Volatile agricultural commodity prices drive hedging activities

. .
01 Mar 2011

Tweet
Facebook
LinkedIn
Save this article
Send to
Print this page

Severe flooding in Australia late last year reportedly left parts of the country the size of France and Germany combined under water. Meanwhile, droughts in Russia last summer and more recently in the major wheat-growing regions of north-east China, has led to concerns about a global shortfall of high-protein wheat, with wheat prices climbing to their highest level since August 2008 in Chicago and to an all-time record of 3,100 yuan ($471) per tonne on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange in China.

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact [email protected] or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.risk.net/subscribe

You are currently unable to print this content. Please contact [email protected] to find out more.

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact [email protected] to find out more.

You may share this content using our article tools. Printing this content is for the sole use of the Authorised User (named subscriber), as outlined in our terms and conditions - https://www.infopro-insight.com/terms-conditions/insight-subscriptions/

If you would like to purchase additional rights please email [email protected]

You may share this content using our article tools. Copying this content is for the sole use of the Authorised User (named subscriber), as outlined in our terms and conditions - https://www.infopro-insight.com/terms-conditions/insight-subscriptions/

If you would like to purchase additional rights please email [email protected]