Insights and Stories of Gus Trompiz

Sep. 17, 2012 at 5:37 pm CDT

France has called an emergency meeting of G20 farm ministers for mid-October to discuss curbing price swings on grain markets, the French president’s office said, after a year of drought and record prices renewed fears of a crisis in food supplies. France currently presides over a grains body created last […]

By Gus Trompiz, julien-ponthus

Aug. 14, 2012 at 9:17 am CDT

Leading members of the Group of 20 nations are prepared to trigger an emergency meeting to address soaring grain prices caused by the worst U.S. drought in more than half a century and poor crops from the Black Sea bread basket. France, the United States and G20 president Mexico will […]

By Gus Trompiz, Nigel Hunt

May. 6, 2011 at 5:18 pm CDT

This week’s commodities plunge has done little to dent concerns of continuing food price inflation, as grain prices held up better than most and fundamentals for the highly weather-sensitive sector are unchanged. Grain traders have had their eyes glued to weather forecasts rather than economic data, as heavy rainfall slows […]

By Gus Trompiz, marie-maitre