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We’re facing a topsoil shortage. And agricultural giant Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY) will profit as fertile land becomes more scarce.
Blogger’s note: And here I just thought higher food prices were because of energy costs and a rise in the demand for biofuels (which is because of energy costs, too, come to think of it.).
We’ve [...]
Tags: agricultural, agriculture, biofuels, Chris Mayer, cresud, cresy, dirt, ethanol, farmland, fertile soil, grains, grant, iran, lee, piggly wiggly, property, topsoil, us, wheat
“The soaring costs of corn, wheat and oil have raised their costs painfully. The cereal makers intend to raise prices again, which may result in more dollars to the sales column of future earnings reports but not necessarily to better earnings or, most importantly, better profitability.” — Lynn Carpenter
Blogger’s note: Rising [...]
Tags: corn, earnings, food, hormel, hrl, kft, kraft, lynn carpenter, net margin, oil, quarterly reports, wheat
“We saw exactly the same thing with uranium last year, we saw it with wheat, corn and soybeans this year; we saw it with copper, lead, zinc and nickel, we’ve just seen it with rice.” — Dominic Frisby
by Dominic Frisby, MoneyWeek
Baltimore – (TFN): When a commodity or [...]
Tags: coal, commodity, copper, corn, food, Gold, housing, iron ore, lead, nickel, oil prices, rice, soybeans, technical analysis, uranium, wheat, zinc
“America is the world’s king of corn. If our crop is going to be light, that puts corn prices on the launch pad.” — Justice Litle
by Justice Litle
Baltimore — (TFN): You can see (in this chart) that corn looks ready to challenge its recent high — and on rising volume, too.
Now for the fundamentals behind [...]
“It may be the twenty-first century, but this planet still faces some major food issues. We could be in for some tough times.” - Andrew Snyder
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore (TFN)– I am hungry, but I cannot afford to eat. Sure, I say that now because I am scrimping for a wedding, and more importantly, a honeymoon in [...]
Tags: 2008, Andrew Snyder, calls, china, dry-bulk, Exporters, food demand, food shortage, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Options, rice, wheat