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CANBERRA, April 22 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures rose to hit a fresh near 8-year high on Thursday as concerns about global supplies were stoked by adverse weather in several major growing regions.
FUNDAMENTALS The most-active corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rose 0.5% to $6.28-1/2 a bushel by 0107 GMT, having risen as much as $6.29 - the highest since June 2013. Corn closed up 3.1% in the previous session. Soybean futures were up 0.7% to $14.90 a bushel, having risen as much as $14.90-3/4 - the highest since June 2014. Soybeans closed up 1.5% on Wednesday. Wheat futures were up 0.2% at $6.62-1/4 a bushel, having closed up 2.1% on Wednesday.
Focus turns to ECB policy meeting on Thursday Gold hits near two-month peak at $1,797.41/oz (Updates prices)
April 21 (Reuters) - Auto-catalyst metal palladium hit a record high on Wednesday fuelled by supply concerns and wider gains in precious metals prices, with gold jumping more than 1%.
Palladium surged to an all-time high of $2,891.20 per ounce and was up 4.3% at $2,880.10 per ounce at 1:41 p.m. EDT(1741 GMT).
“We’re looking at pretty decent automotive and industrial use for this catalyst,” said Bart Melek, head of commodity strategies at TD Securities, adding that with a very tight market projected, it would be difficult to source the metal.
Plantagenet » Wed 21 Apr 2021, 17:37:09
nocar wrote:I live close to Stockholm, Sweden which lies 59 degrees north, quite similar to Anchorage, Alaska. I try to grow things in my garden, so I have learnt some things about soil and growing.
I Sweden there are pockets of quite good soil (used for agriculture for centuries to millenia), but most of land has been scraped bare by the glaciers of the iceage, so the layer of soil is thin and poor. There is where we have forests and bogs. In America there seem to be a great deal of attention to the date of the first frost in the fall. You rarely hear about that here, because things usually stop growing due to lack of sunlight well before the first frost. A few hours of low sun is not enough for most plants, like we get after the equinox in the fall.
Covid 19 coronavirus: India reports global record of 314k new cases
22 Apr, 2021 05:13 AM
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India s capital New Delhi to lock down as covid-19 cases top 15 million. Video / France 24
India s capital New Delhi to lock down as covid-19 cases top 15 million. Video / France 24
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India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections today as a grim coronavirus surge in the world s second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.
The 314,000 infections added in the past 24 hours raise India s total past 15.9 million cases since the pandemic began. It s second to the United States. India has nearly 1.4 billion people.