DAG News and Press, DB Agriculture Double Long ETN From 10/14/19

China is still far from forking out $50B for farm goods from the U.S. despite Friday's trade announcement, agriculture industry analysts say, cautioning that getting there is contingent on removing substantial technical and political hurdles. More news on: Invesco DB Agriculture ETF, Teu...

On Thursday, October 10, the US Department of Agriculture released its October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The monthly message from the USDA is the gold-standard when it comes to fundamental data for grains and other agricultural products. Since the final day of Se...

Brazil is the world's leading producer of Arabica coffee beans. The South American nation has been the leader for more than a century and a half. In 2018, Brazil produced 2.598 million metric tons of coffee beans. Coffee plantations cover around 27,000 kilometers of Brazil, with the majority i...

Sugar can be a highly volatile soft commodity. Since the 1970s, the sugar futures market has traded from lows at 2.29 to highs at 66 cents per pound. Since sugar is a staple ingredient in many foods, governments around the world use subsidies to support local production of the sweet commodity....

The Ivory Coast and Ghana are the world's leading producers of the primary ingredient in chocolate confectionery products. Cocoa beans thrive in equatorial climates. The two countries have been working together to establish a minimum price for cocoa beans, which is the main crop of the nations...

On Thursday, October 10, the USDA will release its October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The October report comes during the height of the harvest season in the US. At the same time, it is now the planting season in the southern hemisphere. The WASDE report is the go...

The animal protein sector of the commodities market can be highly volatile. When trading meats, it is wise to view each delivery month as a separate entity as seasonality can play a significant role in price volatility and the momentum of trends. In 2018 and 2019, the trade war between the U...

A strong dollar and the ongoing trade war between the US and China have caused weakness in the leading grain futures market since 2018. Last week, the dollar index made a new high on the December futures contract. On the trade front, while negotiations between the US and China continue, there ...

Grains continued to be one of the sectors of the commodities markets in the crosshairs of the trade dispute between the US and China. After falling to lows in the aftermath of the escalation of the conflict in mid-May, prices took off to the upside as the weather took center stage. Floods in v...

Soft commodities can be the most volatile sector of the commodities market as prices routinely 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...