USDA's February WASDE increased their forecast of slaughter steer prices in 2014 by $2.50/cwt. They now expect the 5 area average for slaughter steers this year will be between $132/cwt and $140/cwt. USDA is predicting 2014 beef production ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. The near term supply remains tight and demand continues to look strong, keeping the fundamentals pretty much bullish. Past that – there's acreage position squaring against corn and ...
Another major Australian milk supplier gets snapped up The sale of privately-owned dairy giant United Dairy Power to Hong Kong businessman William Hui is locked in, according to Stock & Land. It was reportedly sold for around $70 ...
Tags: Australian milk, Caboolture Cheese, shredded Mozzarella
According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MOTIE), the country's trade balance indicated a $735 million surplus in January this year. In the given month, South Korea's ...
In January of the current year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 96,393 metric tons, decreasing by 23.07 percent from 125,291 metric tons in December and down 52.33 percent compared to the same month of 2013, ...
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In January of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland decreased by 4.20 percent compared to the previous month and were up 27.74 percent year on year, totaling 28.23 million metric tons. According to the ...
Tags: iron ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Iron
Indian steel rim producer Steel Strips Wheels Ltd (SSWL) has announced that in January this year it sold 970,000 steel wheel rims, rising by 21 percent year on year. In the given month, the company's wheel rim exports increased to 125,406, ...
Tags: Indian, steel rim, Steel Strips Wheels, wheel rim
Turkey’s textile and raw materials exports during the month of January 2014 totaled to US$ 769.21 million, recording a rise of 12.8 percent compared to the same month in 2013, as per the latest data released by the Turkey Exporters ...
Tags: Turkey Textile, raw materials
Zepol Corporation reports that U.S. vessel imports were up 3.7 percent from 2012, which totaled more than 18.2 million TEUs (twenty-foot container) brought into the U.S. last year. U.S. imports in 2013 started off at a slow start but ended ...
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Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Weekly export sales were lower than expected, but still more than what's needed to meet USDA projections and it was a good week for shipments. Around ten to fifteen percent of ...
Tags: Soybean, Agriculture, Food
Hiwin Technologies Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Eric Chuo announced at the company's Jan. 17 yearend banquet that the manufacturer of ballscrews will see sales of intelligent robots more than double this year over 2013 ...
Tags: ballscrews, robotic, precision-machinery, automation system
OILSEEDS: U.S. soybean supplies are increased 5 million bushels to 3.46 billion on higher projected imports, mainly from Canada. Soybean exports for 2013/14 are projected at 1.51 billion bushels, up 15 million from last month reflecting the ...
Tags: Soybean Exports, oilseed
U.S. wheat ending stocks for 2013/14 are projected 50 million bushels lower as higher expected food use and exports more than offset an increase in projected imports. Imports are raised 10 million bushels as railroad backlogs and other ...
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Investors are second-guessing the underlying strength of the world’s two biggest economies as each faces homegrown challenges. China is still expected to maintain steady growth this year, albeit without the vim it once had. But its ...
Tags: Chinese Economies, U.S.Economies
In January this year, China exported 6.77 million mt of finished steel, up 37.6 percent year on year and rising by 1.4 million mt compared with the previous month, as announced by China's General Administration of Customs on February 12. ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral