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Sat, May 18th, 2024
The Era of Weather Volatility Will Continue to Escalate Peaking in the mid 2030's

The History of Weather Volatility is Largely Driven by the 89-Year Solar Gleissberg Cycle, the 40-Year Sea Surface Temperature Cycle and the 220-Year Grande Solar Cycle Minimum. All three cycles are in...

Cattle Markets Strong, Hogs Weaken

Strong cash Drives cattle higher

Soybeans Hold in For Gains

Soybeans held on for steady to 11 ¾ cent higher trade across the front months at the close, with back month 2025 contracts lower. July soybeans were up 9 cents this week, with November down 2 ¼. Soymeal...

ZMN24 : 368.8s (+0.30%)
ZLN24 : 45.27s (+1.68%)
ZSN24 : 1228-0s (+0.97%)
ZSPAUS.CM : 11.6622 (+1.07%)
ZSQ24 : 1225-2s (+0.70%)
ZSX24 : 1203-2s (+0.35%)
ZSPX24US.CM : 11.4157 (+0.38%)
Wheat Ends Friday with Double Digit Weakness

The wheat complex posted weakness across the board on Friday. Chicago contracts were down 2 to 12 cents, led by the front months. Kansas City futures closed with contracts 4 ¼ to 11 ½ cents. MPLS spring...

ZWN24 : 651-2s (-1.81%)
ZWU24 : 672-0s (-1.68%)
KEN24 : 661-6s (-1.71%)
KEU24 : 675-4s (-1.67%)
MWN24 : 711-4s (-1.28%)
Corn Ends the Week with Losses

Corn futures closed out the Friday session with losses across the board, as contracts were down 2 to 5 ¼ cents. On the week, July was down 17 ¼ cents, with December losing 15 ½ cents. Weekend weather...

ZCN24 : 452-4s (-0.98%)
ZCPAUS.CM : 4.2844 (-1.03%)
ZCU24 : 462-4s (-1.12%)
ZCZ24 : 476-4s (-1.09%)
ZCPZ24US.CM : 4.4657 (-1.22%)
Grain Spreads: ZSN24/X24 Examined

Old Crop/New Crop Featured

Pure Hedge - Livestock and Grain

Cattle Finish the Day and Week Higher. Hogs and Wheat Decline.

Who's Foolin' Who

Corn and Wheat price rallies reverse while inflation remains disappointingly stable.

Shootin' the Bull about ability to market above current index high.

The feeder cattle futures remain premium to the index and as of Friday's close, minimum sale floors can be produced above the current historical high of the index.  So, you are able to market inventory...

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Ethereum $ETH has fallen to its lowest valuation against Bitcoin $BTC in more than 3 years. This is one ugly chart! https://t.co/Nfo6fGPGJ3
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Gold hits highest closing price in history 🚨 https://t.co/kTuBs3Uc5r https://t.co/YwLitO7Avv
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Copper Production by Country - Top 3 are Chile, Peru, Congo https://t.co/WQGLQmCLqZ
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Chinese Stocks form a Golden Cross https://t.co/CoiC6AkHdh
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Alphabet Insider Trading Alert 🚨 CEO Sundar Pichai just sold 22,500 $GOOG shares for a total value of $3.9 million. He's now sold more than $27 million worth of shares this year. https://t.co/8rw6KpASny https://t.co/gJHTQ646nr
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Butter hits highest price since Halloween 🎃 Between OJ, Cheese, and Butter, this is concerning folks 🙏🤲 https://t.co/IhS3qP86Gx
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Cheese hits highest price since November 2022 😢🤦‍♂️ https://t.co/kPVGh9AORE
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BREAKING 🚨: CBOE Volatility Index $VIX closed under 12 for the first time since November 27, 2019 https://t.co/3glFFwDtZ6 https://t.co/P8GngCVhXT
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Median Home Sales Price hits an all-time high of $434,000 in the U.S. https://t.co/d0vFEN8J5E
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Silver posts biggest gain since December 14 https://t.co/CMRcKmTdFK

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