COW News and Press, iPathA Series B Bloomberg Livestock Subindex Total Return ETN From 04/12/19

Cotton can be one of the wildest commodities that trade on the futures exchanges. Before 2010, the price of the fiber never traded above $1.1720 per pound, but in 2011, the price rose to over twice that price when it rose to a record peak at $2.27. The rally in the cotton futures market was ...

On Tuesday, April 9, the US Department of Agriculture will release its April World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report which comes at a time when farmers should be planting the 2019 crops in the northern hemisphere. The old saying that April showers bring May flowers is significant...

The prices of soft commodities can be highly volatile as they often double, triple, or halve in value during their pricing cycles. The path of least resistance for the prices of luxury commodities is a function of the weather and crop diseases in the critical growing areas around the world. Ho...

Each year is a new adventure in the world of agricultural markets. As we head into the second quarter of 2019 the planting season for the 2019 crop begins. It is starting to look like planting will take place later rather than sooner in many areas of the Midwestern US as the fertile soil was u...

The animal protein or meat sector moved 8.65% higher in Q1 with an explosive gain in lean hog futures. The sector finished 2018 with a 3.73% loss. Meats ended 2017 with an 8.39% gain after falling 8.80% in 2016. In the meat markets, results can be skewed by term structure given the seasonality...

April starts on Monday, and that means the winter of 2018/2019 has come to an end. While there is always the chance of one of those nasty April snowstorms, it will not be long before the warm winds of spring give way to hot summer days. Grains are the crops that feed the world, and the Unite...

In September of 2018, an article was posted on the council of foreign relations website reporting African Swine Fever in china. The article reported the spread of the deadly porcine disease, which does not affect humans, but is highly contagious and deadly for pork, into China. In September ...

Hog prices are soaring as the effects of African Swine Fever ((ASF)) are finally starting to hit home in pork-loving China. We wrote about ASF in a September blog post and recommended a six-month option play to try to take advantage of higher prices caused by a supply shortage directly relat...

The spring season is just around the corner and futures markets are always looking ahead. The 2019 grilling season will commence during the Memorial Day weekend in late May, but it will not be long before hungry grillers are pulling their barbecues out of storage all over the United States to ...

Those who read my articles on Seeking Alpha know that I often call wheat the most political commodity in the world. While the majority of market participants would likely assign that title to the international crude oil market because more than half the world's reserves are located in the most...