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Posts Tagged ‘ Hog Producers ’

US Wheat Hits 9-Month Low as Farmers Harvest More

May 30th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial News

Wheat sank to its lowest price since August last year as US farmers began harvesting what is expected to be the biggest winter grain crop in a decade, reports Bloomberg:

Production will increase 17 percent from a year earlier to 1.78 billion bushels, the most since 1998, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts. About 4 percent more acres were seeded from September to November, the agency said. Wheat prices have tumbled 45 percent from a record $13.495 a bushel on Feb. 27.



High Corn Prices Make Livestock ETFs a Great Profit Play

May 27th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial News

A perfect storm is gathering that may make investing in a livestock ETF one of the best profit plays for 2008.

According to a report by Bloomberg, cattle prices may rise 13% by the end of the year on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Brazil’s Bolsa de Mercadorias e Futuros. More from this story:

Not since 1996, when corn reached what was then a record $5 a bushel, have cattle been this cheap relative to their primary source of feed.



The Largest Freezer in the World

May 14th, 2008 | By Tom Dyson | Category: ETFs

The largest freezer in the world is in Le Mars, Iowa. The freezer is six stories high and shaped like a cube. The local newspaper calls it a “high rise freezer.”