca:CORN) was made into ethanol than consumed as food (for humans) or feed (for animals) in the United States. Read more…
Sean Brodrick: As 2011 winds to a close, it’s time to set our sights on where to invest in 2012. I have plenty of ideas for my Red-Hot Global Resources subscribers. After all, we track a closed gain of $11,343 before commissions for Red-Hot Global Resources’ recommended positions in 2011 — that means Read more…
Richard Heinberg: The current global food system is highly fuel- and transport-dependent. Fuels will almost certainly become less affordable in the near and medium term, making the current, highly fuel-dependent agricultural production system less secure and food less affordable. It is therefore Read more…
Wyatt Research Staff: Farmers who spent the year growing corn or milking cows may not have noticed that the U.S. government nearly shut down or that Europe is in a full-fledged debt crisis. That’s because they were too busy turning record profits. Read more…
Kevin Grewal: Poor weather conditions around the world may result in a supply shock, pushing rice, grain and other agricultural-based commodities higher and giving positive price support to the ELEMENTS Rogers Intl Commodity Agri ETN (NYSE:RJA), the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Read more…
Kevin Kerr: In the world of commodities and resources, the demand for certain key items has increased exponentially as the global appetite for cars, homes, and better food has exploded. China and India, and the rest of the emerging markets, have been the biggest drivers of this new demand, as millions Read more…
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