Weekly US Energy Update
Last Thursday’s EIA US natural gas storage report showed that stockpiles were 1.5% lower than the previous year, but still 6.5% above the 5 year average. While supplies are still healthy, this...
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La Nina and global commodities at the start of 2011
Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD VP, Applied Technology & Research In the weather and climate community, 2010 will be remembered as a year where the strong La Nina pattern exerted a significant influence on global agricultural...
Read MoreAUS Standard Precipitation Index
Following our post (Wheat Weather) the other day regarding the devastating flooding across eastern Australia, we encourage readers to follow the Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) to monitor conditions in the region through...
Read MoreGlobal Sugarcane Yields, 1961-2009
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Read MoreWeather Trends dairy comments
With Class III prices at the seasonal (and annual) low, we are looking at the risk to thinning margins for dairy producers to start to build in some upside structure to this market. Feed costs are expected to rise going...
Read MoreSugar futures starting the year off strong
At the start of the new year, sugar futures are again testing the 35-cent barrier with weather-related supply concerns among the primary drivers for the March 2011 contract. Crop limitations from Brazil and India are priced into...
Read MoreWheat weather
In the first full trading week of the new year, we will be watching for strong moves in wheat ahead of corn and beans. Weather related news focused on Australia should be driving much of the short term volatility in wheat...
Read MoreWeather Trends Tools for Agricultural Risk Management
New White Paper from Weather Trends on combining our long range forecast and remote sensing for long range agricultural risk...
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