Jim's exploration of previous growing seasons and their correlations with El Niño/La Niña (vis-à -vis tornado activity)
Cotton prices retreated ahead of the holiday weekend, down 9 to 120 points in the actively traded contract months. Nearby July was still up 463 points for the week, thanks to a limit up move at midweek....
Cold Storage - 2024-05-24
July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) on Friday closed up +0.15 (+0.82%) on Tuesday, and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) closed up +6.20 (+1.15%). Sugar prices on Friday recovered from 1-week lows and...
July ICE NY cocoa (CCN24 ) on Friday closed up +185 (+2.28%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN24 ) closed up +167 (+2.51%). Cocoa prices Friday added to Thursday's sharp gains and posted 1-1/2 week highs....
July arabica coffee (KCN24 ) on Friday closed up +2.60 (+1.21%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN24 ) closed up +73 (+1.91%). Coffee prices on Friday settled moderately higher but remained below Thursday's...
Cotton prices are down 55 to 140 points on Friday’s midday. Cotton limits are back to 400 points, with the July contract back in the 80 cent level. The outside market factors are supportive this go...
July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) today is up +0.19 (+1.04%) on Tuesday, and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) is up +4.90 (+0.91%). Sugar prices today recovered from 1-week lows and moved moderately...
July ICE NY cocoa (CCN24 ) today is up +148 (+1.83%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN24 ) is up +141 (+2.12%). Cocoa prices today extended Thursday's sharp rally to new 1-1/2 week highs. Since posting...
July arabica coffee (KCN24 ) today is up +2.20 (+1.02%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN24 ) is up +43 (+1.13%). Coffee prices today are moderately higher but remain below Thursday's 3-week highs. Concerns...