Corn futures saw midweek pressure on Wednesday, with contracts down 2 ½ to 9 ½ cents at the close. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 9 1/2 cents to $4.26 1/2. Crude oil losses...
Lean hog futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts 17 cents to $1 lower across most months. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $93.76 on Wednesday afternoon, down $1.11 from the...
Live cattle futures closed the Wednesday session with losses of 90 cents to $2.52. Cash trade has been limited so far this week with a few $260 sales in KS and $265 in the North. The Wednesday Fed Cattle...
The wheat complex saw mostly weaker trade on the midweek session. Chicago SRW futures fell back 4 to 6 ¾ cents into the close. KC HRW futures closed with fractional to 5 cent losses across the board....
Cotton futures posted losses of 6 to 73 points across most 2026 and 2027 contracts, with some deferred contracts up 13 to 29 points. The US dollar index was $0.304 higher at $99.570. Crude oil losses of...
Soybeans closed with 4 ¼ to 12 cent losses across most contracts on Wednesday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 9 1/4 cents at $11.37 3/4. Soymeal futures were down a dime to $1.40...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Wednesday closed up +1.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.31%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +1.66%. June E-mini...
If you came in this morning looking for a quiet Wednesday, the market had other plans. Grains got taken to the woodshed, and the fingerprints all over the scene came from outside the ag complex.
Bloom Energy stock rallies on a landmark $2.6 billion deal with Nebius. But does that warrant loading up on BE shares today?
If I thought Tuesday was odd, what am I thinking today? I am in awe of the dynamic price movement, both higher and lower reflecting how discombobbled the market has become.