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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, New Method Promoted for Brazilian Sugarcane Renovation, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 4 days, 10 hours agoEmbrapa has begun promoting a new way to renovate sugarcane fields in Brazil. After the sugarcane is planted, it is harvested multiple times for five or six years and then it needs to be replanted. If the […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, Brazil Soy Takes 52 Days to Reach China vs. 16 Days for U.S. Soy, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 1 week, 4 days agoAs Brazilian farmers make plans for the 2013/14 growing season, the historical logistical problems encountered in Brazil over the last few months is foremost on their minds. Untimely, Brazilian farmers are […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, Paraguay Corn Production Increased 1.5 mt due to Larger Safrinha, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 2 weeks, 3 days agoFarmers in Paraguay are adopting similar practices that are used in southern Brazil to produce a second crop of corn after soybeans. In recent years, the major emphasis for farmers in Paraguay has been to […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, Brazil Soy Exports Could be slowed by Wet Weather in May-June, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 2 weeks, 4 days agoDryer weather during the month of April at the two main ports in southern Brazil, Paranagua and Santos, allowed for a near record level of soybean exports during the month. Soybean exports from Brazilian ports […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, Brazil Gov. to Increase Credit for Construction of On-Farm Storage, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 2 weeks, 4 days agoAs Brazilian farmers harvest their record large 2012/13 crops (a total of 185 million tons for all grains), it is evident that the lack of adequate storage and infrastructure to handle such a large production is […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, Mega Trends Help Improve Agricultural Productivity in Brazil, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 3 weeks agoBrazilian farmers continue to be ever-focused on increasing their agricultural production. Part of that focus is evident in the mega trends that have emerged in Brazilian agriculture in recent years including: […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, 2013 U.S. Corn Yield Estimated at 155-156 bu/ac, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 3 weeks, 1 day agoBarring any additional extended periods of wet weather in the central Corn Belt during the month of May, it looks like the bulk of the corn crop will be planted approximately 2 weeks later than normal. […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, What Would it Take to Have a Corn Yield Above 160 bu/ac?, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 3 weeks, 1 day agoWe already know that the corn is going to be planted later than normal, which will push the pollination later into the summer and require a late fall to allow enough time for the corn crop to mature. Therefore, I […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, What Would it Take for Corn Yields to Fall Below 150 bu/ac?, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 3 weeks, 1 day agoThe odds of repeating last year’s disastrous corn yields are very low, but we have had three disappointing corn yields in a row with 152 bu/ac in 2010, 147 bu/ac in 2011, and 123 bu/ac in 2012, so it’s possible we […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, Any Lingering Drought Concerns Pushed to far Western Corn Belt, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 3 weeks, 2 days agoMany areas of the central Corn Belt are drying out from the wettest April on record. While the wet weather has delayed field work, it has mitigated any lingering drought concerns for areas east of the Missouri […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, 2013 U.S. Corn Planting Continues at Anemic Pace, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 3 weeks, 2 days agoCold and wet weather continues to delay the U.S. corn planting and as of Sunday, only 5% of the U.S. corn crop had been planted with most of the planting progress occurring in the more southern locations. The […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, 2013 U.S. Corn Acreage Expected to Decline 1-3 Million Acres, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 3 weeks, 2 days agoIn the March Prospective Planting Report the USDA estimated that there would be 97.3 million acres of corn planted in the U.S. Given the delays in the northwestern Corn Belt, that number now seems overly […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, Sugarcane Production in Southern Brazil to Increase 10%, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 3 weeks, 3 days agoSugarcane production in southern Brazil is expected to increase 10% during the 2013/14 harvest season that just started. According to the Union of Sugarcane Industries (Unica), 589 million tons of sugarcane […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, Brazil’s Bioenergy Sector Continues to Struggle Economically, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 1 month agoEven though sugarcane production in Brazil is expected to increase during the 2013/14 harvest season, the sugar/ethanol sector continues to be in the grip of a financial crisis. During 2012, 41 sugar/ethanol mills […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, Soybean Production Costs in Argentina About Half that of Brazil, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 1 month, 1 week agoAs soybean farmers in Argentina harvest their 2012/13 soybean crop, they are concerned about their economic future, but one thing to their advantage is that they have a much lower cost of production compared […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, 2013 U.S. Corn Planting Off to a Very Slow Start, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 1 month, 1 week agoIn their first weekly Crop Progress Report, NASS reported that 2% of the 2013 U.S. corn crop had been planted as of Sunday compared to 16% last year and an average of 7%. Outside of the far southern locations, the […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, Congestion in Brazil’s Transport Chain Due to Lack of Investments, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 1 month, 1 week agoThe lack of coordinated investments for improving the infrastructure in Brazil has led to chronic congestion all throughout the transportation chain in the country starting at the local grain elevators and […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, How Should We View the On-going Drought in the United States?, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 1 month, 1 week agoAt the peak of the 2012 drought, more than 2,255 counties had been declared disaster areas and approximately three quarters of the U.S. corn and soybean crops was impacted by the drought. Generally speaking, […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, Declining Prices Could Impact 2013/14 Brazilian Crop Acreage, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 1 month, 1 week agoWith commodity prices falling and transportation costs rising, Brazilian farmers are already looking ahead to the 2013/14 growing season and wondering about their profit margins. Transportation costs in central […]
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Michael Cordonnier wrote a new post, When Would U.S. Corn Planting be Considered Officially “Late”?, on the site
Commodities Street Journal 1 month, 2 weeks agoWhen Would U.S. Corn Planting be Considered Officially “Late”?
Late-planting is a relative term of course, but the general “rule of thumb” is that the U.S. corn crop should be 50% planted by sometime during the […] - Load More