Get ready for massive grain rallies and higher food prices as a monster El Nino develops

Do yourself a favor and open a commodity account or get long some of these commodity ETF's like the Teucrium family of funds' CORN, SOYB, CANE and WEAT.

Data from ocean-observing satellites and other ocean sensors indicate that El Niño conditions appear to be developing in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Conditions in May 2014 bear some similarities to those of May 1997, a year that brought one of the most potent El Niño events of the 20th century.
During an El Niño, easterly trade winds in the Pacific falter and allow giant waves of warm water — known as Kelvin waves — to drift across from the western Pacific toward South America. Surface waters in the central and eastern Pacific become significantly warmer than normal, altering weather patterns and affecting fisheries along the west coasts of the Americas. El Niño also can have a significant influence on weather and climate far from the tropics.

You can make BIG money here (especially in Ag futures) if this developing El Nino produces the effects that it did in the late 90s.

Roberto A. Ferdman — The crisis in Ukraine could hit you right in the cereal box

Ukraine is the world’s third largest exporter of corn and fifth largest exporter of wheat, which has caused some havoc in those markets lately.

Quartz
The crisis in Ukraine could hit you right in the cereal box
Roberto A. Ferdman

Wolf Richter — Lobbying And Gmo Giant Monsanto Buckles In Europe

The “March Against Monsanto” in 52 countries, an unapproved strain of its genetically modified wheat growing profusely in Oregon, cancelled wheat export orders.... A rough week for Monsanto.

But now it threw in the towel in Europe – where its genetically modified seeds have faced stiff resistance at every twist and turn. Even its deep corporate pockets and mastery of lobbying have failed: “It’s counterproductive to fight against windmills,” its spokesman told the Tageszeitung.

Testosterone Pit
Lobbying And Gmo Giant Monsanto Buckles In Europe
Wolf Richter
(h/t Naked Capitalism)

See also  Don Quijones, Starving The World For Power And Profit: The Global Agribusiness Model (May 5, 2013) 

John Upton — Japan and other nations say no to U.S. wheat, worried about GMOs

Japan cancelled a bid on 27,500 tons of Pacific Northwest wheat on Thursday....

Other international buyers also reacted negatively to the news, with South Korea suspending its tenders to import U.S. wheat and European Union countries being urged to step up genetic testing of American imports. Taiwan said it may seek assurances that all imported wheat from the U.S. is GMO-free, the Wall Street Journal‘s MarketWatch reports.

Grist
Japan and other nations say no to U.S. wheat, worried about GMOs
John Upton