YUMY News and Press, VanEck Future of Food ETF From 04/05/22

The per bushel price for soy is around $16 but could pop, yet both corn and soy are up 22% so far. Current commodity prices for corn and soy are $7.44 and $16.05 respectively. Wheat is also trending higher due to expectation of Ukraine’s loss of production. For furthe...

We see specific themes in commodities that could benefit from the transition to a low carbon economy. On average, since 1997, commodities have historically outperformed the S&P 500 in the first 12 months after the beginning of a rate hiking cycle. Investors are increasingly us...

The magnitude of the war’s impact on growth and inflation will be determined by how much and for how long energy prices rise. The war, economic sanctions and the associated rise in energy costs are likely to exacerbate global shipping impediments, too, which had begun to recove...

Commodities exposure, designed carefully, can provide effective inflation defense and portfolio diversification. After nearly a decade of struggles and underinvestment, the supportive infrastructure and supply for many commodities have become strained. Commodities don’t all...

Over the past 20 years, Prospective Plantings has published an intended acreage for corn that differs from observed acreage by 1.28 million acres on average. The 2021 report surprised the industry by reporting intended acreage of corn and soybeans below expectations. The report no...

To understand the market effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, we need to start with an assessment of the two countries, and their places in the global political, economic and market landscape, leading in. In this crisis, the conventional wisdom has held, at least so far, with matur...

U.S. grain producers preparing for the 2022 spring planting season face more risk factors than ever, some that are more typical – weather and export demand, for example – than others. Grain producers face more uncertainty than usual as they look toward a new planting sea...

La Nina, setting up much as it has the past two cycles, unfortunately increases the already drought stricken West and Southern US. Current irrigated versus rainfed croppage spread is widening as more land needs to be irrigated to produce more bushels of beans and corn. Because cor...

Food companies operating in Ukraine are facing the largest negative impact. Input costs for arable farmers are also increasing as sanctions against Belarus and Russia have a big impact on fertiliser supply chains. Higher energy prices are an indirect effect that is especially rele...

Ukraine is one of the main world exporters of grains as well as vegetable oils. The main agriculture export products are Corn and Wheat. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence GTAS Forecasting estimations, in 2021, 55.1% of Ukrainian wheat was exported to Asia and 40.7% to Af...