Commentary
- Hogs Rallying on Tuesday
- Lean hog futures are posting gains of 25 cents to $2.50 at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Monday morning due to light trade. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 16 cents on April 2 at $90.01. Managed money was busy cutting 7,275 contracts...
- Wheat Facing Monday Weakness
- The wheat complex are coming out of the long weekend with losses across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures are starting the week with losses of 4 cents in the front months. KC HRW futures are down 10 to 11 cents on Monday. MPLS spring wheat is trading with 4...
- Cattle Starting Off the Week with Gains
- Live cattle futures are pushing higher, with most contracts up 75 to 95 cents. April is up $2.375 on First Notice Day. Cash trade took off last week, with sales at $245-246 across the country, up $8-10 from the previous week. Feeder cattle futures are moved, with contracts down a...
- Cotton Rallying on Monday
- Cotton futures are trading with gains of 77 to 82 points at midday. The US dollar index is $0.020 lower at $99.840. Crude Oil is up $1.07 at $112.61. Managed money was slashing 21,222 contracts from their net short in cotton futures and options in the week of March 31....
- Corn Pushing Higher on Monday
- Corn futures are fading off the early morning weakness, with contracts up 1 to 2 cents at Monday’s midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 2 cents at $4.15 1/2. Monday morning’s Export Inspections report showed 2.002 MMT (78.82 mbu) of corn shipped in the week of...
- Soybeans Posting Midday Gains
- Soybeans are trading with contracts 3 to 4 cents higher at Monday’s midday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 5 1/2 cents at $10.94. Soymeal futures are $2 to $2.30 higher in the front months, with Soy Oil futures are up 70 to 75 points so far...
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