Ag Trends and Outlook

Texas is seeing the impact of a long term drought and has had the driest first 90 days of a year since the drought of the 1950Ís.

French analyst Agritel cut all of its Black Sea grain output estimates because of Ukrainian unrest and dry weather.

Nepal is considering banning foreign capital and land ownership in primary farming in its Agriculture Development Strategy

Chinese buyers may default on an additional 1.2 million tons of U.S. and South America soybeans worth $900 million.

The Mexican economy is expected to recover slowly in 2014 but specific challenges will still affect agribusiness.

Beef prices in the U.S. have soared to highs not seem in nearly 30 years because of high export demand and dwindling herd numbers.

A warming climate and new seed varieties are making corn cultivation on the Canadian prairies a reality.

Saskatchewan saw the biggest jump in farmland values of all Canadian provinces in 2013 at 28.5%.

Farmers in Mato Grosso planted 2.3 times the sunflowers for 2013/14 as they did the year before according to ConabÍs latest assessment.

International wine markets are facing a new dynamic as bulk wine now accounts for half of all New World wine exports.