ONE of the nation's key water experts has called for a permanent system under which cotton and rice farmers would phase down production during drought years. He said farmers producing crops such as cotton and rice would find it more difficult to operate continually every year, especially as climate change brought more extremes in weather patterns. Cotton Australia chief executive Adam Kay said farmers were already responding to the seasons, with planting rising and falling with water...

Department of Agriculture said pegged corn plantings at their highest level in more than 60 years, but reported a drop in the estimates of soybean and cotton plantings. Some traders may see cotton as a bargain, along with natural gas and orange juice, ahead of the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. Cotton futures followed suit, with their July contracts trading 4. Meanwhile, soybeans rallied on a decline plantings, brought on from a shift to planting more corn. Against this bearish...

By Field Maloney Posted Friday, March 17, 2006, at 1:34 PM ET A scene from Whole Foods groceryIt's hard to find fault with Whole Foods, the haute-crunchy supermarket chain that has made a fortune by transforming grocery shopping into a bright and shiny, progressive experience. By Field Maloney Posted Friday, March 17, 2006, at 1:34 PM ET A scene from Whole Foods groceryIt's hard to find fault with Whole Foods, the haute-crunchy supermarket chain that has made a fortune by transforming...

The market last week witnessed the prices of 76 share items decrease, 24 share items increase, and 7 share items stabilized in prices. The total trading value reached VND2,616bil, or VND523bil for every trading session, a sharp decrease compared to the level of VND1tril/trading session seen earlier this year. Explaining the sharp price decreases in the last consecutive weeks, analysts said that the market was in the periodic time of falling after it was too hot several months ago. In the...

Are we set for $80 crude? No hurricanes, several key refineries back online this weekend and improving supply side information out of Nigeria, and yet we see fresh highs? If the market doesn t snap back below $68 ASAP the bear argument here might be out the window and I will be forced to see a doctor about getting this foot out of my mouth. Are we set for $80 crude? No hurricanes, several key refineries back online this weekend and improving supply side information out of Nigeria, and yet...

The deep in the money call spreads or an arbitrage position of long the future and way out of money put and short a deep in the money call option can provide handsome profit. Crude oil, sugar, cocoa, and cotton futures are in raging bull markets. This is another indication that the economy is stagnating and possibly headed right into deep recession. Cotton built a base for a many years. The deep in the money call spreads or an arbitrage position of long the future and way out of money put...