rabobank says after a very challenging end to 2015, margins are improving. in rabobank's first poultry quarterly report of the year, analysts say better demand and lower supply in countires like u-s, china, thailand and europe are helping reduce the hefty supply issue we saw last year. in china, new restrictiosn on breeding stock will help keep tbird numbers down. but prices will still remain volatile due could open the door for g-m crops in china.. that's according to syngenta's leadership reuters reporting, the 43 billion d dlar deal likely to give syngenta unrivaled access to the chinese market--the world's largest grain producer. also heating up, discussions about oil production and the impact on prices. four major producers, qatar, russia, saudi arabia andndenezuela announcing a joint agreement to freeze current output levels. they hope the move will help lift falling prices. the lbtest pulse of the rural economy is improving, but it's the first time a large portion of bankers say their local economies are in a recession. ernie goss with creighton unive

jane foleyspoke to from rabobank to learn how significant the drop was. large andreally very the biggest one-day move since dayh 2009, and that on a when the dollar has been finding its feet, as well. it's starting off, as you say, really reflection that potentially on the cusp of a change in the political movement for the u.k. we're looking at about 190 days until the referendum. this will be in the headlines won't go away any time soon. will this be a rough few months ahead? >> it certainly will be if we look at volatility. ofatility, just a measure how much sterling moves in any multi-yearose are highs so huge amount of movement and huge amounts of volatility predicted over the next few months and i think the market will really focus on opinion polls in the next few weeks, gaugeew months, to try to how far sterling could move. >> is simply having this debate the britishage economy? or could a weak sterling exporterse helpful to >> well, it certainly will be exporters and will lead potentially to imported inflammation, too. sterling, the u.k. economy is

rabobank says after a very challenging end to

rabobank says its beef consumption will keep expanding in the next ten years to about two point two million tons.. domestic production is only forecast to meet 80 percent of that.. the grains are getting a little bit of a rally.. jamey kohake explains.. "i'm very surprised, you look at the stock markets we are down hard. all of that negativity, though, not spilling over into the ag sector." "corn a penny higher right nearby the resistance. beans as through it too this morning. what we're getting is large funds, large speculators are rolling out of their short futures positions and buying puts and selling puts instead. and right now it's just funds want to limit risk, specs want to limit risk and getting on the futures and rolling onto option strategies." "we opened up higher in the cattle, didn't look too bad early on. we're kind of fizzling out right now. it's kind of a mixed trade, real light volume, getting some weakness from the outside markets with the equities i don't think we're going to see any cash being reported again until late friday afternoon." "april contracts, playing around

rabobank says its beef consumption will keep expanding in the next ten years to about two point two million tons.. domestic production is only percent of that.. ---- but the u-s may also lose a little bit of the beef market in that time.. a trade deal between japan and australia could come at the expense of u-s beef exports. the u-s-d-a's economic research service released a report on the trade agreement's impact.. saying the japan- australia economic partnership agreement may reduce u-s imports to japan by 100 million dollars.. while increasing australian imports by the same amount. on the flip side.. if the japan had a similar agreement with the u-s.. the u-s-d-a says it would gain a hundred 30 million dollars in demand.. japan's domestic production only supplies 40 percent of its beef demand. ---- the grains are getting a little bit of a rally.. jamey kohake explains.. "i'm very surprised, you look at the stock markets we are down hard. all of that negativity, though, not spilling over into the ag sector." "corn a penny higher right nearby the resistance. beans as well. pushed through it

rabobank says its beef consumption will keep expanding in the next ten years to about two point two million tons.. domestic production is only forecast to meet 80 percent of that.. ---- but the u-s may also lose a little bit of the beef market in that time.. a trade deal between japan and australia could come at the expense of u-s beef exports. the u-s-d-a's economic research service released a report on the trade agreement's impact.. saying the japan- australia economic partnership may reduce u-s imports to japan by 100 million dollars.. while increasing australian imports by the same amount. on the flip side.. if the japan had a similar agreement with the u-s.. the u-s-d-a says it would gain a hundred 30 million dollars in demand.. japan's domestic production only supplies 40 percent of its beef demand. ---- the grains are getting a little bit of a rally.. jamey kohake explains.. "i'm very surprised, you look at the stock markets we are down hard. all of that negativity, though, not spilling over into the ag sector." "corn a penny higher right nearby the resistance. beans as well. pushed

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