Markets
Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
Crude oil prices rose on Monday against a weaker dollar, but ample oil supplies limited gains, even as equity markets hovered at record levels.
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Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
Drier weather last week gave farmers the opportunity they needed to make up for lost time. After struggling for weeks against the wetter weather, they were able to get 71 percent of the corn in the ground.
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Ag markets seemed to follow gold higher Monday afternoon
Talk of greatly accelerated corn plantings last week and again during the days ahead probably depressed deferred corn futures Monday.
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Online systems keeps exporters abreast of market regulations
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) recently launched an online system that modernizes the way the agency informs the U.S. agricultural industry regarding changes in international food and agriculture regulations that could affect U.S. exports.
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April milk production up 0.3 percent
Milk production in the top 23 dairy states rose by 0.3 percent in April compared to the same month a year earlier, according to the “Milk Production” report released by the USDA on Monday.
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New crop cottonseed market rallies in face of tight supplies
New crop cottonseed supplies available to dairies are expected to remain tight as U.S. farmers swap cotton acres for corn and soybeans across many parts of the Cotton Belt.
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Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
Corn and soybean prices rallied sharply beginning in July 2012 as U.S. drought conditions unfolded.
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Ag markets generally mixed to start this week
Talk of greatly accelerated corn plantings last week and again during the days ahead probably depressed deferred corn futures Monday.
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Oil slips towards $104 on demand outlook, dollar
Brent crude oil slipped towards $104 per barrel on Monday, weighed by ample supplies, weaker demand for fuel and a strong dollar, despite gains in equity markets.
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Oil rallies for third day, shrugging off firm dollar
Oil rose for a third straight session on Friday, supported by a raft of strong economic data from top oil consumer the United States that also boosted U.S. equities, even as the dollar hit a multi-year high.
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Ag markets diverged significantly Friday afternoon
The equity and U.S. dollar markets proved quite strong again Friday, but commodity traders seemed to pay more attention to the negative demand aspects of the greenback rally than to the economic strength implied by stock gains.
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