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In 2009, Belarus produced over 8.5 mln tonnes of grains In 2009, agricultural economies of all varieties in Belarus produced 8.51 mln tonnes of grains in clean weight, a decrease of 5.6% compared to 2008, declared the National statistics committee. Read more on AgriMarket PFGBEST Grains and Oilseeds Comment CHICAGO – Jan 22/10 – SNS — Following is the grain and oilseed futures comment from PFGBEST Trading Corp. January and February are seasonally a time of year when corn, beans and wheat pull lower. Read more on Ag Report Corn, Soybeans Fall on Concern Obama Bank Plan to Cut Demand Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) — Corn and soybeans fell, heading for weekly declines, on speculation that President Barack Obama ’s plan to restrict bank trading will reduce investment demand for commodities, including grains. Read more on…. Click here to Read More

Agriculture futures, livestock prices trade mixed Agriculture futures were mixed in early trading Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Read more on AP via Yahoo! News Agriculture futures, livestock prices trade mixed Agriculture futures were mixed in early trading Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery dropped 1 cent to $4.985 a bushel; March corn shed 2 cents to $3.70 a bushel; March oats rose 1 cent to $2.24 a bushel; and March soybeans ticked up 1.5 cents to $9.555 a bushel. Read more on AP via Yahoo! Finance Agriculture futures trade higher on the CBOT Agriculture futures advanced Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Read more on AP via Yahoo!…. Click here to Read More

Will the Bear Market in the Grains Sector Continue? Lower to sharply lower closes yesterday in the grains sector. Read Rick Alexander’s morning comments to see if a change in trend is on the way. Read more on TradingMarkets.com via Yahoo! Finance Grains World and Regional Markets Outlook and Forecast 2010-2015 Been Recently Added by MarketPublishers.com LONDON—-Recently updated market research report “Grains World and Regional Markets Outlook and Forecast 2010-2015” has been issued by MarketPublishers Ltd. The market overview is a comprehensive study of global grains market comprising regional analysis. Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance In 2009, Belarus produced over 8.5 mln tonnes of grains In 2009, agricultural economies of all varieties in Belarus produced 8.51 mln tonnes of grains in clean weight, a decrease of 5.6% compared to 2008, declared the National statistics committee. Read more on…. Click here to Read More

Product strategies specify market needs that may be served by different product offerings. It is a company’s product strategies, duly related to market strategies, that eventually come to dominate both overall strategy and the spirit of the company. Product strategies deal with such matters as number and diversity of products, product innovations, product scope, and product design. In this article, different dimensions of product strategies are examined for their essence, their significance, their limitations, if any, and their contributions to objectives and goals. Each strategy will be exemplified with illustrations from marketing literature. DIMENSIONS OF PRODUCT STRATEGIES The implementation of product strategies requires cooperation among different groups: finance, research and development, the corporate staff, and marketing. This level of integration makes product strategies difficult to develop and implement. In many companies, to achieve…. Click here to Read More

Increased Consumption Consumption of grains, especially wheat, is at an all-time high. The production of grains has increased as well, though not enough to keep up with demand. For the first time in recent history, world wheat production is less than wheat consumption, which is putting upward pressure on prices. Developing countries are particularly strong drivers of this trend. As incomes increase in countries such as China and India, people are consuming more grains and products that use grains than before, resulting in higher grains prices. U.S. wheat prices from 2004-2007, $/bushel U.S. wheat prices from 2004-2007, $/bushel Impact of Weather As an agricultural product, grains require certain growing conditions to fully develop. Changes in weather can greatly impact the yield of grains crops and, as such, grains prices. Grains are also grown across the world, exposing different crops to a variety of weather risks. For example, if a monsoon were to hit South or Southeast…. Click here to Read More

Representatives of the Australian grains industry are calling on the Federal Government to make an immediate decision to exclude agriculture from its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. In a joint response to the Government’s Green Paper on the Scheme, the Grain Growers Association, GrainCorp and the Grains Council of Australia have argued that leaving a decision until 2013 will create uncertainty and act as a barrier to investment in the grains industry. In a statement issued by the three groups today, GGA chairman John Eastburn said there were downsides to both delaying a decision and to including agriculture in the scheme. “Agriculture will be the sector most strongly affected by climate change, and we support the general thrust of the Government’s Scheme in reducing Australia’s emissions,” Mr Eastburn said. “However, the proposed scheme is aimed at companies emitting more than 25,000 tonnes of CO2 and there will be few individual farm businesses in that…. Click here to Read More