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Cotton was looking like it was prepared to take off on the upside in mid-January. The price of the fluffy fiber that trades in the futures market on the Intercontinental Exchange moved over 70 cents per pound in early January since May 2019. Like many other commodities, cotton had been a victi...

On Tuesday, February 11, at noon EST, the US Department of Agriculture will release its second World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report of the year. The February WASDE will set the state for the 2020 planting season, which commences in late March and April. The monthly WASDE rep...

On Friday, January 10, after an exhausting week of volatility in many markets on the back of the Middle East, the USDA released its first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report of 2020. The January report has often been a significant occasion that has moved agricultural prices i...

Cotton can be one of the most volatile commodities in the soft commodities sector. The price of cotton exploded to an all-time high at $2.27 per pound in 2011. The rise caused demand to decline dramatically. Clothing manufacturers in China substituted synthetic fibers for cotton because of the...

On Friday, January 10, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture will release its first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report of the year. The report will not reveal any earth-shattering news to the markets as the 2019 crop in the US, and northern hemisphere was abundan...

2019 was a tale of two markets in the coffee futures arena. The year began with the price of the Arabica beans at just a bit above $1 per pound after trading to the lowest level since 2005 at 92 cents per pound in September 2018. After moving to a high of $1.0715 during the first quarter, the ...

Originally published on December 20, 2019 Impeachment? Stocks don't care. All major indexes greeted Wednesday's historic news with a giant yawn and then promptly rallied, focusing on low interest rates and slow but steady economic growth. Stocks show little of the euphoria typical of major...

Cotton has a long political history. In the United States, cotton production in the south and slavery led to the civil war in the mid-1800s. In India, independence from Britain came as Gandhi used cotton as symbolism. He urged his followers only to wear homespun clothing made of cotton rather ...

2020: A Key Year for the Agriculture Sector Following record-breaking floods in the U.S. and a turbulent growing season in 2019, we remain optimistic about the outlook for the agribusiness sector in 2020. Bad weather in parts of the Midwest prevented farmers from wrapping up their 2019 harve...

Agricultural products feed the world. Last week's "phase one" deal between the US and China was excellent news for the agricultural sector of the commodities market. Protectionist policies have been a roadblock when it comes to the flow of agricultural commodities around the world. Tariffs and...