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In a market where most agricultural commodities are under siege, the price of cocoa has held up well. Cocoa trades on the Intercontinental Exchange with the other soft commodities. The price of sugar fell to its lowest level since 2008 last September at 9.83 cents per pound and was trading at ...

It is that time of the month again. If the prices of grains and most other agricultural commodities limped into the April WASDE report, they are crawling into the USDA's May release which is coming on May 10 at noon EST. There have been no new earth-shattering developments on trade between the...

Each month the US Department of Agriculture releases the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report which is the gold-standard for fundamental research for many of the products that feed the world. The April report comes at a time when farmers are beginning the process of planting c...

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...

This week, the price of coffee traded to a new low at 91.25 cents per pound. While the price was just 0.75 cents lower than the September 2018 low, coffee futures had not traded below the $1 per pound level since 2006 before last August. At the lowest price in a dozen years, the price of coffe...

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...

On the final day of the first quarter of 2019, the prices of the three leading grain futures contracts that trade on the CBOT division of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange posted losses as corn, wheat, and soybeans are limping into the planting and growing season that will determine the availabi...