"We can't look at ag commodities in isolation anymore," said Owen Wagner, senior analyst with Rabobank. "We always have to have an eye on petroleum in the background." |  File photo

Petroleum’s influence on crop prices increases

The job of a grains and oilseeds analyst has become more complicated. “We can’t look at ag commodities in isolation anymore,” said Owen Wagner, senior analyst with Rabobank. “We always have to have an eye on petroleum in the background.” The link between those commodities started in 2006-07 when 10 percent of the soybean oil […] Read more