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Jim's forecast program (and other tools of the trade) have led him to surmise that being short natgas at these levels may be too risky

Soybeans posted losses of 5 to 7 cents across most contracts on Friday, as September and November ended the week with a 1 ¾ cent loss. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 7 cents at...

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Live cattle futures fell $5.70 to $6.25 across the front months on Friday, with August holding onto $2.42 gains this week. Due to the limit losses in the feeders, live cattle will have expanded limits...

Corn futures gave back into some weakness on Friday, as contracts were down 1 to 2 cents. September was down 6 ¾ cents this week, with December slipping 5 ¼ cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash...

Lean hog futures rounded out the Friday session with contracts mixed, as August was down 12 cents, with other contracts up a tick to 25 cents. October was 62 cents higher on the week. USDA’s national...

The wheat complex was mixed on Friday, with the winter wheats slipping back and spring wheat seeing strength. KC HRW futures were down 3 to 4 1/2 cents across most contracts on Friday with September down...

Cotton futures shrugged off the early weakness on Friday, with contracts up 17 to 36 points higher, as December closed out the week 24 points higher. The US dollar index was back down $0.134 to $98.095,...

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Oliver Sloup and Marlin Bohling break down the end of the week’s commodities market as they digest: Grain and livestock markets were mostly higher on Thursday but that quickly turned on Friday. Grains...

Feeder cattle closed limit down to 340.375, down -9.25 in the September contract. Live cattle were -6.27 1/2 lower to 225.950 in the October contract. Cattle Update and Options Trades for Next Week.

In my opinion, the increase of volatility, and further price expanse, may have produced a point in which production schemes of paying inflated retail for incoming feeder cattle, with only a discounted...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday fell by -0.20%. The dollar moved lower on Friday but remained above Thursday's 1.5-week low. The dollar was under pressure after President Trump late Thursday nominated...

September WTI crude oil (CLU25 ) on Friday closed unchanged, and September RBOB gasoline (RBU25 ) closed up +0.086 (+0.41%). Crude oil and gasoline prices on Friday settled mixed. Crude finished the session...

September Nymex natural gas (NGU25 ) on Friday closed down -0.077 (-2.51%). Sep nat-gas prices settled lower Friday due to expectations for cooler summer weather that would reduce demand from electricity...

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Friday closed up +0.24 (+1.50%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) closed up +8.80 (+1.90%). Sugar prices settled sharply higher Friday on concern about...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU25 ) on Friday closed down -118 (-1.37%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU25 ) closed down -21 (-0.38%). Cocoa prices gave up an early advance Friday and settled lower,...

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) on Friday closed up +11.55 (+3.88%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) closed up +143 (+4.18%). Coffee prices on Friday extended this week's rally and surged to...

Wayfair had three unusually active options in Thursday trading. One of them was in the top 20. While you can debate whether they were bullish or bearish bets, you can’t ignore what it says about the...