Futures Market Overview

Corn futures closed the Thursday session with contracts fractionally to 4 cents higher across the board. March expires on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 2 1/4 cents to $4.19...

Cotton futures saw mostly higher trade at Thursday’s close, as may was the exception down 3 points, with the rest up 7 to 25 points. Crude oil was up $9.15 to $96.40, with the US dollar index up $0.535...

Lean hog futures were 22 cents to $1.37 lower on the Thursday session. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $91.39 on Thursday afternoon, down $1.50 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index...

Live cattle futures closed Thursday with contracts up 87 cents to $1.30. Cash trade has been mostly $372 dressed as well as a few live sales of $235-236. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online...

Soybeans slipped back from the midday highs, as contracts were still 2 ½ to 13 ¼ cents higher, led by the front months. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 13 1/4 cents at $11.52 1/4....

The wheat complex closed the Thursday session with mixed trade, as SRW contracts were the strongest and spring wheat the weakest. Chicago SRW futures were up 2 1/4 to 3 3/4 cents on the day. KC HRW futures...

The Hog market looks like it wants to turn lower

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed down -1.52%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.56%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.73%. March...