Commodity Producers

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Hitchcock Farms expands sales team

Fresh Plaza 23 May 2022

... commodity manager. Moreno joins Hitchcock Farms with more than a decade of experience in produce sales, previously at Misionero overseeing strategic customers and commodities and at Robinson Fresh as a sourcing manager responsible for top tier accounts, procurement and logistics.

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UN General Assembly resolution calls for efforts to mitigate food security crisis

Xinhua 23 May 2022

It calls on member states and other relevant stakeholders to keep food and agriculture supply chains functioning, to support farmers, including small-scale and family farmers, with technical means and assistance that enable them to produce their crops and livestock sustainably, and to refrain from hoarding food and commodities.

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With D-Street outlook uncertain, here's what investors should do now

The Times of India 23 May 2022

Humungous liquidity created by the leading central banks of the world, particularly the Fed, supply chain disruptions caused by the widespread lockdowns in China and the spike in energy and commodity prices triggered by the Ukraine war have combined to produce high levels of inflation, globally.

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Policy uncertainty hampers resumption of palm oil exports

The Jakarta Post 23 May 2022

The world's biggest palm oil producer halted exports of the commodity from April 28 in an attempt to bring down soaring local prices of cooking oil, ...

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Uzbekistan resumes gas exports to China

EurasiaNet 23 May 2022

Uzbekistan has restarted gas exports to China after halting them at the beginning of this year to meet domestic demand ... It did not put a figure on the volume exported ... The extra gas available when exports are halted will also be used to produce value-added products, such as plastics, that generate greater revenues than sales of the raw commodity ... .

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The Energy Bulletin Weekly

Resilience 23 May 2022

Share. Tweet ... ‘There is a real risk the price could reach $6+ a gallon by August,’ said Natasha Kaneva, head of global oil and commodities research at JPMorgan.”-Charles Kennedy, Oilprice.com ... Today, central banks are aggressively increasing interest rates in order to counter inflation, but the move could leave commodity prices too low for producers ... .

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As deadline looms, Minnesota Legislature approves bill to address 2021 drought, fund broadband infrastructure

MinnPost 23 May 2022

As the Minnesota Legislature struggled on Sunday to break a stalemate over billions in proposed spending and tax cuts ahead of an 11.59 p.m ... The drought also hit specialty crop farmers who grow things like produce for farmers markets. Neither can rely on traditional crop insurance the same way as farmers who grow commodities like corn and soybeans.

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Africa’s domestic mining sector not severely impacted by sanctions against Russia – report

Mining Dot Com 22 May 2022

“The disruption to commodity markets will benefit African oil and gas producers—Nigeria, Angola, Gabon, Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Congo (Brazzaville), Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and Chad—which will receive a major financial windfall and increased investment. Commodity producers such as South Africa and the DRC will also benefit notably from price rises.

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Ukraine war detrimental to Global food security

Press TV 22 May 2022

Ukraine, described as the food basket for the world, produces commodities like wheat, corn and sunflower oil, not just for its own people, but also for people in the rest of Europe and beyond. Ukraine has long been known for its fertile plains and agricultural produce which is cheaper than in the rest of Europe and the United States.

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Diesel’s price surge hammers farmers

Waco Tribune-Herald 22 May 2022

Illinois farmer Matt Bennett, co-founder of commodities brokerage AgMarket.net, notes that producers with “any crop at all” should be able to absorb bigger energy costs with wheat futures in Chicago up 66% since the start of the year, corn futures 35% and soybeans 25%.

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USDA to provide $6 billion to Commodity and Specialty Crop Producers

Greensburg Daily News 22 May 2022

S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced ...

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Brewer: Federal policy imperils food supply

The North Platte Telegraph 22 May 2022

U.S ... The U.S. is the world’s largest producer of natural gas, but production is down because of the Biden administration’s energy policies ... dollar by printing more fake money cannot help but cause a severe shortage of this incredibly important commodity. Fertilizer produces the crop yields that enable Nebraska’s ag producers to feed much of the world ... .

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Hank Naughton: Let’s be rational about electric vehicles

Waco Tribune-Herald 22 May 2022

Similar to most Americans, the high cost of gasoline is something I must consider as I move across the country. Either by car or airplane, it just costs more to get around. Like clockwork, gas prices are also becoming politicized ... People are also reading…. Mike Copeland ... We don’t produce these mineral commodities, like lithium, in America ... ....

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Watch For This Week: Monsoon, Forex, Ipl Final | Mint

Live Mint 22 May 2022

Every Monday, Mint’s Plain Facts section features key data releases and events to look for in the coming week ... An early onset of the monsoon will provide relief from extreme heat and may bode well for the Indian economy. 1 ... 2 ... Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of palm oil, has decided to lift the ban on the export of the commodity from Monday ... 3.

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