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By date of publication, 2007

1. December 10, 2007: ANALYSIS: North American Review - 2007 - This year has been anything but ordinary for North American grain and oilseed markets.
2. December 7, 2007: Organic long shot - the motivation for a recently published study titled "Silent Invasion - the hidden use of GM crops in livestock feed" was not so well hidden. (610 words)
3. November 26, 2007: ANALYSIS: Oats Situation and Outlook - The European oat crop is larger this year, as yields have generally improved. But after a succession of years of declining area and output oats are not in surplus.
4. October 29, 2007: ANALYSIS: US Food and Feed Markets - tight global supply situation for wheat and a very large US maize crop have resulted in unprecedented price premium for US wheat over maize.
5. October 2, 2007: ANALYSIS: Wheat as a Component of Bread - since wheat is a very small component of the cost of bakery products and bakery products are a small component of consumer expenditures, it is difficult to see how wheat price increases can survive as a political issue.
6. September 18, 2007: ANALYSIS: Canadian Crop Update - well above average temperatures in July in the southern Prairies cut into yield potential but seeded area has had a larger impact with a shift from wheat to barley, oats and canola and from maize to soyabeans.
7. August 21, 2007: ANALYSIS: Ocean Freight Rates for Dry Bulk Cargoes - have increased to record highs this year with continued growth in trade of iron ore, coal and steel combined with port congestion. A recent surge in North American wheat sales may have temporally added to this.
8. July 24, 2007: ANALYSIS: North American Crop Update - crop prospects are very favourable with a major shift in area to maize from soyabeans resulting in a better balance in prospects between commodities than existed earlier in the year.
9. June 25, 2007: ANALYSIS: Canadian Wheat Board - regulations to eliminate the board’s barley monopoly are facing legal challenges.
10. June 18, 2007: ANALYSIS: Canola to take a pause - moving an ever increasing supply of Canadian canola will be an especially severe challenge in 2007-08. (517 words)
11. June 17, 2007: Wheat Markets and the Lammas Spike - if the current run up in wheat prices is a between crops phenomena caused by a late start to harvest this will soon be known.(715 words)
12. May 29, 2007: ANALYSIS: US Crop Update - Anticipated demand for US maize this coming crop year is sufficient to support indirectly the market for wheat and soyabeans, despite generally very favourable harvest prospects for all three crops.
13. April 18, 2007: The Challenge of Market Deregulation - British milk dual marketing experience suggests that some protection of prairie grain farmers' marketing might be advisable. (615 words)
14. April 17, 2007: Canola and the Bio Diesel Bubble - While bio fuels have the political support to ensure long term agricultural demand, there may be pot holes along the way. (940 words)
15. April 17, 2007: ANALYSIS: Fuel and Fertilizer Situation - The increase in the US maize area may lead to fertilizer shortages causing more soyabeans than currently anticipated to be seded.
16. April 17, 2007: ANALYSIS: 2007 US Prospective Plantings - The 15% increase in maize area came mainly at the expense of soyabeans, wheat and cotton with some movement out of conservation. Price implications may not be as negative as originally anticipated.
17. March 20, 2007: ANALYSIS: Canola markets, rising risks - record supplies of Canadian canola have moved at respectable prices, but increasing output further may be a greater gamble than it appears this year. (350 words)
18. March 14, 2007: Refreshing Environmental Campaigns - campaigning on genetically modified organisms may be getting a little stale, but bio-fuels may have the credentials to become a fresh target. (600 words)
19. Feb 20, 2007: ANALYSIS: World Coarse Grain Outlook - expanding US fuel ethanol and global feed use suggests a favourable outlook for coarse grains for at least the medium-term.
20. January 25, 2007: Canola oil - beauty in the eye of the beholder - EU bio diesel related demand for canola oil is almost certainly stronger than any food need could be expected to be. (700 words)
21. January 24, 2007: A different world with fuel ethanol - US president George Bush's "State of the Union Address" dispells any doubts about the lasting impact of energy markets on agriculture. (470 words)