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Much of Friday morning, the discussion of global financial markets had to do with words starting with "In": Independence, Interest (rates), Increasing, etc.
The wheat complex was under pressure across the three exchanges at the close. Chicago SRW futures saw weakness on Thursday, with contracts down 2 to 3 cents. KC HRW futures were 5 to 5 cents in the red...
Lean hog futures were in rally mode on Thursday, with contracts $1.90 to $2.30 higher at the close. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Thursday afternoon due to light volume. The CME...
Corn futures closed the Thursday session with contracts down 1 to 2 cents in the front months. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 ½ cents at $3.82 1/2. USDA reported a couple private...
Soybeans posted 8 to 10 cent gains across most contracts on Thursday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 10 3/4 cents higher at $9.82. Soymeal futures were down $2.20 to $5 at midday, as...
Live cattle futures posted gains of 90 cents to $1.60 on Thursday. Cash trade has yet to get fully kicked off this week, as last week was $232-233 across the country. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange...
Cotton futures closed the Thursday session with contracts down 22 to 28 points. Crude oil futures were down $2.74 per barrel at $59.28. The US dollar index was down $0.248 at $98.155. Export Sales data...
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Corn broke out of a 3-month trading range this week on surprising USDA data...now what?
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +0.26%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.60%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.32%. March E-mini...
